12 Saturday Nov 2016
Posted in Berlin, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, trains, Trains & Transit, transit, transportation, Travel, urban
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Berlin, Germany, photography, photowalk, rail, random, subway, train, trains, transit, transportation, Travel, U-Bahn, urban
Oberbaumbrücke, which crosses the Spree River in Berlin, is a bridge for private vehicular traffic and trains to/from the Warschauer Straße station at the eastern end of the U-Bahn’s Line 1. This photo was snapped on a gorgeous afternoon this past September.
11 Friday Nov 2016
Posted in Calgary, Canada, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
In honour of Remembrance Day, a portion of the Canadian war veterans’ memorial (photo captured at sunset last summer) near Poppy Plaza in northwest Calgary. The words are from the poem In Flanders Fields by Lt.-Col. John McCrae.
10 Thursday Nov 2016
Posted in Berlin, Germany, history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel
The Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is a singularly unique site in western Berlin.
The older church spire is what remains of the original church, heavily damaged during the Second World War. It has since been restored and its ground floor is a memorial hall spotlighting its namesake monarch, the church’s past, and what it and nearby areas endured during wartime bombing raids.
The spire is surrounded by modern buildings that make up the functional church.
Pictured above are the two belfries, as they appeared on an early autumn evening this September.
09 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in Berlin, Germany, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
08 Tuesday Nov 2016
Posted in art, Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
From time to time, interactive message boards like this one appear on one of the posting walls in Calgary’s Kensington neighbourhood. Two thumbs up to whoever conceived of this engaging piece of interactive art — and the same to all who left a part of themselves behind in the form of a sticky note. These messages were posted back in the spring.
07 Monday Nov 2016
Posted in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
06 Sunday Nov 2016
Posted in London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel, urban
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England, HDR, iPhoneography, London, night, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban
The National Gallery in London was about to wind down its day on this Friday night back in September but Trafalgar Square would continue to bustle for hours to come.
05 Saturday Nov 2016
Posted in London, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel
The previous time I visited London’s Tate Modern museum of international modern and contemporary art, the view you see pictured above wasn’t possible. That’s because the museum only recently opened a building to provide more room for exhibitions, more spaces for other uses, a restaurant and an observation deck allowing for sweeping, 360-degree views of London. (If you plan to go, bring a sweater, as it can get gusty up there.)
Back inside, warm and cosy, I wandered into an exhibition called Living Cities, which explores how urban dwellers live. It uses photographs, paintings, interactive art and such displays as the construction you see above — a scale model city made of couscous. (I wondered what it was made of when I smelled it. I was surprised to learn my guess was correct.)
04 Friday Nov 2016
The photo apps on your phone come with fancy filters — not unlike what you see here, from the Hipstamatic app.
But sometime, real-life objects do the job just fine — again, not unlike what you see here, a photo shot through an imperfect airplane window on my way to Europe back in September.
This was snapped from aboard Air Canada 850 (YYC-LHR).
03 Thursday Nov 2016
Ricky Leong 