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Occupied and preoccupied

24 Monday Oct 2011

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, politics, urban

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alberta, calgary, canada, Occupy, OccupyCalgary, photowalk, random, urban

The Occupy Calgary tents at Olympic Plaza remain up as of today.

They are the 99%

Temporary housing

Garnering at-tent-ion

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Falling for beauty

23 Sunday Oct 2011

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An awesome view of Calgary’s downtown core, seen from the zoo side of the 12 St. bridge.

Falling for beauty

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Emerging from darkness

26 Friday Aug 2011

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, Trains & Transit, transit, Travel, urban

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New York, NYC, photography, rail, railroad, railway, random, subway, train, trains, urban

Here’s an unexpected photo capture. I was in the last car of a No. 7 subway train as it was leaving Main St. station in Flushing. I decided to try a long-exposure shot inside the tunnel when all of a sudden there was no more tunnel and we were in broad daylight. This is the result.

Emerging from darkness

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From street to meadow

22 Monday Aug 2011

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

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A surprising find in Lower Manhattan. Grass growing freely is not what you’d expect here!

From street to meadow

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Burning the midnight oil with sparks

19 Monday Apr 2010

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

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alberta, calgary, canada, construction, night, photowalk, random, sparks, urban

Let’s just say … I’m not accustomed to seeing construction sites busy at 10 p.m. on a Sunday.
Burning the midnight oil with sparks
These guys were working on 3 St. between the old Holt Renfrew building and Eaton Centre.

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Bow rising

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

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

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The Bow building, still under construction in downtown Calgary, is slowly rising to become the tallest skyscraper in western Canada.

18, 19, 20 and more

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Life imitates art

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

Posted by Ricky Leong in montreal, photography, photowalking, random, sports, urban

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Seen at Place Victoria in Montreal this weekend:
Life imitates art

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Evil cul-de-sac

10 Sunday May 2009

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Evil cul-de-sac

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Down to the core

08 Friday May 2009

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Another view of downtown Calgary, this time from the 14 St. Bridge over the Bow River.

Down to the core

Boy, that wide-angle lens sure makes the city look small.

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Hot wheels

03 Sunday May 2009

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, fun, New York, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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This carpark in New York looks like those toys I always wanted when I was growing up.

Hot Wheels

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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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