Category Winner 2010: Playground
Tim Korbmacher
I met Stefan for the first time that day. He was visiting Germany with well-known videographer Dominik Wrobel of Woozy BMX to gather material for a new video edit. I spontaneously grabbed my camera equipment and joined them for a few hours during their visit to Düsseldorf. We’d already visited some spots resulting in great material on video and film when I told them of a special place I used to skate at.
The setting was perfect by the time we arrived. Stefan entered and had fun. He rode it intensively for a while, so I had the chance to test various techniques. But it took me a while to realize how massive this pipe actually was when looked at from the outside, thinking that this was only a piece of what was destined to become part of an even bigger industrial pipeline system.
Thanks to Stefan’s huge motivation I had the chance and luck to take this photo – we were all stoked about it afterwards. That day and this final location was an unforgettable moment, which I tried to capture with this picture.
PHOTO INFO
Photographer: Tim Korbmacher
Athlete: Stefan Lantschner
Location: Krefeld, Germany
TECHNICAL INFO
Camera: Canon EOS 20D
Lens: 50mm
ISO: 200
F-Stop: f 5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/250
