Published 14 days ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Here's a side view of Nashville's big Goddess Athena, and an explication of the little Goddess perched on her hand. Read more about the Nashville Parthenon [here].
Published 14 days ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Nashville's Parthenon is a recreation of Parthenon of Athens, complete with a gigantic statue of the Goddess Athena. It also has a full set of casts... (ещё)
Published 14 days ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Virginia's Natural Bridge has been a famous tourist attraction since the 18th century. It is very old, and so stable that it is actually used as a highway bridge. Read more about it [here].
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
A view from inside the redbud tree (var. Forest Pansy) that flourishes in my front yard.
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Another view from inside a flowering tree in full bloom. This one is a Sargeant crabapple in my front yard; the bird is my daughter's yellow-na... (ещё)
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Some colleagues criticised "Blossoms All Around" for not having a blue sky. So here is roughly the same thing in hdr. 7 shots from a 12 foot pole... (ещё)
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Another springtime flowering tree pano. This one comes close to my ideal of a sphere filled with blossoms. A view from the center of a mature Kwanzan cherry tree in full bloom.
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Every spring I get the ugre to take panoramas from inside flowering trees. This is part of the 2012 edition. Taken with a small camera on a 10-foot pole that rested in the crotch of the tree.
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
The 2012 crop of wistaria blossoms above my dining room window. This is not quite the "flowers in every direction" panorama of my dreams, but perhaps a step toward it.
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Kate Kaman and Joel Erland are renovating Harvey Stern's old silversmithing shop on Germantown Avenue to be a home and sculpture studio. The whol... (ещё)
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Reconstruction has begun. This panorama is a test of high dyanamic range technique. Taken with Sigma 8mm fisheye at f/5.6 on Canon 7D at ISO 100.... (ещё)
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
A spring evening meet of custom car enthusiasts at the Ivy Ridge Shopping Center at Ridge Avenue and Domino Lane in Northwest Philly. Behind... (ещё)
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Volunteer painters at the Mt. Airy Arts Garage working on a new mural to be installed at Chelten and Pulaski in Germantown this summer, under the ... (ещё)
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
Harvey Stern served Germantown's needs for fine metalwork and silver plating for many years from this shop on Germantown Avenue at Duval Street. Now... (ещё)
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
One of the grander old folks' homes on Germantown Avenue in Northwest Philladelphia, the Germantown Home is actually in Mount Airy. That's OK, severa... (ещё)
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
On the easel, the artist's sketch for a new mural that will be installed at Chelten and Pulaski in Germantown. On the chairs, a young artist, her mother, and me holding my pocket pano pole.
Published about 1 month ago by Thomas K Sharpless
The 2nd bath in our house in Germantown is finally getting renovated. The first step of course is removing most of what has been there since 1908.
Published 2 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless
The Monoshone Creek, in Wissahickon Park, Northwest Philadelphia, powered the first paper mill in Pennsylvania. Now Lincoln Drive, a busy arte... (ещё)
Published 2 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless
James and Joel (d.b.a. "Death Wish Ecclesiastical Restorations") getting ready for an afternoon's work on the water damaged ceiling of St. Bridget RC Church in the East Falls section of Philadelphia.
Published 2 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless
This statue of Sylvester Stallone's mythic pugilist, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, draws a steady stream of visitors. After having t... (ещё)
