Thanks, Brent and Lonnit.
Lonnit, so you really believe I am a coward who needs a 400 mm tele for taking shots of wild animals from 100 yards away? Really? No, I was standing just right in front of him, so near that I could smell his breath. Unfortunately, I did not have a reflector with me to brigten his eyes.
Hm... do I really remember right? Could it be that, after half a year, I am mixing the situation up with a similar one, when I was taking a pic of my cat? Probably you are right, I am a coward: the exif says 400 mm :-)
-Gerald