This is why you always have your camera ready while driving in the wild.
We where driving in the upper part of the Kruger National Park in South Africa not spotting any wild live for about 3hours and then suddenly this happened right in front of us. a Female cheetah with her 2 cubs chasing down an Impalla and finally killing it. We were very fortunate to experience this. Everything was over in a couple of minutes and then they again disappeared into the bush.
Taken with my Nikon Z6 and 70-200 2.8 lens
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This may have a better composition if it was cropped to just see the impala and the cheetah behind it. It's a great capture though. I have the same lens on a Z5.
I disagree on the cropping. At least as it is presented by the other comment. There is some stuff on the side that is distracting or taking up too much space that could be cropped out. To only crop it down to the impala and cheetah behind it, would take away what in my opinion is the greatest element of this photo, the story behind it. The proud Mother looking on as her cubs are about to secure their future as hunters and survivors. Perhaps I am misinterpreting the comment and that is exactly what they meant, but too vague to tell for certain. I love that all are included and would never crop out the story this image captured. It's hard to say, I like a landscape crop but possibly a portrait orientation?
Take any critics as a grain of salt because this is a great capture. Any critique is perhaps to elevate this image to the winner circle? Either way, you nailed the shot. You were ready, the subject is in focus, exposed properly, and you told a great story.