A Fast Smile

'A Fast Smile' is one of Byron Grobler's personal favourite photographs captured in 2021. A wild and happy female cheetah at dusk in the Free State grasslands, South Africa. Behind the photograph: After spending about three hours alone with this female cheetah (Mara) and her sub-adult daughter, they eventually became active at dusk and began scanning the plains. As I sat at eye level, Mara approached while draped by the pastel coloured sky, looked directly over my head and had a great yawn with a grimace before moving on. I knew that I had experienced something special and this photograph of that moment is now extremely special to me. To spend time with these cheetahs on foot is a very sp...View all