Kenya's Masai Mara: A Long Lens in the Mara by Wayne Osborn
‘The Mara’ is an iconic reserve of 1500 square kilometres in South-Western Kenya, part of the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem. It is perhaps best known for the annual 'Great Migration' of wildebeest and zebra herds from the Serengeti. These herds densely populate the Mara's grasslands from July to October. The Mara and Talek rivers are obstacles in the migration's path and 'the crossings' of the wildebeest are one of nature's great visual spectacles.
We have been privileged with many special and magical encounters in the Mara like elephants in the early morning mist (as seen on the cover). A Long Lens in the Masai Mara includes our favourite images of the Mara’s mammals and birds. We have included crossing images from the great migration and also a series of landscapes.
Our profound thanks to Dominic and Sammi for their sharp eyes, expert guiding, skilful driving, dry wit and deep respect for their own lands.
ANZEC Member - Wayne Osborn
Wayne has been an active SCUBA diver and Underwater Photographer since 1974. He resides in Perth, Western Australia with his wife Pam. They have an interest in whale conservation and have travelled to the Azores, the Great Barrier Reef and Tonga to document sperm, minke and humpback whales. Wayne and Pam donate many of their images to whale researchers and have documented the migration of humpback whales along the Western Australian coast since 2006. Pam has photographed 2,500 individual humpbacks in that time. Their images have been included in numerous reference books and Wayne's image of a dwarf minke whale is on the cover of the 2nd edition of Marine Mammals of the World.Wayne was the Australian Geographic Australasian Nature Photographer of the Year in 2012.They have published a number of iBooks including "In Pursuit of Whales" and "A Long Lens in Africa - Birds of East & Southern Africa."
