Fairy's Hair and Reflections....

Grasses like wrought Iron...

Grasses on the Roof Top...

In Germany you will often find vegetated roof tops of garages such as this...

A Fairy's Hair blowing in the Wind...

In my hometown there is a river flowing through the city and alongside you can find lots of beautiful grasses. These appeared to me like the hair of a fairy...

Structures and Reflections

Lonely...

Structures and Patterns

What I love about reeds are their incredible interesting structures which make them different each day depending on the light...

The Art of Grace...

What could be more graceful than a blade of grass.

Reeds in Autumn

Larch in Autumn...

The larch is the only deciduous needle tree in Germany that loses its needles in autumn. And as needles are nothing but leaves they change colour of course which again is a wonderful sight with a blue sky in the background...

"Larix" (Pinaceae)

larch, Lärche

Those bloody Barberries again...

It's meant literally - don't you think?? I just cannot get enough of this colour...

"Berberis" (Berberidaceae)
barberry, Berberitze

... and suddenly it's all over

... and we are waiting for the new beginning

Before they go to Sleep...

Each year we are the witnesses of a drama - because a drama that is. Every bush and tree, often ignored during the year, suddenly changes its habits - they are wearing festival costumes and they prepare the floor for the last dance...
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Green and Gold...

The greens are turning gold and no-one cares to watch that last act of nature before the white death comes...

More of the golden Ash...

I especially like these photos for their dynamic - the wind was blowin' quite strongly while I took these photos....

"Fraxinus" (Oleaceae)

ash, Esche

Golden Birches....

Normally the wind blows them away, immediately, as soon as they appear - the golden leaves of the birches. But this year we had the luck of an exceptionally beautiful autumn and I had the opportunity to photograph many different trees in their most beautiful dresses. These were the birches...

"Betula" (Betulaceae)
birch, Birke