I can relate heavily to this cutie right now. Having just returned from a five day vacation from work, time spent visiting the Dallas and Fort Worth zoos, I really do just want to pull something over my head and go back to sleep.
Despite my recent acquisition of a 400/2.8, I still took the Tamron superzoom on this trip. I’ll write about it more later, but as much as the 400 is a better lens that makes better pictures, the Tamron is just so much more flexible. Yeah, I’m losing two to three stops of light. But I’m gaining the ability to shoot wider when I need to, as well as the ability to not want to die after hand holding it for an hour and a half. Also, that extra 200mm of reach does come in handy, despite the light loss. It’s how I got nice and close to this sleepyhead far off in the middle of a big panoramic exhibit.
For now though? I’ve got about seven hours before I have to be to work, and I’m going to start the dishwasher and then go back to sleep.
The Zootographer 