Tapir up close

This was my only close encounter with a Bairds Tapir. At the crack of dawn on my last day at crocovado, this large male ventured out of the dense thicket. It was close to the mouth of the rio sirena. I figured that he was either going to cross the river at its mouth or walk upriver along its bank close to where i was. I sat down near the heaps of driftwood and waited. He then started walking towrads me, pausing a couple of times making funny faces (and funny trunks ).
He was deceptively quick and i managed only a couple of decent snaps as he rushed past me into the jungle. Under the low light i messed up most of the snaps as my lens refused to focus on that black

Nikon D5000,70-300 @ 300mm, f6.3, iso 800, -1.3 ev
Rio Sirena, Corcovado, Costa Rica

Anand