The overall winner: Ghostly Cheetah, Britta Jaschinski, Ndutu, Ngorogoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, October 2007. 'I arrived in Ndutu only days after a huge bushfire had ripped through the area, burning down a huge number of majestic acacia trees. I could smell ash and cinders in the air. The destructive power of these fires is immense. I found many empty, whitened tortoise shells and saw disorientated impala and dikdik wandering around with nowhere to hide. And then, a cheetah appeared on the blackened soil. This fire must have been a windfall for large cats – their prey was confused and out in the open. But the cheetah looked unsettled, alienated and lost – almost ghostly. I took the photo and then watched as he melted into the background'Photograph: Britta Jaschinski/GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010