A gray face is all that remains of an avertising message on a weathered metal plate at Neu-Anspach, some 30 kms (18 mls) north of Frankfurt, Feb.15.
A photo blog by Frank Rumpenhorst
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Make a U-Turn
A leafcutter ant carries a small piece of leaf along a twig, only to discover that it will have to make a U-turn in order to reach the ant nest at the Frankfurt zoo, Feb.14.
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Leafcutters
Leafcutter ants go along their business at the Frankfurt zoo, Feb.14. Interestingly, they just don’t eat the leaves (something I believed in for a long time), but process them instead and use them as a substrate for cultivating a fungus which they eat . This requires a highly developed social structure.
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Spectral Colors
Sunlight is dispersed into the spectral colors as sun comes up in the sky over Frankfurt, Feb.14.
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Aquarell
People walk along Frankfurt’s main pedestrian mall, the Zeil, on a rainy day, Feb.13.
(This shot is actually rotated by 180 degrees – some may not like this…)
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