Your Desktop Photo... Why?

[gracie_r]

I always have pictures of my girls. Here is the most recent, with the older in her dress up clothes. And why? Because they are the prettiest little girls I've ever seen!

[Cathathome]

I didn't take this shot, but I remember my uncle's motorcycle like it was yesterday

[almo]

I didn't take this shot, but I remember my uncle's motorcycle like it was yesterday

Is that you sitting on it cute as could be?

[Cathathome]

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

[JamesV]

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

[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

[A.M.D.A.]

Haven't changed mine.

[almo]

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.

[Lori11]

I took this and love it, Aaron Yates AMA 2008, I do replace it often but I keep going back to it
Why? Cuz its cool LOL
Great thread too!

[Rocket_Scientist]

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.

[Canuck935]

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.

[Frog]

Because I'm playing with my new macro lens.

[A.M.D.A.]

That macro lens's bokeh is really nice, Frog. :thumbsup:

[Frog]

Thanks Alex. I know about bokeh but never think of it when shooting.
Maybe the macro will change that.

[tayl0124]

Just a picture of my children. Hope it gets nice out here soon. Sick of all the white snow.

[Shebang]

Beautiful macro shot, Frog!

[Skyman]

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.

[CaraRose]

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.

[opus]

MIne has changed. Took this last week, I think. Oh, why? I just love the soft brightness and the colors.

[Frog]

This is mine now because the wife likes it.

[jetrim]

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...

[Frog]

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.

[PrevailingConditions]

I'll play!

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



And here's the one currently on one of the laptops:


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