A Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus or Haubentaucher in German) and its eight young on a little rock at Grundlsee in the evening haze after a rain shower in Styria, Austria.
Category Archives: nature
The Plant
Wintry Forest
Les Fleurs des Dalles









Little wild plants grow and bloom by the city streets of Frankfurt on June 29, 2020.
Town Horses

Three horses on a small meadow close to an appartment block in the town of Vejer de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain.
Still Life

A heron waits patiently for some careless fish to show up in the quiet floods of Lahn river in Wetzlar, some 60 kms (37 mls) north of Frankfurt.
The End of a Cycling Tour

A storm and heavy rain rage through the streets of Langen, just south of Frankfurt, while I was underway on my bicycle.
Aspects of wild Flowers
In-camera double exposures of wild flowers on a meadow in Frankfurt.
(Experimenting with my battered Canon 5dIV which indeed can do double exposures – something I’ve never tried out before)
Waiting for the Fish

A heron waits for fish, standing on a weir in the floods of Lahn river, a tributary to the Rhine, at Runkel.
Feels like Spring

A bee is about to land on a crocus at Frankfurt’s Lohrberg park as temperatures rose to 14°C (57°F).


