Originally Posted by lhgreengrd1

A long zoom lens is not for landscape photos. It's for shooting distant objects and wildlife. It can also be used for portraits, but it is not ideal for that. An ideal portrait lens is a short telephoto with a fast aperture that can be used to blur the background while keeping the subject in sharp focus.

The Panasonic lens I recommended is similar to the Olympus lens you bought and shot the Rhinos with, but the Panasonic is better constructed so it won't break easily, and it has internal image stabilization that the Olympus lens lacks.