14 Thursday Mar 2013
Posted in architecture, art, Canada, design, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
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If you find yourself wandering some of the neighbourhoods in the central parts of Montreal, you’ll find many homes with winding outdoor stairs. This is one of the more colourful examples I’ve come across.
11 Monday Mar 2013
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Recently re-processed this photo, taken about two years ago in New York, to test a relatively new HDR feature within Canon’s Digital Photo Professional software. It certainly works in a pinch … but there are far better HDR software options out there.
At least the building looks nice. We can’t go wrong there 🙂
10 Sunday Mar 2013
Posted in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, Canada, design, photography, photowalking, random, urban
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The Bow and Suncor Energy Centre in Calgary.
06 Wednesday Mar 2013
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Neat reflections outside the Seattle Public Library.
03 Sunday Mar 2013
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Beautiful arches outside of The Bay store in downtown Calgary … and this wide-angle view helps to make it look as if they stretch on forever.
01 Friday Mar 2013
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… at the beautiful Bow building in downtown Calgary. Wide-angle lenses are wonderful, aren’t they 🙂
18 Monday Feb 2013
Posted in architecture, fun, history, photography, photowalking, random, Seattle, Travel, urban
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Most people’s exposure to subterranean Seattle is limited to the transit tunnels downtown.
But just a few blocks toward the harbour, the Underground Tour takes you into that city’s first tunnels, intimately tied to Seattle’s history and development.
It’s a particular treat for history buffs and those who love urban decay.
Thanks to our guide Allie (below) for an informative and entertaining visit.
06 Wednesday Feb 2013
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A closer look at one of the condemned Calgary homes featured in an earlier blog posting.
06 Wednesday Feb 2013
Posted in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, Canada, design, Photo galleries, photography, random, urban
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From what I can see, Santiago Calatrava’s pedestrian bridge in Calgary continues to draw non-commuting visitors, especially on weekends, in addition to folks who use the crossing in a functional manner.
Despite the controversial way in which the structure was acquired, I’m happy to see it being embraced by the community.
04 Monday Feb 2013
Posted in Alberta, architecture, art, Calgary, friends, fun, photography, trains, transit, urban
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I often wonder if most people who use Calgary’s light rail system notice the art that exists intrinsically all around them.
Well, there are six Calgarians who most certainly do. Flickr friends and photographers (above, from left) James Tworow, Linda M. Cunningham, Nathalie Babineau-Griffiths, Wanda Martin and Dave King, along with Ian Proctor (not present), share their visual insights from the newly opened west leg of Calgary’s LRT system.
Their photo exhibition, One Place, Six Perspectives, demonstrates the innate artistic richness of Calgary’s newest C-Train stations, which stretch 8.2 km westward from downtown.
Swing by for a look and you, too, will see how transit can be more than just trains, buses, bricks and mortar.
One Place, Six Perspectives takes place on the walls of Pages Books in Kensington until the end of April.
P.S.: The group’s photos are also available for sale.
Ricky Leong 