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Adventures with Tintin

30 Tuesday Jul 2013

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

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Amsterdam, dog, iPhoneography, Netherlands, photography, Tintin, Travel

Adventures with Tintin

Another throwback from my vacation in Amsterdam last year, a neat (and unintentional) juxtaposition captured on my first afternoon in town.

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Urban blooms

17 Wednesday Jul 2013

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

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alberta, Amsterdam, art, calgary, canada, flower, flowers, montreal, Netherlands, New York, Ontario, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

Light-emitting flowers
Montreal

I take pictures of flowers from time to time on my photowalks. A whole pile of them are pretty but they sure aren’t real.

Wooden garden
Calgary

Flowers greet you
Amsterdam

Flowers for sale
Toronto

Powder flower
New York

Power of flowers
Amsterdam

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Making beer

09 Tuesday Apr 2013

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

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Amsterdam, Heineken, Netherlands, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Making beer

Make that *pretending* to make beer. This is part of the exhibit at the Heineken Experience in Amsterdam. These props were used in some kind if claymation short film about this storied brand of booze.

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Let the bells ring over Dam Square

21 Wednesday Nov 2012

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, Travel, video

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Amsterdam, Netherlands, Travel, video

Some brief video clips taken at Dam Square and the National Monument in Amsterdam, set to a tune played on the carillon at the Royal Palace.

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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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Morning row

02 Friday Nov 2012

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

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Amsterdam, Netherlands, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Morning row

A common sight in Amsterdam.

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Sunset on the pier

30 Tuesday Oct 2012

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

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Amsterdam, dusk, Netherlands, night, photography, photowalk, random, silhouette, sunset, Travel, urban

Sunset on the pier

A beautiful evening in Amsterdam, just about a month ago.

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Make your move

26 Friday Oct 2012

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

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Amsterdam, iPhoneography, Netherlands, night, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Make your move

No better way to end the day than with a giant game of chess. Max Euweplein, Amsterdam.

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Music over yonder

14 Sunday Oct 2012

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

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Amsterdam, Netherlands, photography, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

Music yonder

A lovely fall morning on the Museumplein with the Concertgebouw beyond it, Amsterdam.

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Paradox on wheels

26 Wednesday Sep 2012

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

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Amsterdam, Netherlands, photography, photos, photowalk, random, Travel, urban

This ride's a head-turner

How odd that the Dutch, on average deemed some of the tallest people on Earth, choose to drive the world’s smallest vehicles.

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