An “extraordinary mistake” led to a wildlife photographer being able to capture rare pictures of British birds showing light refracting through their wings in a rainbow effect.
Professional Andrew Fusek Peters said he had been left “gobsmacked” by the images.
After first photographing a blue tit’s display in his Shropshire garden he has spent the past few weeks making a collection of other visiting birds recorded mid-flight and surrounded by colour.
“They’re so beautiful,” he said.
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An “extraordinary mistake” led to a wildlife photographer being able to capture rare pictures of British birds showing light refracting through their wings in a rainbow effect.
After first photographing a blue tit’s display in his Shropshire garden he has spent the past few weeks making a collection of other visiting birds recorded mid-flight and surrounded by colour.
He had been taking images of the birds in his garden for the past decade, he explained, with winter feeding the best time to capture them.
The photographer shoots in “near darkness” using a camera with “amazing autofocus and low light capability”.
He said he was working on a book documenting garden wildlife, including birds, foxes and badgers, which was due to be published in 2025.He said he had been able to take about 100 images during the past month, but the light was no longer correct to capture the rainbow display.
“I’ve been trying to work out how to keep doing it as it goes into February and March, but it involves me sitting in the garden with my camera aimed upwards, but the birds don’t like that at all,” he explained.
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