Say Cheese

Cheetahs jumped on the vehicle of tourists in Masai Mara national park, Kenya. —Yanai Bonneh

National Geographic Traveler Director of Photography Dan Westergren, one of this year's judges, shares his thoughts on the third place winner:

“I've seen a few different pictures of cheetahs on tourist vehicles. Apparently they like to use the cars as a higher vantage point to look around. But, this picture of the cheetah skirting the open roof of this Land Cruiser brings a new vision of danger to the safari experience. It's a fun photo to look at because of all the secondary activity. The photographer in the front seat is turned around with camera to eye, but then there's the woman in the middle row, trying to capture a selfie with the cheetah in the background. Danger and subtle humor combined in one picture. What could be better?”