IF YOU THINK THE WORLD IS AS YOU SEE IT, THINK AGAIN. OR, BETTER, LOOK AGAIN. YOU MAY SEE THE FOREST GREEN AND BROWN, WITH SPLASHES OF YELLOW AND RED FLOWERS, FLASHES OF ORANGE AND BLUE BUTTERFLIES.

BUT TO A BEE, A BAT, A HAWK, A GIANT POUCHED RAT, IT ALL LOOKS QUITE DIFFERENT. WE CAN FIDDLE WITH ULTRAVIOLET OR INFRARED FILTERS TO TRY TO APPROXIMATE WHAT THEY SEE, BUT WITHOUT GETTING INSIDE THEIR TINY BRAINS AND SLIPPING ON THEIR SENSORY GEAR, WE CAN NEVER KNOW.

BUT WE CAN TRY.

THE PHOTOGRAPHER-AS-COLOURIST TAKES THE IMAGE AND WITH A DIGITAL TOOLBOX SQUEEZES OUT THE LURKING LATENT COLOURS, PULLS SOME UP, PUSHES SOME DOWN AND POURS THEM BACK INTO NATURE’S FORMS.

IS THAT WHAT THE WORLD LOOKS LIKE TO OTHER CREATURES? COULD BE. WHO’S TO TELL US OTHERWISE?