You woke me up for this?

St. Louis Zoo - 08/29/2004

I really hate it when the bars at a zoo are half way between you and the animal you're taking a picture of. It's so difficult to get a good shot, without them interfering in the photo in some way. But I managed to get this one lined up pretty well so that the face is in a clear patch.

Like all of the big cats, Snow Leopards are beatiful animals. I could just look at them for seemingly hours at a time. They just have so much personality to them. I was watching this guy sleeping for a good 10-15 minutes before he finally woke up and looked around. Yeah, I probably could have spent that time photographing some of the other big cats in that area of the zoo, but he was so calm and peaceful to look at. I have no idea how long I may have stayed there if he hadn't gotten up.