Back in 2005 when I was stationed in Korea, we spent a whole day at an amusement park called Everland. In addition to some very cool ride, pretty flowers, and nice restaurants, they also had a zoo section.

Armed with my Sigma 50-500mm lens, I probably spent a good 45 minutes camped out near the Tiger enclosure taking pictures. The picture above is probably one of my favorite pictures of all time. That image was taken hand-held from probably 75 yards away. I took the picture, and even I was impressed with the detail.

Then again, I do love tigers, so I'm probably not too hard to impress.

Here are a couple more shots of the same Siberian Tiger ...

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The same Tiger taking a nap.

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And showing us one of his impressive teeth.