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Can you see me?

26 Wednesday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

Here is an unexpected capture, taken as I was trying for a streetscape photo from inside the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco earlier this month.

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Merry Christmas!

25 Tuesday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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San Francisco, California

This is a night view of Macy’s Great Tree in San Francisco’s Union Square — the department store’s gift to the Bay Area city — as captured with a smartphone camera earlier this month. Please accept my best wishes of the season to you and yours.

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Failed Christmas thief

24 Monday Dec 2018

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This particularly Grinchy ornament graces one of the dozens of Christmas trees at The Core shopping centre in downtown Calgary.

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Deck the Ferry Building’s halls

23 Sunday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, San Francisco, urban

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San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

San Francisco’s Ferry Building was looking particularly festive when I visited there earlier this month.

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Eight-pointed star

22 Saturday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

A lovely ornament hangs from a Christmas Tree at The Core shopping centre in downtown Calgary.

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Frosty’s domain

21 Friday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, Christmas, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban

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Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Frosty the Snowman chills out on the branches of a shopping mall Christmas tree in Calgary’s central business district.

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Beary Merry Christmas

20 Thursday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in British Columbia, Canada, Christmas, random, Travel, Vancouver

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This cheerful fella graces the U.S./transborder concourse at Vancouver International Airport.

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Succulent little Christmas

19 Wednesday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in Christmas, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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San Francisco, California

Always green … but not quite an evergreen! This succulent and Christmas tree combo was spotted in San Francisco’s Union Square last week.

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Gourd old-fashioned competition!

18 Tuesday Dec 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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San Francisco, California

Go big or go home, they say. Spotted this giant pumpkin outside a restaurant at San Francisco’s ferry building last week.

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Hazy by the bay

17 Monday Dec 2018

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San Francisco, California

Waiting for the last of the morning fog/haze to clear up, while looking across San Francisco Bay by the Bay Bridge last week.

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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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