Shutterbug Photo of the Day

Our Shutterbug Photo of the Day is an amazing portrait by Thomas B. Roach of a female tiger in distress over her missing mate.

“This is the mate of a male tiger who was missing the day I took this picture because it was undergoing surgery for a urinary tract infection. She appeared stressed because he was missing," Roach writes. "The photo was taken at the Sacramento Zoo in CA on October 8, 2013. Unfortunately (at a later date) the male died apparently from medical problems similar to that which it had undergone surgery for. The photo was taken through a chain link fence but I was able to get so close to the fence with the lens that it is sufficiently out of focus and thus effectively unnoticeable."

This image was captured with a Nikon D4 using a 80-400mm lens at 1/400 sec, f/8, ISO 5000.

See a larger version of the photo in the Shutterbug Photo of the Day gallery here.

If you want to enter Shutterbug Photo of the Day, post an image in the Shutterbug Photo of the Day Gallery and include your real name and some background on the image (how and where it was shot; the story behind the image; gear and settings used etc.) in the description field to qualify.

We will select one Shutterbug Photo of the Day image every month to run as a full-page feature in the magazine.