Wallpaper Images
I've been asked many times if there is central location for my wallpaper images. So, instead of posting them in individual blog entries, I've assembled the collection here. Each is available at 1920 x 1200 (16:10 aspect ratio, "widescreen") and 1600 x 1200 (4:3 aspect ratio, "standard"). Some of them are also available at 2560 x 1600 (which is also a 16:10 aspect ratio). If you'd like all of the images, you can download the widescreen (64.1MB), standard (54.9MB), or widescreen large (40.3MB) zip files.
If you're running Windows 7, you might want to try the Mike Swanson Macros Theme Pack for Windows 7 (8.59MB). The theme pack contains 20 of my hand-picked photos, and the images are configured to shuffle randomly every 30 minutes. Otherwise, the theme uses the default Windows 7 color and sound schemes.
I often receive queries about using these images for other purposes. All I usually ask for is a brief description about how you intend to use the image(s), a photo credit, and either a pointer to where the image is used or a physical sample of the materials that use it. If you're interested, please contact me for permission. Thank you in advance.
Last, I wrote an article called How I Make My Wallpaper Images describing how I create these images. This is in response to the many questions I receive via e-mail. I hope you enjoy it.
- Added 4 new images, "fixed" 24 images that had incorrect color spaces, added more large images, and cleaned-up the metadata on all images on 1/18/2010. The new images are Leaf 71, Leaf 72, Leaf 73, and Reflection 01, all taken on a recent cruise on Oasis of the Seas (a beautiful ship, by the way).
- Added 1 new image and 39 "old" images in 2560 x 1600 on 11/28/2009: Leaf 49 and a bunch that are now available with larger dimensions.
- Added 10 new images on 8/10/2009: Flower 47, Flower 48, Flower 49, Flower 50, Flower 51, Flower 52, Grass 04, Leaf 67, Leaf 68, Leaf 69. Apologies for the flower repeats...I couldn't decide which ones I like the most, so I released them all.
- Added 10 new images on 2/27/2009: Branch 02, Branch 03, Branch 04, Branch 05, Flower 46, Leaf 63, Leaf 64, Leaf 65, Leaf 66, and Object 02.
- Added 16 new images on 6/2/2008: Flower 40, Flower 41, Flower 43, Flower 44, Flower 45, Grass 03, Leaf 54, Leaf 55, Leaf 56, Leaf 57, Leaf 58, Leaf 59, Leaf 60, Leaf 61, Leaf 62, Metal 03. Of this set, my favorite is definitely Leaf 62.
