Lake Russel

My friends and I visited Lake Russel in Georgia last July to celebrate the 4th. It was really an amazing trip. I took tons of pictures at the dam site, where the massive lake spread for miles, being all you could see on the horizon. With the sun just going down, it was the perfect time to get some amazing shots. This is my favorite of them all.

I loved editing this one. To get this amazing color I increased the contrast and increased all color saturation by 80-100%. 

Depending on the original state of a photo, increasing saturation can work really well, if the photo starts out having a lot of colors to work with. The sunset may not have looked as richly colorful as in my edited piece, but being at the lake and seeing the sun setting with my own eyes was more incredible than any photo edit.

~Construction Complete!~

I just changed the entire format and layout of this blog. :D I love my new layout because now I can post my photos much larger. You can still click to view full-size, which I recommend simply for the better view.

*Some New Features* 

~Larger image sizes

~Photos edited with gradient maps will now show the gradient used, located under the photo

ಠ_ಠ

All right, I usually manage to overuse the keyboard face 'XD', but I've found a new companion to overuse, and he is the internet meme of disappointment or disbelief, according to KnowYourMeme.com.  

I wanted to put him in my blog so badly that I dug through all my photos until I found the perfect one to portray the meaning of ಠ_ಠ.

Behold, the best expressions of me and my friends ever captured:

ಠ_ಠ

No edits made, because any edits would destroy the beauty of this image.

BTW, I love these guys. <3 

(Oh yeah, and in case you were wondering, "ಠ" is apparently a Kannadan letter, Kannada being one of the Dravidian languages in India. Thanks, KnowYourMeme.com!)