cross my heart

This has not been photoshopped. I promise. The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion in Penang truly is very brightly blue, and perhaps the Provia intensifies the colour slightly as well.

I considered desaturating it a bit to make it believable, but I resisted temptation.

Taken on: 7th December, 2009. Copyright: All Rights Reserved - See :lynn:'s page of Flickr

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