13 Sunday Oct 2013
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban
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It’s pleasantly surprising to see Calgary’s deciduous trees retain their red, gold and orange hues for so long this autumn. This is usually a one- or two-week affair … but we’re rolling into Week 3 now, easily. Glorious.
12 Saturday Oct 2013
Posted in Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, urban
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Here is some Calgary public art I can happily support. This twisted tower of light is one of several going up at both ends of the 7 Ave. transit corridor, at City Hall and Downtown West stations. The whole installation is called Luminous Crossings; you can read more about it here.
11 Friday Oct 2013
Posted in Alberta, Canada, history, photography, Travel
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alberta, Badlands, canada, drumheller, geography, geology, photography, Travel
Another view of the Red Deer River this summer, taken just north of the town of Drumheller, Alberta, in the heart of the Badlands.
11 Friday Oct 2013
Posted in London, photography, photowalking, Travel, urban
10 Thursday Oct 2013
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There’s a cool statue outside the Bay store in downtown Calgary, showing two businessmen seemingly making a deal. Until this week, I hadn’t noticed what their hands were doing.
09 Wednesday Oct 2013
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alberta, calgary, canada, clouds, iPhoneography, photography, weather
This view of Calgary is from the weekend.
08 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in New York, photography, random, Travel, urban
This shot is from a trip to New York back in February 2011. The cool thing about going to such an attraction as the Empire State Building in the dead of night on a cool late-winter evening is definitely the lack of lines through security and whatnot. The risk, however, is that you’ll encounter cold temperatures, blustery winds and rapidly shifting weather — as seen in this photo!
08 Tuesday Oct 2013
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Spotted on the sidewalk at Memorial Dr. near 9A St. N.W. in Sunnyside.
04 Friday Oct 2013
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Temporary art installation in Calgary’s Sunnyside neighbourhood, on the former site of a City of Calgary depot.
03 Thursday Oct 2013
Posted in Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalking
In the wake of the floods that washed over Calgary and southern Alberta in June, our rivers and riverbanks have changed — a lot in some places.
In the image above from early September, for example, that gravel island under the piers of the Louise Bridge over the Bow River in Calgary wasn’t there until the water receded.
In other places along the Bow and Elbow rivers, the banks have been eroded away. Meanwhile, up in the mountains, rivers and streams are cutting across backcountry, campgrounds and golf courses where they never did before.
Truly a testament to the power of nature.
Two more photos below, taken on June 25, 2013, in the immediate aftermath of the flood.
Ricky Leong 