Published 9 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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Great Head, near Bar Harbor, Maine, offers some of the nicest rocks-and-sea views in Acadia National Park.  The day I visitied it with my camera ...(more)

Published 9 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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At just over 1500 feet, Cadillac is the highest of many mountains on Mount Desert Island.  Its summit is a very popular spot for vistiors ...(more)

Published 9 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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The southwest corner of Mount Desert Island slopes gently into the sea.  At the Wonderland area of Acadia National Park, low tide exposes huge slabs of barnacle-studded pink granite dotted with tide pools.

Published 9 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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Great Head has some of the highest cliffs on the coast of Mt. Desert Island.  This is the first cliff top view you come to on the trail up from Sand Beach in Newport Cove.

Published 10 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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Laundry hanging behind my house.  A test of a new Samyang 8mm/2.8 lens for Sony NEX-5n.  6 shots + nadir, stitched from camera jpegs, equirectangular 65Mpixels (11,400 x 5700). 

Published 10 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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An early morning view near Short Point on Hull Cove, Jamestown, Rhode Island.Samyang 7.5mm/NEX-5n, 6 shots + nadir.

Published 10 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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Early morning view from a nook in the rocks along the North shore of Hull cove, Jamestown, RI.  Samyang 7.5mm on Sony NEX-5n, 4 shots + nadir.

Published 10 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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Germantown and Chelten is the commercial center of the Germantownsection of Philadelphia.  It has been a busy shopping zone for a ...(more)

Published 10 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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Behind their home in Jamestown, Rhode Island, father William and son Chris Smith are working on their electric car, which comb...(more)

Published 11 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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A soulful and powerful a capella singer enthralls the crowd in front of the newly opened iMPeRFeCT Gallery.  Germantown's large community of artists makes it one of the more happening neighborhoods of Philadelphia.

Published 11 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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A pair of local drummers entertaining the crowd at the opening of Germantown's iMPeRFeCT Gallery, perhaps at that moment the newest art space in Philadelphia.Samyang 7.5mm on Sony NEX-5n, 4 shots.

Published 11 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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Snapshot in a small hall of mirrors, part of the Alice in Wonderland exhibit at Philadelphia's Please Touch children's museum.  Highly recommended.

Published 12 months ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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This pretty little swamp, filled with skunk cabbage and touch-me-nots, is  on the headwaters of the Monoshone Creek in Northwest Philadel...(more)

Published about 1 year ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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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 about 1 year ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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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...(more)

Published about 1 year ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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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 year ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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A view from inside the redbud tree (var. Forest Pansy) that flourishes in my front yard. 

Published about 1 year ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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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...(more)

Published about 1 year ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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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...(more)

Published about 1 year ago by Thomas K Sharpless

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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.