Mind Melt II - Gregg Humphrey

the waters hold many secrets

Camera:	Contax G2
Lens:	Carl Zeiss Sonnar 90mm f/2.8
Film:	Ilford Delta 100
Exposure:	approx 1/250 @ f/8
Flash:
Support:
Filter:	yellow
Adjustment:	Crop, levels, mild USM, reposted after grain smoothed with NeatImage filter
Posted:	07-Mar-2003

Rating: 8.41 (17 ratings)

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Comments

Just great.

How did you make this beauty?

Knut Skjærven     07-Mar-2003 at 13:35

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very painterly!

Wonderful abstract. Love the washes of tones and the scrubbed look in places. I use painting terms because it looks so much like a painting. You compared one of my photos to a watercolor. I have to return the favor. Very, very nice!

Robin Kleb     07-Mar-2003 at 13:51

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Gregg,

What a beauty!

Vahid Naziri     07-Mar-2003 at 18:38

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This would make a beautiful print

Gregg: this is really nice. I think it's the best of the three you posted. I'm at a loss to comment specifically, but it just looks great. Maybe it should be viewed like the old Rorschach ink blot test, and ask people what they see in it.

Bob Michaels     07-Mar-2003 at 19:05

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Expression . . .

Gregg, I do agree this image is intrinsically beautiful.

Jerome Belthrop     07-Mar-2003 at 23:51

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Great mind-melting you made me feel. Congrats!

Cosmin Bumbut     08-Mar-2003 at 03:05

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I forgott to ask you: I tried a lot of times to photograph water reflections, but the focus was everytime fooled. I put it manualy, guessing distance. Do you know other trick to focus on such a subject?

Cosmin Bumbut     08-Mar-2003 at 03:09

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Thanks to everyone for the comments. This image was truly a gift from the river and sunlight. I only cropped and slightly enhanced with levels, a bit of spotting w/ PS healing brush and very mild USM. Perhaps someday I'll post the entire uncropped scene, but I believe the mystery is part of the image's strength. Cosmin, I simply autofocused on a distant part of the scene, f/8 or higher, and let the foreground DoF fall where it may.

Gregg Humphrey     08-Mar-2003 at 09:12

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I see

several faces in this image. This is just a killer abstract Gregg. This is three 9s in a row for me which is very unusual. When it rains it pours.

Kevin Conville     08-Mar-2003 at 13:37

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Kevin and Lincoln, thanks for the kind and interesting comments, glad you like the image. As they say, it's all in the eye of the beholder ;^)

Gregg Humphrey     10-Mar-2003 at 10:49

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Stunning

If it was a gift, I need another birthday...

Joe Bayne III     17-Mar-2003 at 14:31

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