Tetrachromatic Vision - A Study

• Photographer
  Oltea Sampetrean
• Technical Info
  Iso 200, F/16, Fe 90mm F2.8 Macro Lens, Sony Ilce-7rm4
• Photo Date
  2021

As a result of evolution, humans have acquired trichromatic vision. Enhancing all color information caught by the camera and the reflections given by the water present in the tissues can give us a slight idea of how our world would look if we had tetrachromatic vision. A slice of red onion or kiwi turns into an amazing whirl of colors, a sheet of pressed seaweed into sparkling crystals. But everything might come at a price. Would we still be able to eat if our food would look like this?

Amateur photographer based in Tokyo, using artistic photography to explore universal patterns in nature. Visualizing structures and forms that transcend species, time and physical reality helps me interrogate transiency and permanence, frailness and robustness, and find fundamental beauty in everyday life.