
This morning, west of Frankfurt, with steam from the cooling towers of a distant power plant at bottom, Oct.9.. (It’s actually a view from my balcony, taken with a 300mm lens)

This morning, west of Frankfurt, with steam from the cooling towers of a distant power plant at bottom, Oct.9.. (It’s actually a view from my balcony, taken with a 300mm lens)

An actor disguised as Greg Heffley, the main character in the satirical novel ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ by Jeff Kinney, stands among traders at the Frankfurt stock exchange, Oct.8, during the IPO of a German publishing house.

Flowers in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank with the huge Euro sculpture in front, downtown Frankfurt, Oct.7.

Inside the Frankfurt stock exchange, Oct.7. At center is the board indicating the daily development of the German stock index named DAX. (Zooming from tripod at 1/10 of a second)

Mellow Riesling grapes wait for harvest at the Lohrberg vineyard in the northeast of the city, Oct.6. Frankfurt is one of the few major German cities to have a vineyard within its city limits. Up to 10.000 bottles of white wine are produced here every year. (The grapes in this picture are back-lit by a flashlight)