Photographer Sets Up His DIY Camera Trap In The Forest And Captures Stunning Images Of A Fox

Describing his DIY camera, the photographer revealed, “As for this particular shot I custom built a DSLR camera trap last year and have deployed it only a handful of times – it takes a lot of time to scout/track my subjects. The build consists on an old Canon T3i with an 18-55 kit lens I picked up secondhand for $50. The flashes are 2x Nikon SB-24 I picked up off eBay for $20-30. Then the brains of this operation, or rather how it all runs smoothly, is the sensor and trigger/receivers. I am using all Camtraptions gear (not sponsored). It works amazingly and flawlessly so far. I have everything housed in custom built weatherproof cases from pelican cases and cheaper knock off brands for the flashes. Everything runs off of rechargeable AA batteries and in normal temperatures it can be left in the wild for up to a month at a time (so long as squirrels aren’t killing the flash by triggering it like crazy). The setup only lasts at most 5 days in the winter when the temps dip below freezing in Wisconsin.”