Photographer captures rare rainbow effects in bird photography

A former author and photographer named Andrew has developed a specialized technique to capture rainbow-like colors in bird photography. The discovery occurred by chance in early 2024 when he was photographing a blue tit using an OM System OM-1 Mark II camera.

According to Andrew, the effect is caused by sunlight hitting the fine structures of a bird's feathers at a specific angle, refracting light into different wavelengths similar to a prism. After consulting a physicist, he realized the phenomenon was a rare optical occurrence rather than a camera error.

Andrew has spent three years and thousands of hours refining this demanding method, which requires ten different factors to align simultaneously. He currently resides in Shropshire.