I had come to Kenya hoping for a chase. Cheetahs, lions, leopards. The kind of burst that happens once on a trip if you are lucky and patient in equal measure. On this Mara evening the land finally offered one: a cheetah committed, a warthog running for its life, dust lifting off the plain in a line between them.Everything in wildlife photography is timing. I was in the cruiser with instructors who knew when to stop and when to hold steady. The cheetah stretched out low. The warthog angled hard. I made the exposure in the split second when both animals still read clearly against the warm grass. The title makes people smile. On site there was nothing comic about it, only urgency and distance closing fast. Kenya gave me quieter mornings too, but this frame answers the hope I carried onto the plane. Nature does not perform on cue. When it does, you better be ready.
