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Signals

23 Monday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, random, urban

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Signals

Another one for my visual collection of telephone poles. Snapped and processed this with my phone a few days ago.

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Thinking of someplace warmer

20 Friday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, Puerto Rico, Travel

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Sandy haven

With winter gripping so many parts of North America, a little bit of mental escape might be in order. This is the west side of Puerto Rico, Domes Beach in Rincon, as it was in 2006. (The island might be worth another visit, now that I think about it …)

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Enjoying a moment along the Bow River

19 Thursday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Moment on the Bow

Caught this picture with my phone as I was wandering along the Bow River in Calgary last summer.

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Orion rising

18 Wednesday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, random

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The constellation Orion hangs over Calgary’s eastern horizon, as seen last fall.

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Colourful bollards

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Copenhagen, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Colourful bollards

These eye-catching bollards delineate the edge of a skatepark in downtown Copenhagen. Snapped during my brief visit there last August.

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Stockholm panorama

09 Monday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, Stockholm, Travel, urban

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Across the Riddarfjärden

A neat view of Stockholm’s central island from across the river in Sodermalm. Captured this on my smartphone during my trip there last August.

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Peace and love

08 Sunday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Peace and love

This definitely qualifies as a serene window display, spotted in Calgary last month.

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Functional art

07 Saturday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, London, photowalking, Travel, urban

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Informative tiles

This wall in the Charring Cross tube station in London speaks to you, in a manner of … speaking.

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Spud buds

06 Friday Feb 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, photography, photowalking, Quebec, random, Travel, urban

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Patates, prêtes à être pillées

These potatoes sure look as if they’re having a great time! Spotted somewhere in the Plateau in Montreal about a year ago.

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Bounding about in the snow

05 Thursday Feb 2015

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dog, GSD, park, pet, snow, winter

Bounding about

An oldie of a recurrent canine subject here, Lily. (Thank you Sean & Heather.)

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Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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