Author: Philipp

10. June 20178. June 2018

In 2017 I got myself an iOptron SkyGuider Pro – a little travel mount which allowed me to take photos with more than only a few seconds of exposure. In addition to the mount I got myself a small William

27. May 20178. December 2018

For the third year in a row the federal armed forces celebrated the Armed Forces Day on June the 10th. At 16 sites in Germany the armed forces opened their gates to welcome visitors. In Bavaria the air transport wing

Finally had a chance to do a milky way panorama shoot in the alps. Barmsee near to Garmisch-Partenkirchen was the chosen location. The weather was ideal so we decided to drive there spontaneously instead of Königssee which was a bit

25. May 201725. May 2017

Start der “Natur in Pfaffenhofen”, der kleinen Landesgartenschau. Am 24.5.17 war Eröffnung und bis zum 20.8.17 sind ihre Pforten geöffnet. Hier einige Eindrücke vom Gelände der Gartenschau. Das Album werde ich nach und nach erweitern.

21. May 201723. May 2017

May 21 was the last day of the 25th anniversary celebrations of Munich Airport. Time for a familiy excursion (with a camera). The German Air Force sent some of the “birds”.

19. May 201719. May 2017

Today a very special E-3A Sentry left Manching airbase. It’s on its way to Geilenkirchen. Final preparations will be made there before the 35th anniversary of the NATO E-3A Component. Apart from the AWACS, a Eurofighter Typhoon carrying two Storm

14. May 2017

Finally had a chance to do a bit of spotting. Thanks to a business trip to Toulouse I could get a few shots of the local aviation industries’ babies, like the A300-600ST Beluga and one of the A350-1000 XWB prototypes.

2. May 20172. May 2017

12. February 20172. May 2017

Spent a fantastic week end at Achensee in Tirol, Austria. Splendid weather apart from the snow… Well, on the other hand it was the snow that made for some great shots. We also went to a very nice butterfly exibition

7. January 20179. January 2017

This cruise was unexpected. After our last cruise in September 2016 we wanted to take a break and also said that we’d never go on an AIDA ship as we really enjoy the American cruise lines. Since Meghann will go

3. January 20179. January 2017

Allgemein

A visit to our favourite restaurant made for some nice photo oportunities.

31. December 20169. January 2017

Spotting

Didn’t expect to do a lot of spotting during the Christmas Holidays. A surprise visitor at Ingolstadt-Manching and a walk along the fence in MUC provided some nice shots…

28. December 20169. January 2017

On the last two days of the year I went for a couple of walks with some nice results. Nöttinger Viehweide was one of the destinations and also the Ilm near to Eschelbach.

Spent a very nice day at Munich zoo. Got an annual ticket, so I’ll be taking more photos of the inhabitants in the future… this time we only had half a day, so there are not so many photos.

5. October 2016