Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Looking at my pictures, it seems and feels like I havent captured much of how Calgary looks like. With the help of being bored and the point I mentioned earlier, I had made myself go out to capture more sights of Calgary city. Shooting cityscapes and scenes are something which I dont think I'm good at, but at least I tried and had kept me busy!
 Early
Morning |  Late
Morning |  Link
to City |  At Prince
Island Park |  The 1st
Sucker (Blur) |
Spent 2 days going around the city snapping here and there. Spent the enire day of both days capturing shots from early morning before sunrise till late evening after sunset. Its a lovely sight overlooking the city during these 'magic hours' from a nearby hill. Wonder if I can get a smilar spot on a hill over looking the city in KL under extremely clear, ie hazeless not cloudless, skies.
 The
1st Sucker |  The
2nd Sucker |  The 2nd
Sucker Again |  The
3rd Sucker |  The
4th Sucker |  Wile E Coyote
in City? |
Each day Id be waitng on the hill for the sunrise before heading down to an island next to the city. YES! Its an island alright. The place is a piece of land right in the middle of the river which flows by the city and have been converted into a park. Prince Island Park they call it. Its a nice place to have a walk, a brief moment away from the busy city streets. Theres planty of wildlife too, ducks, squirrels, birds and even coyotes, though I havent seen one. The animals here are really protected and I believe, are so accustomed to the presence of humans around, they arent afraid of you at all. Stretch out your hand and you'll get birds and squirrels approaching you. I believe in Malaysia, these animals would probably in the pot or in the cage for sell by now. Heh heh! Had fun fooling these poor suckers. Since I have no animal food around, I picked up a piece of dried leaf and shred it into small pieces and left them on my palm. A few birds fell for the trick and flew right onto my hand. Later they got smarter so I had to sacrifice a bit of my chocolate bar to get them coming back. The squirrels were suckers too! Found an empty peanut shell and used it as bait. They fell for it too.
 Park
Bridge |  The
Great Building |  Heaevn Behind
the Buildings? |  Windmill
(Take 1) |  Windmill
(Take 2) |  Windmill
(Take 3) |
Close by to the Island is the EauClaire market where theres plenty of food stalls in it. Its usually more happening during summer with more stalls outside. Didnt take any pic of it since it..err..has no photographic value? The building is nice but the vehicles parked all around it really spoils the scene so didnt bother. Instead, took pics of the windmill nearby .
 The
Tower |  Stephen's
Avenue |  Hotdog
Stall |  City
Rail |  Statues
. |
Deeper in the city, I wasnt too sure of what to take. So most pics taken are 'main hantam' case. Most of the pics are taken around the Olympic Plaza and Stephen Avenue, thats wheres the most scenic part inside the city. Didnt post much of the pics here. In fact, too lazy to figure out the html codes to arrange the pics. Ill later upload them onto the flash slide player below. Here's a small clip of one of the sucker in action furthur.  Calgary Tower |  Sunrise, Calgary |  The City Hall |
 3/4 Day |
 Sunset,Calgary |
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