Surfing at Eisbach

Surfing is a popular water sport you would not expect in Munich, hundreds of kilometers away from the next coast line. The location is at the Eisbach, which translates to ice brook just next to the Haus der Kunst in Munich. The standing wave can be surfed the whole year, but even in summer the water is very cold.

The history of surfing the Eisbach goes back into the year 1972 (according to Wikipedia).

The Eisbach flows under ground for some kilometers and is a part of the Isar river. After the popular surf spot it flows through the Englischer Garten a large park where you can relax just in the heart of the city.

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On top of the MAIN TOWER in Frankfurt am Main (little planet).

This image shows a reprojection of a spherical panorama. Reprojection is stereographic down (little planet) and was done with PTGui Pro. It’s also available as an interactive spherical.

Stereographic down (little planet) reprojection of a spherical panorama.

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Zytglogge (Clocktower of Bern)

This spherical panorama shows the Zytglogge in Bern (Switzerland).

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Technique:
The shooting was done with a 3 meter (appx. 10 ft) pole to reach a more elevated viewpoint. The lens was mounted with a custom-made bracket. Stitched from four images taken with a Sigma 10mm fish eye lens on a Sony A900. Zenith and nadir were retouched in post.

Imberger Horn Sledge Track

This is the start of two of the three sledge tracks. Shortly after this point the track branches. One track to the Retterschwang valley, the other one towards the small village Nordpol (that translates to Northpole).
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A colorful subway station (Candidplatz, Munich)

For the WWP event ‘color’ Markus and I decided to take some pictures of subway stations in Munich. We finally ended shooting our images at the subway station Candidplatz and at the subway station Westfriedhof which are both extremely colorful stations. This is the panorama of the subway station Candidplatz.
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Munich celebrates it’s 850th birthday (pole vault)

In 2008 Munich celebrated the city’s 850th birthday with lots of events and big parties throughout the year. For two days some roads in the city centre were crowded not by cars, but visitors who view live acts, performances, DJ’s and sport events on 12 stages. They are located on the 7km around the “Altstadtring.” This is the biggest birthday party Munich has ever seen. Organizers calculated with about 1 million visitors. From the people on the streets I guess there were more than that.
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On top of the MAIN TOWER in Frankfurt am Main.

This spherical panorama was taken while standing on the viewing platform on top of the MAIN TOWER in Frankfurt am Main.

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Technique:
Four shots around with the Sigma 8mm/4.0 fish eye lens on a APS-C sized sensor (Sony A 700). Custom L-bracket on top of a double-monopod. The zenith and nadir were retouched by hand in post-processing.

Before the start of the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge 2008 in Frankfurt am Main

Only 28 minutes left until the start of the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge 2008. Some of the 73,719 runners are still on their way to one of the starting areas of the race.
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