Year: 2015

Photography and Design, This and That9 Comments

Mom’s Birthday Barbecue

Dennis

Friday was the birthday of my mother and we had very good weather and decided to drive to the garden to have a barbecue together. So, mom got a tasty birthday barbecue and we spent time together. We had the usual steaks that we often purchase, but I did visit my favorite butcher and bought shashlik. The shashlik was quite delicious, it was goulash spiked with eggplant and zucchini. My mother made a tasty salad again with tomatoes, peppers, cucumber and onions. We also had potato salad but that was a finished product but tasty anyway. I shot a lot … Continue reading Mom’s Birthday Barbecue

Photography and Design, Technology4 Comments

Tripod Ball Head Has Arrived And Testing A Remote Shutter App

Dennis

Yesterday I received the Manfrotto 498RC ball head for my tripod. Now I do have everything complete for the tripod. I thought I could need the cheap Nikon ML-L3 wireless remote control shutter release, but I do now have another great solution for remote controlling. There is an app for android smartphones called DslrDashboard on the GooglePlay store. I am android user so that I don’t know if you find the app for iOS as well, but I guess the app is available there too. You can control Nikon and Canon cameras remotely with this app, you just need a … Continue reading Tripod Ball Head Has Arrived And Testing A Remote Shutter App

Nature and Animals, Photography and Design6 Comments

Vivid Flowers

Dennis

The recent Weekly Photo Challenge theme is “Vivid”. We have a small flowerbed near the pond in our garden, the flowers are very tiny and I think they really look vivid. The flower bed is not very big but depending on the angle you take photos, it looks like an ocean of flowers, that’s at least what I tried to achieve. I shot two photos and couldn’t decide which one is better, I decided to upload them both to this post. However, I wish I would have had another lens for the shots. Continue reading Vivid Flowers

Games, Technology4 Comments

Darker Nights Might Find The Way Back To World of Warcraft

Dennis

A user on Reddit noticed something on the PTR testrealm of World of Warcraft. It seems that Blizzard does currently test darker nights in World of Warcraft. Check out the comparison uploaded by the Reddit user. If you a newer to game, dark nights were standard in the old days of World of Warcraft. The game changed from daytime mood to nighttime ambiance back then but Blizzard decided to remove this awesome feature. Most people couldn’t understand that, because the feature really did contribute to the game atmosphere. It’s not clear if the nighttime feature will get a comeback. Blizzard … Continue reading Darker Nights Might Find The Way Back To World of Warcraft