January 2011

Now I can continue to update my website. While writing this lines it is the 1st of May! I have to cover up as soon as possible. It makes no sense to write something for the picture of the month in January when spring is almost over. Different to the years before I did not take many images in January. Why? The weather was not good. No snow just rain plus I had to travel a lot. The image of the month is special because when I was in Prague I realised that I have forgotten my camera. But I have always a camera with me ( Well I had ). So I took my Fuji F32FD out of the console under the armrest in my car. Despite the very cold weather I asked my colleagues to join me for an evening walk through the city before dinner. I took a couple of shots but to be honest I did regret that I have forgotten to bring my Sony NEX with me. It is in a different class especially in poor light. But it is better to have a pocket camera than to have no camera at all. The camera on my Blackberry is still no option to me. The camera on the iphone might be a different story. As mentioned before I think that the future compact camera is the smart phone.

The images taken during the last Czech trip are the last onces I have taken with the Fuji F31FD. Why? I think it got stolen. I have no idea how. It was in the car all the time together with a 160GB ipod. When somebody has stolen the camera why did he not also steal the ipod. Why do I think it got stolen? Because the empty case was left in the car. I would never take out the camera without the case. It makes no sense. I searched the house I looked in every pocket of every coat and jacket. It´s gone.

The seocnd image was taken during a run. I prefer to ride a bike but this year I started to run again. I tried to run in the past but never liked it. I´m still not loving it but running has some very big advantages too:

1. You don´t need a lot of stuff to do it. Just a pair of shoes. This is a great thing when traveling. I used to take the running shoes with me on my recent trips. Most of the time I used the treadmills in the hotel. I went to the gym before breakfast. In all hotels I have been the gym is an empty place. Especially in the early morning. When I´m at home I drive to a small lake close to my home because there the road is completely flat and I do not like in the forest. It is too hilly. I especially hate to run down hill. It is a real pain for the muscles. It was a pain on the flat course as well. It is completely different to riding a bike. My body still is not used to the new kind of excercise and I have aching muscles after every run. It did improve somehow but it is still there. I can ride my bike for 4 hours without having any issues the next day at all but when I run for 1 hour my legs are hurting for the next two days.

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