Lake of Mud, and a pinch of pink

Going thru my archives, I stumbled upon this photo: the folks take mud baths in Turkey. I made this capture with the cheap kit lens that came with my very first DSLR camera (Canon 350D) and saved it as a JPEG (back then, I never bothering with RAW files). The only colors present are the withered, brownish cacti and a few patches of bare, pinkish skin on people’s backs; everything else is just a soupy, nondescript-colored mess. It’s not an appealing sight. But everything looks differ once you strip away the colors; the image transforms into an intriguing piece of travel reportage.

Oh, and I forgot to mention: this photo was taken 14 years ago near the town of Icmeler, Turkey. And I have no intention to show the original color version, dont proud with it.