Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters has captured the 'gobsmacking' images.
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.
"I had no idea what I had done and why it was happening, until then I looked it up and it is obviously to do with refraction on the various layers."The "act of transformation" can only be captured in certain conditions, he explained. "We live in a valley and as the light comes over the hedge it is going to be hitting that stick and the birds at just the right angle.The photographer captures the images through his kitchen window
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.
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