Good shot! The moment baby trout leaps from the water to catch flies buzzing overhead

By ANTHONY BOND

Wonderful: In a David Attenborough-esque piece of manipulation Kim Taylor used an ingenious studio setup to replicate a moment almost impossible to witness in the wild

Most people can lay claim to having seen the occasional fish making a dramatic leap out of the water for food.
But rarely has the moment been captured in as extraordinary detail as these incredible pictures show.
These stunning images of a baby trout leaping from the water to catch flies were captured in just 10,000th of a second.

Incredible: This picture of a baby trout leaping from the water to catch flies was captured in just 10,000th of a second by photographer Kim Taylor

Using a purpose-built 3,500 volt flash and an infrared beam, wildlife photographer Kim Taylor managed to show what happens when you hear that ‘plop’ sound on rivers up and down the UK.
In a David Attenborough-esque piece of manipulation Mr Taylor has used an ingenious studio setup to replicate a moment almost impossible to witness in the wild.
He took an ordinary three-foot by three-foot fish tank and rigged up a sophisticated camera.

Manipulation: Kim Taylor, 79, took his images of the leaping trout and combined them with backdrops of a local stream - creating a stunning effect

He meticulously trained the young fish - only three or four inches long - to leap from the tank using bait dangled above them.
Then when the fish got the hang of it, the talented photographer rigged up an infrared beam directed just under the unlucky bait.
On hand to capture the action was a Hasselblad Swedish film camera - the same as used by astronauts on the moon - ready to take his out-of-this-world images.

source: dailymail