
Starlings assemble on a bare tree in front of the moon in Friedrichsdorf just outside Frankfurt, Feb.11.

Starlings assemble on a bare tree in front of the moon in Friedrichsdorf just outside Frankfurt, Feb.11.

Teacher Funda Tekecibasi-Roebel explains the wudu or ablution to her first-graders during Islam instruction at a primary school in Frankfurt, Feb.11. The German federal state of Hessen this year introduced Muslim religious education to 27 schools – with more to follow. The Muslim community in Frankfurt comprises about 75.000 members.

Workers assemble before their early shift begins in their makeshift offices on the construction site of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Feb.10.

Downtown Frankfurt and river Main shortly after sunrise, Feb.10..
(Canon 5dIII, f 5.0, 1/25 sec.. Taken with my new EF 2.8 70-200 L IS II. Am pretty unimpressed though by its performance so far. My ten-year-old 2.8 70-200 L IS seems to be on par…)