
A worker waits for a cup of coffee at a snack bar at Frankfurt’s Osthafen (east port) docklands, very early in the morning, Jan. 3. This is another HDR image, created out of five different exposures. The man wasn’t moving, luckily.

People waiting at traffic lights while cars and a streetcar (background) speed by on a rainy morning, Jan. 2.

Carnivalists in their fancy mock uniforms put their heads together for a group shot in Mainz, a city some 40 kms (24 mls) west of Frankfurt, on New Year’s Day to mark the beginning of this year’s street carnival season. Mainz is one of the carnival hotspots in Germany.

Members of one of the many carnival societies gather in their fancy mock uniforms in front of the cathedral in Mainz, a city some 40 kms (24 mls) west of Frankfurt, on New Year’s Day to mark the beginning of this year’s street carnival season. Mainz is one of the carnival hotspots in Germany.