What to do? What to do?

Chizuka wrote:

I have no idea what to expect having never been on a safari before. I am not saying that an animal that came close to the vehicle would not be seen elsewhere, but maybe the pose would be one I could not get elsewhere. Who knows?

thanks for all your help.

On the way out of the Masai Mara, we came across a cheetah who escaped from a male lion. Heavily panting and was in a state of shock. Since this was our closes sighting of a cheetah, we stuck around and was able to get a few photographs of I believe is a him.

We have seen a mother and three adult cubs before, twice, but this was our first sighting of a cheetah all by our selves. Now can you notice something about his eyes?

You don't need a wide angle lens for wide shots.

Look into my eyes!

The problem is the seats in the vehicle are like a metre above ground and you need a add approx another metre were the passengers heads are.  So any medium animal or smaller next to the vehicle, you're looking down.

A couple of people came up with a genius idea and it only work with lenses with a built in tripod mount. Attach the a monopod to the lens' tripod mount and lower it down outside the vehicle and use a phone linked to camera to focus and release the shutter.

Normally it's a good idea not to do this especially with lions and leopards. In South Africa I wasn't allowed to have any of my limbs hanging outside of the vehicle.