Year: 2015

Photography and Design, This and That10 Comments

First The Bad Change, Then The Good Change

Dennis

The recent WordPress Photo Challenge is about change. When I think about changes, a lot would come to my mind, but then I found a photo in my folders that I shot last year, it’s a photo about two big changes, the divided Germany, and also the German reunification. I will show you remaining pieces of the wall that divided East and West Germany. I shot the photo somewhere between the federal states Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, not far away from our city Lübeck that was on west side of the border, but pretty close to it. As our city was … Continue reading First The Bad Change, Then The Good Change

Nature and Animals, Photography and Design4 Comments

Schellbruch Bird Flocks

Dennis

I did put together a gallery of photos that I shot at the Schellbruch, I noticed many birds showed flocking or swarm behaviour and I want to show you the photos. It was pretty interesting to see all the birds, and to hear them, in flocks they are quite loud, it’s really a nature spectacle and I enjoyed this much. When I was there, I met a nature park ranger who was counting the birds, I am sad that I didn’t ask how he is doing it, but while we talked about other things, he was often looking through his … Continue reading Schellbruch Bird Flocks

Nature and Animals, Photography and Design4 Comments

One Cormorant

Dennis

When I hike to the Schellbruch, the cormorants are the easiest to spot. To be honest, it’s easy to find other birds there too, but it’s much easier to take photos of the cormorants because they are big birds, and they sit or fly everywhere in this area. I shot the photo near the Trave River at the Schellbruch, I am not sure what this red thing is, it’s most likely a sign for the mariner or so, there are other signs and cormorants seem to enjoy resting on them. The birds do also make sounds, it’s interesting to listen … Continue reading One Cormorant

Nature and Animals, Photography and Design4 Comments

Beautiful Plant In The Forest

Dennis

I saw the plant above in a small forest during my hike through the Schellbruch. I am not sure what kind of wild plant it is, I just thought it is a very beautiful plant. Apart from the plant, I do also like the depth of field and bokeh in the photo, I really like the result. Although it’s not working in every situation with my Nikon 18-105mm kit lens, I am happy that I learned how to get this kind of effect in some situations. If there is enough distance between the main subject and the stuff in the … Continue reading Beautiful Plant In The Forest

Games, Technology23 Comments

How To Show The FPS, Latency And Other Benchmark Data In Counter Strike Global Offensive

Dennis

Introduction There are quite a lot of nifty console commands for Counter Strike Global Offensive. Sometimes, it might happen that we think the game isn’t running smooth, we get the impression that something is wrong with our FPS, or maybe even with our ping, we get curious and want to check what is going on. But how can we see information’s about the network or graphics performance and other values? There is a very handy console command called “net_graph”, it will show us important information’s about the game performance if we enable it. In this tutorial you will learn how … Continue reading How To Show The FPS, Latency And Other Benchmark Data In Counter Strike Global Offensive

Games, Technology14 Comments

How To Activate And Open The Console In Counter Strike Global Offensive

Dennis

Introduction In this tutorial you will learn how to activate and open the command console in Counter Strike Global Offensive. If you want to know how to do that, it’s quite easy. There are two ways how to do it, in both cases we need to bind a key before we can open the console. Here are the two ways how to do it, you can choose one of the methods: Method 1: Activate The CS:GO Console In The Settings Menu And Bind A Key At the main screen of Counter Strike, click the “Options” button and go to the … Continue reading How To Activate And Open The Console In Counter Strike Global Offensive