• 03-09-2009, 09:55 PM
    Shebang
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Didache
    Mainly due to this thread, I have decided to change my desktop. So, at the moment it is this abstract which I made. Very garish :D

    Cheers
    Mike


    I normally don't like abstracts -- this one I love!
  • 03-09-2009, 10:01 PM
    Shebang
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by JETA
    On my desktop. Why? I'm hopelessly addicted to macro photography of florals. This one just has the colors and look I like.
    http://juliesaltvick.smugmug.com/pho...36_uDajJ-L.jpg


    Love the macro, JETA!
  • 03-10-2009, 07:38 PM
    Rocket_Scientist
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    http://gallery.photographyreview.com...dium/roses.JPG

    Taken circa 1998 with my very first digital camera: an Olympus something-or-other-500,
    with a whopping 0.8 megapixels. I keep this because I was so amazed at how well it
    turned out, and I even printed it at 8x10.
  • 03-10-2009, 09:03 PM
    Canuck935
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    I try to change mine every month or two. I just changed mine tonight. I took these two in the local mountains over the weekend. They're a bit dark but the sky looks better that way.
  • 03-10-2009, 09:13 PM
    Frog
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Because I'm playing with my new macro lens.
  • 03-10-2009, 09:18 PM
    A.M.D.A.
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    That macro lens's bokeh is really nice, Frog. :) :thumbsup:
  • 03-10-2009, 11:25 PM
    Frog
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Thanks Alex. I know about bokeh but never think of it when shooting.
    Maybe the macro will change that.
  • 03-10-2009, 11:39 PM
    tayl0124
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Just a picture of my children. Hope it gets nice out here soon. Sick of all the white snow.
  • 03-12-2009, 11:04 AM
    Shebang
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Beautiful macro shot, Frog!
  • 03-12-2009, 11:14 PM
    Skyman
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    I like to use my own shots. I prefer them to be of nature and I like them to have a nice texture that will sit well when I have a lot of windows open or my desktop is covered with icons (i clean it up every couple of months but they have a habbit of growing back) I also run two monitors. sometimes I duplicate the shot across both but recently I have been choosing a shot that will spread over both. this recent one was stretched (not cropped) in photoshop. I then grabbed the hills which had gotten a little bit too thin and put them back in at their original size with a layer mask.
  • 03-26-2009, 07:36 PM
    Cathathome
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by almo
    Is that you sitting on it cute as could be?

    Yep, that's me and my teddy bear. I think I was about 3 or 4. Now I'm, um, older :wink:
  • 03-27-2009, 07:47 AM
    JamesV
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    I changed mine a few weeks ago and since the thread got pushed back up. So here is the new on that I took originally in color then changed.

    James
  • 05-22-2009, 10:35 AM
    JamesV
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Just wanted to move this back up and see if any has changed their desktop since.

    I just changed mine today for the Holiday weekend.

    James
  • 05-22-2009, 11:06 AM
    A.M.D.A.
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Haven't changed mine.
  • 05-22-2009, 11:27 AM
    OldClicker
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    I've changed mine to one of the first photos I posted on PR. It reminds me where I started. - TF

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  • 05-22-2009, 11:51 AM
    CaraRose
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    These are in order-->

    My work desktop now --> as a joke
    My work desktop when we were having a layoff in a month --> as a joke and a talisman to keep the firing gods from noticing me.
    My laptop --> Kasiakia Falls (probably misspelling that) at Starved Rock State Park. I got the laptop not long after that trip.
    My home desktop --> One of my all time favorite pictures I ever took.
  • 05-22-2009, 12:33 PM
    opus
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    MIne has changed. Took this last week, I think. Oh, why? I just love the soft brightness and the colors.


    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3323/...b59737cc_b.jpg
  • 05-22-2009, 12:39 PM
    almo
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by JamesV
    Just wanted to move this back up and see if any has changed their desktop since.

    I just changed mine today for the Holiday weekend.

    James

    I have, quite a few times in fact. My current is a shot I got of a Gaboon Viper last time I was at the zoo. Before that was my GF Carla with her first red fish.

    http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/IMG_6788.jpg

    http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l.../DSC00289W.jpg
  • 05-22-2009, 03:41 PM
    Frog
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    This is mine now because the wife likes it.
  • 12-19-2010, 01:56 PM
    jetrim
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Whipped up a new desktop today and thought I'd share :lol: The "why?" should be pretty self explanatory! My 8 month old iMac has officially surpassed all my windows machines combined (10 years worth) in number of days in the shop for repair...
  • 12-19-2010, 05:48 PM
    EOSThree
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by draymorton
    Usually the Leopard default. But occasionally something by one favorite photographer or another for inspiration.

    I just use the apple earth shot wallpaper. After installing windoze in a partition, I use a moonshot there. That way I easily know what OS I'm in. One of the only reasons I runs Windoze is for ProShow producer.
  • 12-20-2010, 06:30 PM
    Frog
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    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    Had her for a year and a half now.
    The basketball was her birthday present on July 31.
    She loves this ball and I love the smug satisfies look on her face.
  • 12-20-2010, 10:18 PM
    PrevailingConditions
    Re: Your Desktop Photo... Why?
    I'll play!

    I usually cycle fairly frequently through the different monitors, but here's the one currently on my desktop

    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcmurdie/5169854872/" title="Untitled by PrevailingConditions, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/5169854872_28201568c1_b.jpg" width="1024" height="640" alt="" /></a>

    And here's the one currently on one of the laptops:
    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcmurdie/4482917027/" title="Surf at Sunset by PrevailingConditions, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4482917027_c20a187751_o.jpg" width="800" height="543" alt="Surf at Sunset" /></a>

    As for why? I'm not really sure other than I get bored of what's on there and change to something else. Usually my own shots, but I do keep a desktop widget that pulls my favorites from flickr and other sites to help keep me inspired.

    Thanks,

    PC