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Musical wish

07 Friday Apr 2017

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

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Tomkins Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The exterior of this upright piano under the rotunda at Tomkins Park in Calgary has taken on a new look over time.

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Follow the red road

06 Thursday Apr 2017

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Olympic Plaza, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This canopy of light leads the way on the walkway surrounding Calgary’s Olympic Plaza, as seen late this winter.

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Aviator

03 Monday Apr 2017

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

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McDougall Centre, Calgary, Alberta

This monument stands outside McDougall Centre in downtown Calgary.

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A little birdie told me

31 Friday Mar 2017

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Street art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Here’s a relatively new piece of street art in Calgary’s Kensington area.

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Calgary commuters

11 Saturday Mar 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, transit, transportation, urban

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Public art to Centre Street LRT station, Calgary

Public art at the Centre Street CTrain station in downtown Calgary: These poor figures are condemned to the fate of perpetually waiting for the next train.

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Inner workings of a photo booth

10 Friday Mar 2017

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

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alberta, calgary, canada, photo booth, photography, random, selfie, technology, urban

Photo booth

Ah, the purveyor of convenient selfies in the era before smartphones. A technician works on a photo booth at North Hill Centre, Calgary. (Ricky Leong photo)

If you’ve ever wondered what an automated photo booth looks like when the user interface is torn away … this post is for you. (And yes, photo booths still exist!) This happened as I was wandering into the grocery store.

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I’ll consume your sanity

08 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, fun, photowalk, random, urban

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Toy store in Kensington, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Another delightfully whimsical window display, courtesy of a local toy store in Calgary.

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Red signals

07 Tuesday Mar 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, trains, Trains & Transit, transit, urban

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Red signals, Sunalta CTrain station, Calgary

A view of downtown Calgary from Sunalta CTrain station, the only elevated light-rail station on the Calgary Transit network. Snapped a few weeks ago.

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Facial distortion

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

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Distortion

A piece of public art in a yet-to-be-redeveloped space near the Sunnyside LRT station in Calgary. This un-retouched photo is one of a series of such images I snapped back in October to test my smartphone camera (iPhone 7) under adverse shooting conditions — in this case, backlighting and shadowing.

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Looking in wonder

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

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

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Look and you shall find

This is a profile view of “Wonderland”, a sculpture by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, outside The Bow office tower in downtown Calgary. It’s an interactive piece, as visitors can “enter” the head for a different perspective.

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