Cherry-blossom colours.

A natural model, dressed for the occassion.

Swimming in pink reflections.

I'm boss- okay?! 

Cute but deadly.

African animals, Japanese plants. 

Another ostrich wanders past. 

... except his mother telling him it's time to do his homework, that is!

Nothing is gonna stop this chimp from playing... 

The King of the Beasts. 

Grrrrrrowl. 

This one appears to be something of a vegetarian! 

Nothing is quite as beautiful as a tiger. 

Up high with the trees.

An eagle glances to the heavens.

Here is a rare sight- an oriental crane with her chick- both larger than most birds you will ever see.

Not dead- just sleeping...

These marsupials- don't they know it's morning here? 

Tama Zoo's Not So Wild(Life)

A day trip to Tama Zoo. Just a couple of days ago. Here is a sleepy koala, a present from Australia to Japan. For much of this I used my Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED lens. My main objective was to capture the animals without it really looking like it's a zoo, or at least do so in an interesting way- see for yourself how successful (or not!) I was...

A couple of friends joined me- AJ and Marcus- you can see them on the left. A lot of people came to see the Sakura. the zooms and close-ups, by the way, were taken with my Nikkor 70-300mm f/4-5.6D ED lens. It was my first time to try it on digital and I'm pretty happy with what it can do!