Up close with a Snow Leopard

A photo from my archives, taken on 28 September 2012 at the Calgary Zoo. You can just manage to get a zoomed shot that can be sharp in the centre but somewhat blurred at either side, because you can't avoid the bars of the metal enclosure. There is a double fence, so you can't place your camera lens through the gaps. These Snow Leopards are such magnificent animals - absolutely love the colour of their eyes. It is an ENDANGERED species, so hopefully we don't lose them forever. (Took me three and a half hours to eventually get these three photos to upload this evening ... sigh).