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Game of shadows

28 Friday Mar 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, iPhone, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel

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art, canada, fine arts, iPhoneography, montreal, museum, photography, quebec, Travel

Projection

One of the exhibits at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

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Another cheesy post

23 Sunday Mar 2014

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

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art, canada, cheese, graffiti, meme, montreal, photography, photowalk, quebec, Travel

Fan de produits laitiers

Add this to the many other “I Heart Cheese” sightings in Montreal! Spotted a few months ago.

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Everywhere she looked, she finally saw trouble

20 Thursday Mar 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Canada, politics

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alberta, canada, front page, journalism, news, newspapers, politics

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Front-page news around these parts: After weeks of controversy and pressure, Alison Redford announced yesterday her resignation as premier of Alberta, effective Sunday.

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Synthetic flower

13 Thursday Mar 2014

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

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Synthetic flower

Spotted through a storefront window in Calgary last month.

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Talking fish

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, iPhone, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, street art, Travel, urban

La déclaration du poisson

Recently spotted this … eclectic door on rue Rachel in Montreal, not too far from Jeanne-Mance Park.

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This cow sure knows how to rock

26 Wednesday Feb 2014

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

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alberta, art, calgary, canada, photography, photowalk, random, street art, urban

Cowboy cow

This cool drawing adorns a utility control box at 17 Ave. and 11 St. S.W. in Calgary.

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Northern lights on Nose Hill

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photography, random

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alberta, aurora, aurora borealis, calgary, canada, night, northern lights, photography, sky

Northern lights

Took a detour on the way home, to take advantage of the darker sky over Nose Hill and get a rare glimpse of northern lights from inside Calgary city limits.

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Esthetics of triangles

19 Wednesday Feb 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, iPhone, photography, Travel, urban

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architecture, art, canada, design, iPhoneography, montreal, photography, quebec, Travel

Esthétique triangulaire

This is part of the newer wing at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

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Sparkling prairie jewel

18 Tuesday Feb 2014

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

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alberta, calgary, canada, HDR, night, photography, skyline, urban

Sparkling prairie jewel

Here’s a view captured a few nights ago from one of my favourite lookouts in Calgary: the top of McHugh Bluff.

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Neon tree

17 Monday Feb 2014

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

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Neon tree

This is one of the metallic wind-breaking “trees” on Stephen Avenue in Calgary.
And it’s actually a neon colour lit in LED … but why sweat the small stuff when it looks so neat at night?

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Welcome to rickyleong.com and thanks for stopping by. Pictured in the header above is Calgary’s skyline seen from McHugh Bluff.

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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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