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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.

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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.

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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...(more)

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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....(more)

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A spring evening meet of custom car enthusiasts at the Ivy Ridge Shopping Center at Ridge Avenue and Domino Lane in Northwest Philly.  Behind...(more)

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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 ...(more)

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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...(more)

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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...(more)

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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.

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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.

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The Monoshone Creek, in Wissahickon Park, Northwest Philadelphia, powered the first paper mill in Pennsylvania.  Now Lincoln Drive, a busy arte...(more)

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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.

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This statue of Sylvester Stallone's mythic pugilist, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, draws a steady stream of visitors.  After having t...(more)

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This statue of Sylvester Stallone's mythic pugilist, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, draws a steady stream of visitors.  Some get no clo...(more)

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Although narrow, Sansom Street is a major artery in central Philadelphia. This view at 18th Street is typical.  4-shot panorama taken from my Prius with Sony NEX-5N/Samyang 7.5mm on a short pole.

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Logan Circle (official name, Logan Square) near the middle of Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Parkway, is the site of two science museums, the L...(more)

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Philadelphia's City Hall Plaza is now being demolished to make way for a new design  -- or maybe just to get rid of Occupy Philadelphia.  4-shot panorama taken from my car with Sony NEX-5N/Samyang 7.5mm on a short pole.

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The plaza in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, seen from near the fountain at its center.  Hand-held 5-shot panorama taken with Sony NEX-5N/Samyang 7.5mm.

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The plaza in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, seen from near the main entrance.  Hand-held 5-shot panorama taken with Sony NEX-5N/Samyang 7.5mm.

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The plaza in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, from the top of the famous stairs.  Hand-held 5-shot panorama taken with Sony NEX-5N/Samyang 7.5mm.