
Sunset at the Staedel art museum in Frankfurt, Oct. 23, seen through an acrylic glass lens which is part of a work by late German artist Adolf Luther.

Sunset at the Staedel art museum in Frankfurt, Oct. 23, seen through an acrylic glass lens which is part of a work by late German artist Adolf Luther.

A dog wallows in the grass while a woman tries to take a picture on the top of the Feldberg, the highest mountain of the Black Forest in southwestern Germany, Oct.22.The dog is actually a Bernese Cattle Dog, a Swiss breed. A part of Switzerland is seen in the hazy background.

The Haslach, a little river in the southern Black Forest, cuts through rocks on its way along a canyon, Oct.21. There is also a narrow hiking trail on its northern banks. (Exposure time 1 second, the camera was resting on one of the slippery rocks)

Hiking the Wutachschlucht canyon in the southern part of the Black Forest near the border between Germany and Switzerland on a rainy day, Oct.20.