
A starling attempts to land on the branch of an apple tree that is already occupied, more or less. Taken at Friedrichsdorf, just outside Frankfurt, Feb.18.

A starling attempts to land on the branch of an apple tree that is already occupied, more or less. Taken at Friedrichsdorf, just outside Frankfurt, Feb.18.

A former mayor of a city in Rwanda sits in a coutroom in Frankfurt, Feb.18, shortly before being sentenced to 14 years in jail for organizing one of the massacres in the 1994 genocide. This was was the first case heard in Germany related to the genocide in Rwanda.

Apples that so far survived the rather mild winter hang on a tree at Frankfurt’s northern Bergen district, Feb.18. I tried one and have to say that they are still quite tasty. I love apples (well, and bananas…).
(Canon 5dIII, EF 100-400mm, 1/8000, f10, 50asa)

The full moon crosses the flight path of a plane approaching Frankfurt airport, Feb.16.
(Canon 1dMkIV, 2.8 300mm, 2x Extender, 1/320 sec, f8, 400asa)

A bee in search for pollen among crocuses at Frankfurt’s Lohrberg hill, Feb. 16.. Winter in this part of Germany has been unusually mild so far and bees are swarming out very early.
(Canon 5dIII, EF 2.0, 135mm, 1/2000sec, f 2.5, 320asa)