Wild Europe, from the delta to the Arctic.
Real photographs made in the field, from the Danube Delta and the Carpathians to Alpine ridges, Norwegian sea cliffs and the polar night of Lapland.
Selected work
Featured by Nikon
Two of these photographs were selected and shared by Nikon for its Wildlife Photography Month celebration.
See it on InstagramWhere the photographs were made
Ten places across seven countries. Choose one to see the photographs made there.
How it's made
Most of the work never shows in the final frame: the hides, the camouflage, the cold, the hours lying still on the ground.
Waiting for the animal to forget you are there.
I'm Alexandru Rascanu, a wildlife photographer based in Romania.
At home I work mostly in the Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania and the Danube Delta. Beyond them, the work has taken me above 2,500 m in the Austrian Alps for ibex, to the puffin cliffs of Runde, to the vulture colonies of Bulgaria, the flamingos of a delta near Venice and north of the Arctic Circle for the aurora.
Every frame is a real photograph of a wild animal in its own habitat. Nothing generated, nothing staged. Just early starts, patience and a lot of luck with light.
Beyond wildlife
A few frames from the places in between: St. Moritz, Tyrol, Greece.
The best photograph of the day is usually the one you waited longest for.
Get in touch
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