Highly Commended: Cheetah – single focus by Willem Kruger
This photo was taken during an early afternoon game drive in the Mashatu Nature Reserve, Botswana. We came across a mother cheetah with five cubs. Earlier she had caught an impala and they’d just finished eating. Here, the mother rests after the feast while keeping a watchful eye on the surroundings – there were a few impala on the horizon. We parked the vehicle in a ditch below the cheetah in order to get a nice low-angle shot of her eyeing the impala. I like the intense look of full of concentration she had, she wasn’t in the least bit bothered by the game drive vehicle.
By Willem Kruger, Oubos, Bloemfontein.
Nikon D700, Nikkor 600mm f/4 lens with 1.4 Convertor = 850mm, ISO 320, f/4, 1/3200 sec, Wimberley head attached with a power clamp to the seat
