it was time for some tests with my camera again. so i went to areas near hagenberg, on the 25th of april and 04th of may. the first shooting was done at the aist, a lovely small river in a wood near hagenberg. it's really worth a visit, either for rock face climbing, walking, hiking, or simply just taking pictures. that day i was alone and i spent about 2-1/2 hours, but it was really worth every minute, since this region is really awesome. pictures from aist... ...and around hagenberg a few weeks later i did some test shoots again, again in an area near hagenberg. there were strange colours from the sky and the cereal field. furthermore it was pretty windy that day and there were loads of clouds. so i took a circuitous route home from work and took a walk along this particular field. on the 27th of april zombiequeen and i went to vienna to have a picnic at the prater with some friends. it was very relaxing (since all were a bit tired, either because they were ill, or had a hard party the night before, etc). everyone brought food like salads, cakes, or cookies. the mixture of various cooking/baking styles was very interesting and delicious. some guys also were playing with their diabolos, the rest of us was chilling and enjoying their spare time. a relaxing prater picnic in vienna coming up next in the "wrapping up the past:"-series: more pictures of linz and loads of zoo pictures.