Byrant Photography | Masai Mara, Africa

Masai Mara, Africa

I was priveleged enough to have a visit to one of the greatest paradises for photographers, Africa. I spent my time there at an incredible national game reserve. I've always wanted to do wildlife conservational work - so this was a truly rewarding experience.

Brotherly Love 2 Lion Cubs playing on the fields while their lionesses watches from a distance.	Just can't wait to be king In 2 years, these cubs will have joined the hunting crew. In 3-4 years, they will reach their full size.	Childhood Friends Lionesses in the same pride tend to ‘synchronize’ their births of their litter for advantageous reasons.	Cheetah Cub This cheetah cub has a unique sort of hair that runs down his back, known as a mantle. This helps it blend in with the grass.
Giraffe Portrait Giraffe Stares the camera down. A Giraffe has the exact same amount of bones in their necks as humans do	Cheetahs looking out into the wild Mother and cub Cheetah keep a look out for any threats/scavengers while while they eat their catch.	Intense Everything An African dawn.	Colors of the world Sunrise in Maasai Mara, Kenya with a beautiful reflection from a lake
Little Color in the world A Lilac-breasted Roller, the national bird of Kenya	Flying Colors Black Headed Weaver Bird Caught in the moment	Early Bird Africa… waking up to this is not difficult	Paying Attention Cubs learn how to hunt with their mother for about a year – a year and a half. After that, they are usually on their own
Living the life Buffalo on a stroll early in the morning.	God's land Sunrise, Clouds and Birds...	What's for lunch? Mother Cheetah and her 2 cubs scout for lunch.	Best Friends Zebras enjoying a walk down a path.
Gazelles Fighting 2 Gazelles fighting. Only the younger males tend to fight one another more often, as they grow older, fighting is more rare.	Timeout Newborn cubs are usually kept away for a month or two from the pride before actually being introduced	Run and live together Captured during a mini-lioness hunt. Once one animal starts running, everyone starts running	Lonely Zebra Zebras seldom travel alone. They have stripes so when they travel in packs, it makes it seem like there are a lot more of them than there really is
Who sticks out? Zebras and Wildebeests travel together. Zebras have really good eye-sight, while slacking with the sense of smell, the wildebeests are the exact opposite	How many Wildebeests? Wildebeests travel in very, very large packs. During their migration periods (May-June), they will travel from 500-1000miles together	Roost Vultures roosting in one of Africa’s famous acasia trees.	Rhino poses Rhinos usually travel alone, but occasionally they will form a group, known as a crash.
Sunrise... wow Just a typical view of Africa in the morning.	Line up. Animal Silhouettes behind a surreal background.	Majestic Bird A Steppe Eagle looking across the plains	Rhino family A Rhino and her daughter snacking by a waterhole
Rhino Zoomed A Rhino’s horn is actually made up of Keratin, the same component that makes up our hair and nails.	Morning Yawn Intimdating yawn.	Afternoon Naps A pride of lionesses waking up from an afternoon nap. During the summer, it is too hot to hunt during mid-day	Too thristy Taken soon after her nap. This lioness spent around 5 minutes just drinking water
Chug Taken soon after their naps. First thing they did was make their way over to rehydrate.	Sleepy Lion Adult Lion wakes up from one of his many long naps. On average, a lion will sleep 20 hours a day	On the Prowl. Lion wonders around the great plains of Africa. Lions generally don’t hunt, lionesses do, but if they do it would be during dusk till dawn.	'King of the jungle' Lion poses in a way that shows all his power. This adult lion’s roar can be heard over 8km away
Confused Hyena Hyena’s have a strict hierarchy, and in their ‘laughs’, they give out a tone or a pitch which echoes their social status.	Ominous Swamp Taken in the early hours at a swamp in Maasai Mara, Kenya	Family is everything Elephant are very emotional creatures who’s sense in family is stronger than all other animals. Mother elephants could actually die of a broken heart if anything were to happen to her younglings	Look both sides before crossing This giraffe looks around as it makes it’s way to a near-by waterhole
Endless opportunities ahead Mother Gazelle and her fawn traveling the open road, looking for a herd to join until the fawn is of age.	Yummm Giraffes eats leaves and flowers on top of trees, they will be rarely eat grass on the bottom as well, but this leads them vulnerable as it’s stance is awkward and does not have the vision to see if there are any predators.	Synchronized walking 3 Baby Baboons playing on a fallen tree.	Nature's friendships Giraffe and Warthogs share a waterhole in Maasai Mara, Kenya
Who this? Gazelle spots us taking photos from the grass. A Gazelle actually gets hydrated through the moisture of the grass they eat, so they seldom leave the grassy areas.	Bambi Younger Gazelle blending in with the beautiful surroundings. After 2 months, fawns will stop hiding and come out to spend less time with the mother and more hiding in the grass	Got a bit on your whiskers. Taken shortly after a kill… while the cub eats, the mother scouts the area to make sure there are no scavengers or bigger predators lurking around for their lunch	Too early for the early worm Silhouette of a bird about to wake up during sunrise
Holding on to mother's love When a baby baboon reaches 5-6 weeks, it will ride the back of it’s mother, holding on with 4 limbs. When they reach 4-6 months, they will then ride ‘Jockey-style	Across the lands There isn’t a wide enough lens to capture all the beauty Africa has in one shot

Masai Mara, Africa

Brotherly Love

2 Lion Cubs playing on the fields while their lionesses watches from a distance.

Just can't wait to be king

In 2 years, these cubs will have joined the hunting crew. In 3-4 years, they will reach their full size.

Childhood Friends

Lionesses in the same pride tend to ‘synchronize’ their births of their litter for advantageous reasons.

Cheetah Cub

This cheetah cub has a unique sort of hair that runs down his back, known as a mantle. This helps it blend in with the grass.

Giraffe Portrait

Giraffe Stares the camera down. A Giraffe has the exact same amount of bones in their necks as humans do

Cheetahs looking out into the wild

Mother and cub Cheetah keep a look out for any threats/scavengers while while they eat their catch.

Intense Everything

An African dawn.

Colors of the world

Sunrise in Maasai Mara, Kenya with a beautiful reflection from a lake

Little Color in the world

A Lilac-breasted Roller, the national bird of Kenya

Flying Colors

Black Headed Weaver Bird Caught in the moment

Early Bird

Africa… waking up to this is not difficult

Paying Attention

Cubs learn how to hunt with their mother for about a year – a year and a half. After that, they are usually on their own

Living the life

Buffalo on a stroll early in the morning.

God's land

Sunrise, Clouds and Birds...

What's for lunch?

Mother Cheetah and her 2 cubs scout for lunch.

Best Friends

Zebras enjoying a walk down a path.

Gazelles Fighting

2 Gazelles fighting. Only the younger males tend to fight one another more often, as they grow older, fighting is more rare.

Timeout

Newborn cubs are usually kept away for a month or two from the pride before actually being introduced

Run and live together

Captured during a mini-lioness hunt. Once one animal starts running, everyone starts running

Lonely Zebra

Zebras seldom travel alone. They have stripes so when they travel in packs, it makes it seem like there are a lot more of them than there really is

Who sticks out?

Zebras and Wildebeests travel together. Zebras have really good eye-sight, while slacking with the sense of smell, the wildebeests are the exact opposite

How many Wildebeests?

Wildebeests travel in very, very large packs. During their migration periods (May-June), they will travel from 500-1000miles together

Roost

Vultures roosting in one of Africa’s famous acasia trees.

Rhino poses

Rhinos usually travel alone, but occasionally they will form a group, known as a crash.

Sunrise... wow

Just a typical view of Africa in the morning.

Line up.

Animal Silhouettes behind a surreal background.

Majestic Bird

A Steppe Eagle looking across the plains

Rhino family

A Rhino and her daughter snacking by a waterhole

Rhino Zoomed

A Rhino’s horn is actually made up of Keratin, the same component that makes up our hair and nails.

Morning Yawn

Intimdating yawn.

Afternoon Naps

A pride of lionesses waking up from an afternoon nap. During the summer, it is too hot to hunt during mid-day

Too thristy

Taken soon after her nap. This lioness spent around 5 minutes just drinking water

Chug

Taken soon after their naps. First thing they did was make their way over to rehydrate.

Sleepy Lion

Adult Lion wakes up from one of his many long naps. On average, a lion will sleep 20 hours a day

On the Prowl.

Lion wonders around the great plains of Africa. Lions generally don’t hunt, lionesses do, but if they do it would be during dusk till dawn.

'King of the jungle'

Lion poses in a way that shows all his power. This adult lion’s roar can be heard over 8km away

Confused Hyena

Hyena’s have a strict hierarchy, and in their ‘laughs’, they give out a tone or a pitch which echoes their social status.

Ominous Swamp

Taken in the early hours at a swamp in Maasai Mara, Kenya

Family is everything

Elephant are very emotional creatures who’s sense in family is stronger than all other animals. Mother elephants could actually die of a broken heart if anything were to happen to her younglings

Look both sides before crossing