Lahja, a regal 6-month-old tiger from the Czech Republic, paws playfully at the snow. Then, with her barrel chest, she canters squarely at the camera, giving the impression that she will pounce straight through the lens. Her golden-brown eyes stare unflinching and with a carnivorous frankness—but Lahja is merely enjoying her playtime.
These rare moments with Lahja were all captured on film by award-winning photographer and Berlin resident Ina Schieferdecker, 49.
(Courtesy of Ina Schieferdecker)
(Courtesy of Ina Schieferdecker)
(Courtesy of Ina Schieferdecker)
(Courtesy of Ina Schieferdecker)
Schieferdecker lives her life surrounded by animals. Her small house near the forest outside of Berlin overflows with dogs and cats. But even so, she also goes out looking for animals. Armed with her constant companion—once a Canon 450D and now a Canon R5—she patiently searches, hoping to find them in their wildly candid moments.
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