It’s not often you get the chance to see Tigers and Lions up close and personal, normally when you do it’s behind a large amount of metal and toughened glass. But sitting in your car while they walk around you is fascinating, if not a tiny bit worrying.

One thing I discovered while trying not to get eaten was that on a full frame sensor a 70-200mm lens just doesn’t really cut it for wildlife photography, at least not for these kinds of animals anyway.

Tiger at Longleat
Stalking in the woods
Tiger at Longleat
Illuminated
Tiger at Longleat
Anger
Tiger at Longleat
Blowing a raspberry
Tiger at Longleat
Blowing another raspberry
Lion at Longleat
Watching and waiting

I can’t quite tell if the Tigers were deliberately sticking their tongues out at us or if it’s just something they do, I prefer to think that they were.