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Swimming with the sharks

24 Sunday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

So much to see while walking through the giant tank at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto a few weekends ago.

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To Union Station

20 Wednesday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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To Union Station

The vanishing point makes it seems like Union Station is so far away! In reality this is just a block or so east of the entrance, along the Sky Walk toward CN Tower and the Toronto convention centre.

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Life support system

17 Sunday Mar 2019

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

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abstract, canada, lights, Ontario, photography, photowalk, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

Life support system

I don’t often do photos as abstract art but I found this one oddly satisfying to capture. These are sources of light from various exhibits seen through cascading water in the life support system section of Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto.

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CNR Serves All Canada

16 Saturday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, trains, Trains & Transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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caboose, canada, history, locomotive, Ontario, photography, photowalk, preservation, rail, railroad, railway, station, Toronto, train, trains, Travel, urban

CNR Serves All Canada

A glimpse of some of the retired railway equipment on display in Roundhouse Park in Toronto.

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Waterworld adventure

13 Wednesday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, Toronto, Travel, urban

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aquarium, canada, fish, Ontario, photography, photowalk, silhouette, Toronto, tourism, Travel, urban

Waterworld adventure

Visitors take in the colourful underwater view at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in Toronto this past weekend.

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Thunder Bat

11 Monday Mar 2019

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

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art, canada, Ontario, photography, photowalk, random, street art, Toronto, Travel, urban

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sticker/wall art from Toronto, seen somewhere along Queen Street West (IIRC) on a short stopover between trains in April 2013.

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Airwalk

03 Monday Dec 2018

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

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A fun, colourful public art installation spotted in downtown Toronto in April 2013.

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Flowers for sale

24 Friday Nov 2017

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

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Real world blends into a mural at St. Lawrence Market in Toronto. Spotted this in November 2012.

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Gliding right along

17 Friday Nov 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, urban

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canada, ice skating, motion blur, Nathan Phillips Square, night, Ontario, photography, photowalk, random, skating, Toronto, Travel, urban

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

An oldie for y’all today: People enjoying the ice rink at Nathan Phillips Square outside Toronto City Hall. Snapped this on a nighttime stroll about a decade ago.

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Landing

27 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in iPhone, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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airline, airliner, airport, canada, iPhoneography, KLM, landing, Ontario, photography, runway, Toronto, Travel

Landing

Was going through some images that got overlooked from my summer vacation … and here’s one of them. That was the view out the window as my flight from Amsterdam arrived at Toronto Pearson International Airport, way back in August.

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