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Around the corner

18 Sunday Oct 2020

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

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alberta, calgary, canada, clouds, photowalk, random, river, sky, trees, urban

Around the corner

The Bow River curves around Prince’s Island Park in Calgary’s city centre, as seen from the Peace Bridge last month.

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Glorious sky

25 Tuesday Aug 2020

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

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alberta, calgary, canada, clouds, park, photography, photowalk, random, river, sky, trees

Glorious sky

Beautiful clouds up in the sky, from a recent walk in Bowness Park.

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Heavenly

04 Monday Jun 2018

Posted by Ricky Leong in England, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Travel

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Brighton, England, iPhoneography, photography, photowalk, random, silhouette, sky, Travel, U.K.

Brighton, England, U.K.

A chance spectacle in the sky behind the Angel of Peace, along the seaside path in Brighton.

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Melding of land and sky

17 Friday Feb 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in Arizona, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, rural

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arizona, clouds, landscape, Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, photography, photowalk, random, rocks, rural, sky, Travel

At the exit of Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona

The clouds on this day mimic the gentle ripples of the rocks, at the exit of Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, Arizona.

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Smoky Supermoon

13 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, Science

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alberta, astrophotography, calgary, canada, moon, night, photography, sky, supermoon

Smoke-tempered Supermoon

Here’s my contribution to all the Supermoon photos out there. No colour correction here: the moon had an orange glow about it last night, probably because of all the smoke from a forest fire not too far from 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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Rocky Mountain sunset

14 Wednesday Aug 2013

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

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alberta, calgary, canada, Cochrane, iPhoneography, photography, random, rocky mountains, sky, sunset

Cochrane sunset

Captured on my phone from the lookout along Highway 1A in Cochrane.

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Summer sky

02 Thursday Aug 2012

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

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alberta, calgary, canada, clouds, photography, random, sky, urban

Sky cotton

Captured from the Bowmont dog park in Calgary last week.

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Still snowy

25 Monday May 2009

Posted by Ricky Leong in fun, random

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alberta, canada, landscape, mountains, random, rocky mountains, rural, sky, snow

Beautiful scenery along Hwy. 22, just north of Hwy. 3.
Still snowy

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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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