Name: Alessandro Beconi
Picture title: Pelican storm
Category: Animal portraits
Nationality: Italy
Occupation: Full-time photographer
Technical information
Camera: Canon r6
Lens: Canon rf 100-500
EXIF: 343mm, iso 1250, f10, 1/320sec
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Alessandro Beconi | Pelican storm
Name: Alessandro Beconi
Picture title: Pelican storm
Category: Animal portraits
Nationality: Italy
Occupation: Full-time photographer
Technical information
Camera: Canon r6
Lens: Canon rf 100-500
EXIF: 343mm, iso 1250, f10, 1/320sec
Alessandro Beconi says:
Last year at the end of May, I went to one of my absolute favorite places. Grand Teton NP. The weather was very variable. Hot and cold, sun and rain. It was lunchtime that day, and I sat down by the river to eat a quick sandwich before heading back out to look for some animals. Suddenly a big snowfall came. I took shelter in the car watching the fishermen… the snow was falling so thick that I struggled to distinguish their silhouettes. Behind them I see a white pelican letting itself be carried by the river current. The situation was beautiful because the dark background of the forest highlighted the snowflakes. I closed the aperture to have as many well-defined snowflakes as possible. The moment passed very quickly, the pelican, as it appeared, disappeared in a few seconds.
Alessandro Beconi
Italy
Alessandro Beconi was born in Florence, where he still lives and works. Creator of the project that saw birth on the Grandiviaggifotografici.com website. He photographs from an early age thanks to a trip to Brazil with his family. The desire to immortalize every moment of the wonderful landscapes that surrounded him drives him to become passionate about the photographic world. Alessandro begins his professional activity with the advent of digital. Convinced that passion, tenacity, and the desire to overcome any obstacle, he puts his energy and his continuous search for new adventures at everyone’s disposal. Particularly fascinated by the animal world, he studies his photographic subjects with meticulous attention, trying to understand their attitudes and to anticipate situations. He has taken thousands of snapshots around the world and his images of him have been published in over 40 countries. Through his articles, he collaborates and has collaborated with important magazines. In recent years he has received important international recognition. He also has a degree in psychology.