
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.

An elderly nordic walker on a small road near Wiesbaden, some 35 kms (21 mls) west of Frankfurt, early morning, Feb.3.
(Canon 5dIII, 200 asa, 2.8 300mm, 3.2, 1/500sec.)

A worker saws young twigs off a sycamore tree downtown Frankfurt, Jan.13. In a Sisyphean task hundreds of avenue trees are kept in shape by a few dozen workers througout the city every winter.

A bare tree full of mistletoes at Frankfurt’s northern Seckbach district with its rather village-like atmosphere, Jan.12.

Gray clouds over a tree at the Wasserkuppe mountain, at 950 m (3,120 ft) the highest elevation in the federal state of Hessen. At this time of the year, there usually is a lot of snow – but not now.
(F 2.8, 1/320 sec., 100 asa, Canon 5d MkIII, EF 70-200mm f/2.8l usm)