Year: 2015

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Small Update About The Chickens And A Snapshot

Dennis

As I mentioned some time ago, the husband of my mother constructed a henhouse in the garden and he does now rent neighboring garden parcel as well in addition to our own parcel. So, a half of the second parcel is set up for the chickens as outdoor enclosure, the other half will be used for something else. He wanted to have Sussex chicken, basically just because someone offered Sussex chickens for cheap but this offer doesn’t count anymore, the chickens were either too young or too old, that’s what I heard some weeks ago when I remember right. Then … Continue reading Small Update About The Chickens And A Snapshot

Photography and Design3 Comments

Monochrome Bridge

Dennis

I saw this freeway bridge when I walked near the Trave River. Something was interesting about this bridge, I liked discolorations on the metal, the rust and the moisture on the material. I took quite a lot of photos from the distance and then close-up shots like the image above. I had no idea how I would take photos when I was almost under the bridge but I did try to play with perspectives and thought I could decide at home. The photo above had the most interesting perspective in my opinion. I have now much more details in the … Continue reading Monochrome Bridge

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No Luck With Flying Birds

Dennis

The photo above is rather experimental, nothing I am proud about. I try to take photos of flying birds, but I had not much luck. The photo above is one of my earliest attempts to freeze a flying bird on a photo. As you can see, the bird is not in focus and way too blurry. I have some other new photos where I had more luck, I might upload them too. I also do start to understand what I do wrong, and I learned some new things about my camera. Of course I will need fast shutter speed for … Continue reading No Luck With Flying Birds

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A Real Good Game Bundle

Dennis

I didn’t write about games for a long period now, there was not really much I would find interesting, but now there is something I need to report about. The Humble Bundle site has a real good game bundle for sale now. As always, you decide the price and how much of a split should go to the developer, the Humble Bundle site and the charities (this time they have the charities Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and AbleGamers on board). Now about the games. I am really a fanboy of the games developed by Paradox Interactive. I played a lot … Continue reading A Real Good Game Bundle

Photography and Design8 Comments

Lübeck Inner-City Marketplace Past And Present Comparison

Dennis

I shot the image some weeks ago when I walked through the inner-city of Lübeck. I wrote about the marketplace in Lübeck a couple of times, for example about the christmas market last year or when I uploaded an image that shows a part of the architecture that surrounds the marketplace. In the last post where I showed a part of the architecture, I did also upload a public domain image from 1905, I will attach this to my new post here too because this time I show my new image from a very similar angle. As it is nearly … Continue reading Lübeck Inner-City Marketplace Past And Present Comparison

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Beautiful Daisy

Dennis

As I mentioned in my recent post, it’s in quite a lot of cases impossible to get close-up shots of flowers with the Nikon 18-105mm kit lens, but that depends of course of the flower size. Walking near the Trave River, I found a daisy that was big enough so that I could focus well and got the shot you can see here in my post. This daisy was bigger than usual daisies, I was able to get this flower in focus, I can just forget to take photos of even smaller flowers. But for now this isn’t really a … Continue reading Beautiful Daisy