Bubblegum pink grass, canary yellow trees: Breathtaking infra-red photos turn French landscapes into candy-coloured wonderland

Sometimes a good camera coupled with artistic flair is enough to turn an ordinary landscape into a magnificent candy-coloured wonderland.

French photographer David Keochkerian has been working in the medium of infra-red photography, creating eye-popping vistas of super-saturated colours reminiscent of some of the finest Van Gogh paintings.

A series of pictures shot with a Nikon D700 camera capturing scenic areas around Keochkerian's hometown of Amiens, Belle ile en Mer, Corbie and Camon overwhelm the sight of the viewers with surreal hues straight out of Dr. Seuss books.

According to experts, in order to create the vision-warping saturated effects in his pictures, the 35-year-old French artist relies on a variety of techniques like long exposure, manual blending and infra-red photography, to magnificent ends.

In infra-red photography, a filter is used on the camera to block all light except infra-red waves, giving the image a wonderland quality, not unlike the vision of Oz in the beloved Hollywood classic, according to the site SHFT.

In Keochkerian's images depicting rivers, woods and picturesque spots in the French countryside, the natural greens are automatically transformed into bizarre-looking canary yellows and golds, electric blues, bubblegum pinks and ghostly whites.

The breathtaking images of nature seemingly inspired by the great 19th century French expressionists sweep aside traditional notions of what a landscape should look like in an explosion of psychedelic colours.