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Stampede life is a blur

16 Monday Jul 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, calgary stampede, Canada, photography, photowalking

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Stampede life is a blur

Water from the rain on Sunday got inside the lens housing of my compact camera. This is a random shot through the condensation, producing an abstract representation of the Calgary Stampede midway.

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Lighting up the night

13 Friday Jul 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, random

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Were you kept up by yesterday’s night-long thunder-and-lightning show over Calgary? The following short clip was typical of the the view from my balcony.

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Intertwined

09 Monday Jul 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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Intertwined

I was struck by the random “melding” of natural and artificial.

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Boarded up

29 Friday Jun 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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101 19 St. N.W.

Probably awaiting redevelopment … at Kensington Rd and 19 St. N.W., Calgary.

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Walking together

12 Tuesday Jun 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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We walked

Seen on the community board on 10 St. N.W. in Calgary.

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Fifty shades of green …

10 Sunday Jun 2012

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Fifty shades of green

… because I can’t pass up an opportunity to make a pop culture reference.

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Lawn scourge

08 Friday Jun 2012

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

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Lawn scourge

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Neighbourhood 5

06 Wednesday Jun 2012

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Neighbourhood 5

One of the few big, brash signs inside the CrossIron Mills mall in Balzac. This was the last part of the mall to be completed.

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Six-legged urban explorer

05 Tuesday Jun 2012

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Six-legged urban explorer

Again … totally amazed by the capabilities of modern camera phones.

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Out of place

04 Monday Jun 2012

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Out of place

This brick doesn’t belong …

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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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