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Gazing into eternity

10 Sunday Mar 2013

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

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alberta, architecture, art, calgary, canada, design, photography, photowalk, random, urban

Gazing into eternity

The Bow and Suncor Energy Centre in Calgary.

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Multiple reflections

06 Wednesday Mar 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, Seattle, Travel, urban

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architecture, art, design, HDR, iPhoneography, photography, photowalk, random, Seattle, Travel, urban, Washington

Seeing things every which way at the Seattle Public Library

Neat reflections outside the Seattle Public Library.

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The longest block

03 Sunday Mar 2013

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

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Longest block

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.

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Looking way up …

01 Friday Mar 2013

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Bow building in downtown Calgary, seen with a wide-angle lens

… at the beautiful Bow building in downtown Calgary. Wide-angle lenses are wonderful, aren’t they 🙂

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Lighting up our spirits

25 Friday Jan 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, history, Paris, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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architecture, art, cathedral, church, France, history, Notre Dame, Paris, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Illuminer notre esprit

Notre-Dame-de-Paris Cathedral. Never made it to the observation level of the church. Perhaps, if I ever go back to Paris …

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Leaning on each other

16 Friday Nov 2012

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

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Amstertam, architecture, Netherlands, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Leaning on each other

From my trip to Amsterdam a couple of months ago. Still seems as if I was just there!

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Tapestry of glass and steel

01 Thursday Nov 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, design, London, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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architecture, art, British Museum, England, London, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Tapestry of glass and steel

The über-cool courtyard at the British Museum, London.

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Stretching into the core

15 Tuesday May 2012

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

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alberta, architecture, art, bridge, Calatrava, calgary, canada, design, night, Peace Bridge, photography, photowalk, random, Santiago Calatrava, urban

Stretching into the core

What can I say, except that the Peace Bridge is surprisingly photogenic.

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Riding north

10 Thursday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, design, iPhone, photography, photowalking, transit, urban

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Riding over the Bow

People (including me, I suppose) are still going to the Peace Bridge to look at it … but many like this cyclist are using the bridge for its intended purpose.

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Spiritualist, reader, advisor

04 Friday May 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, architecture, Calgary, history, photography, random, urban

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abandoned, alberta, architecture, calgary, canada, decay, history, random, urban photowalk

Spiritualist, reader, advisor

One of a very few remaining low-rise mixed commercial-residential buildings in Victoria Park. This one’s on Macleod Tr. and is abandoned.

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