Your Desktop Photo... Why?

I wanna see the pics that everyome has on their desktops. And, i would like to know why you chose that specific image.

This is my image. I didn't take it myself, I found it on PBASE. I like it a lot, I find it an insporation to go out and shoot. I have been leaning toward more wideangle stuff lately, and this is just the sort of thing I have floating around in the viewfinder of my mind.

One I've had for a while... took it myself some months ago. (Bigger pixel-size of course).

Why? I don't know, but since I have my "preferences" set up so when a vertical format image is used, it leaves an empty black bar on either side. This creates a perfect place for arranging desktop icons. Oh, and I like how the photo looks on black... :)

I do occasionally change backgrounds, though.

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One I've had for a while... took it myself some months ago. (Bigger pixel-size of course).

Why? I don't know, but since I have my "preferences" set up so when a vertical format image is used, it leaves an empty black bar on either side. This creates a perfect place for arranging desktop icons. Oh, and I like how the photo looks on black... :)

I do occasionally change backgrounds, though.

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Nice shot dude!

I typically use my own images aswell, before I found the tree tonight I had this pic of a Bongo frome the zoo...

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...s/IMG_6822.jpg

This is mine,because I like weird stuff,and forget to take my camera everywhere.:D

This one I took and don't get tired of looking at it.
Jimmy B

Guitar a friend loaned me. Window light, brother's copy of Corel Painter.

Oh yeah, just saw that "why?" part,...I guess I'd have to say this image just looks cool, plus it combines my love for music, photography, and digital manipulation, as well as painting and art appreciation.

Wish I could, but it changes every 15 min.:)

I switch mine out a few times a year, and I'm just about due now :)

The abstract is my current wallpaper, a shot I took back in the fall.

The Blue Angels was my former, which I had up because I can only dream to get in the position to take a shot like that, it's just an awesome perspective. It is a US Navy file photo, which has been released into the public domain.

Wow Jimmy that shot is great. It reminds me that I need to go back a visit Seattle.

Well this is a picture that I did not take, of course. I love the Raiders so... Plus it has the nice black space on the left for my desktop icons.

James

I tend to use my own too. Currently it's a piece of urban art I shot last May. It works well because the more empty space on the left doesn't affect the visibility of the icons.

Cheers
Mike

The fox image is on my main workstation at home. The cheetah is on my laptop, and the old mill in on my Mac at work. All of the photos are my own, and I chose them because I was tired of using the stock images that came with the computers. The home images stay up for a long time. The work image gets changed more often.

I have this one up because I keep looking at it trying to decide whether it is a worthy photograph or just junk. - TF

I've got a vista default...black with some swirlies ...on the desktop

laptop has plain blue right now as i messed something up when connecting to the tv.

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I have this one up because I keep looking at it trying to decide whether it is a worthy photograph or just junk. - TF

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It's not junk! It is a great photograph. :)

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I tend to use my own too. Currently it's a piece of urban art I shot last May. It works well because the more empty space on the left doesn't affect the visibility of the icons.

Cheers
Mike

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Is that some of Banksy's work?

Indeed it is a Banksy piece :)

Mike

My current desktop.Shot this a couple of weeks ago...I love a rainy night. :D

Rick

My current wallpaper. The late Bobby Younkin performing his inverted ribbon cut. Used PS to covert it to watercolor effect.

Why? Low, fast, upside down. -sigh- I'd love to be able to do that!

http://www.troybates.com/pr_temp/tb_wallpaper.jpg

Rick that is nice!

i use my photos about 99.9% of the time. heres my current one, i shot it this summer. its a shorthead garter snake.

mine are always horizontal compositions, with enough blank space for my many icons.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...0578edited.jpg

I usually go with either a Fashion Model, Movie, or Car Theme:
Wall-E

Thank You Jimmy!

Rick

I always use my own photos as it keeps me motivated on my own work. Plus I'm constantly trying to think of ways to tweak my prints so if I have one I like, seeing it a lot helps me find all the little things I want to fix. My current wallpaper has been up for some time now. It is one of my favorite prints that I have done and it's also my favorite hiking spot to get away from it all.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3065/...cda56fb5_o.jpg

My current one:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/...1b4b985cda.jpg

This is also one of mine, taken in the Lister Block in Hamilton of the main arcade.

My current desktop. Taken with a point and shoot during a day out las summer, I keep it on the desktop over winter because it reminds me of my other hobby and warm days out enjoying myself.

http://members.shaw.ca/stillwtrs/desktop.jpg

I use my own and am about to change this one......don't like it for wallpaper as I prefer something that fills the screen without tiling.

Mine...just because I like it.

mbb

Oh now I feel a killjoy.
My desktop is plain blue, because it redraws quicker that way.

This one right now on my laptop, but I'm tired of it. Why? Something different for me. I don't get to do landscape shots often and I find it enjoyable.
http://juliesaltvick.smugmug.com/pho...62_nUKp2-L.jpg

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

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This one I took and don't get tired of looking at it.
Jimmy B

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Heh. I would never get tired of that shot either Jimmy. It's a beauty.

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

Um. My wife become she makes me.

I usually use my own, as is the case with my 2 computers at the moment.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/...fc639b7186.jpg
Desktop


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/...564beab686.jpg
Laptop

I choose them because they are simple and go well with my XP color scheme.

I like our wall paper because I like Hairy Oaks.



http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d.../Desktop-1.png



My screen is my white board. Everthing goes on it ... and for some reason this Hairy Oak image fits well and doesn't hide the shortcuts.

I've had the image on the monitor for nearly 2 years now ... and see no need to change it.

Warren.

PS, If you are wondering why there are so many Sims folders and shortcuts on the screen ... I'll have to refer you to my resident Sims expert. She will be home from school shortly.

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

These are great desktops! :thumbsup:

Mine changes frequently too, but its almost always a picture of one of my kiddos.

Amber

http://www.anthonysloan.com/scrapbin...1tweakedlr.jpg

This is one I took a few years ago in North Africa. I'm not tired of it yet.

I remember that one, Anthony.
Mike that's cool....I had an abstract once and this thread has been bugging me to change too as I really don't like the one I'm using now.

Well this is what I have on mine. Devil's Tower is one of my two favorite places on earth. Caught this with my Sony P&S on a day I got rained out from climbing. After that shot, the day didn't seems like a waste at all.

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...m/DSC00494.JPG

Hi everyone, I use my own images most of the time. This is a photo I took of my son Danny last Summer with my Iphone.