Forum: Photography

Subject: Simon says show me your "Current Desktop backgound" 21st Aug

aangus opened this issue on Aug 21, 2006 · 45 posts

aangus posted Mon, 21 August 2006 at 4:32 PM

OK I got one....do you use  your own photograph as your desktop background?? Go on then, lets see your current screen background. I've had this one on since I June. I think I'll change it now so here it is while its still current. Planet Hollywood's  domed ceiling. I hope its not been done yet I can't see it on the "Simon" list. Remember CURRENT...the one thats on your background screen right now!....lol

inshaala posted Mon, 21 August 2006 at 4:54 PM

Attached Link: My desktop background pic

i'm on my mums computer and it is the windows plain blue background thing after i readjusted the screen resolution for something i was doing... pretty boring really ;)

My computer has my picture of a penguin that is in my gallery (link above)

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography

Nameless_Wildness posted Mon, 21 August 2006 at 5:26 PM

I use someone elses!...

Get tired of my shots!....prefer to sell em and get em over with!!


Margana posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 1:06 AM

Great idea,Anthony.I don't think anyone's done this yet...

This is the one on my lappy...and oddly enough,I was just thinking it's time to change it, recently....

Love yours and Rich's penguin is adorable....LOL I hear ya,Jim.

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

Zacko posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 3:21 AM

Yeah....aaakward...okay so, i too agree to have one of my own photos as a desktop. I wish i could be like Jim....just sell ´em....sigh....you bastard you. LOL.

This is the one i have at the moment...it doesn´t take up so much space on the screen either.

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

ICM_photo posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 4:03 AM

Zacko: love that color manip

EDIT: Ooops Misread it

Zacko posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 4:04 AM

Thank you Sir. 😄 That is a cool image as well. Render of some kind?

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

Valerie-Ducom posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 5:13 AM

oh very originaly Simon says, I like your idea aangus....

hugs


Valerie-Ducom posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 5:17 AM

the image is one of my creation in fractal, but i don't put that yet in my gallery 😄 ... one day....


leliel86 posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 6:59 AM

Mine's of the former British band Curve. I love them to pieces, along with Jeff Buckley of course. Nameless_Wildness is that mac running bootcamp? Or a Windows with the apple display? thx

Nameless_Wildness posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 7:03 AM

Lian Li case...self build  PC with Apple Monitor running thru digital input on graphics card.
(kinda prefer their monitors)


TwoPynts posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 8:41 AM

Attached Link: mattepainting.org

Okay, you FINALLY MADE ME DO IT! I cleaned my desktop! Okay, it is still not empty, but that is about as good as it will ever get. I'm sure by the end of the day, half of it will be covered again, lol. Funny that a Simone got me to clean it up when no other motivation could. Thanks aangus! This is a matte painting of Castle Dracula by an artist who signs his work DEAK @ HATCH. It was taken from the mattepainting.org website. I am blown away by the work there. Go check out some of the Atlantis Contest entries.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Onslow posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 11:48 AM

Mine is the Crab Nebula - available for free download from - [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2005/37/image/a](http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2005/37/image/a)

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

TwoPynts posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 12:12 PM

I used to use hubble images for my background all the time...but people starting thinking I was too spaced out...

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Onslow posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 12:33 PM

too spaced out ...........

And every one said, 'If we only live,
We too will go to sea in a Sieve,---
To the hills of the Chankly Bore!'
Far and few, far and few, Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue, And they went to sea in a Sieve.

Edward Lear
http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/ns/jumblies.html

Zacko posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 12:53 PM

LOL!!! What a cute GIF. :biggrin:

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

TwoPynts posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 12:57 PM

Hrmmmm, and I thought those were solar panels on that Tie.

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Margana posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 1:07 PM

LOL Richard's gif reminds me of something from way back in your gallery,Andreas.I'd link to it,but wouldn't know where to begin to find it.

It's that one about being 'out of gas'...

Anyway,love your desktops,folks.They are all out-of-this-world! ;^)

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

Zacko posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 1:12 PM

DON`T YOU DARE!!!!!!! :scared:

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

Valerie-Ducom posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 1:44 PM

oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:ohmy:


TwoPynts posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 1:56 PM

Attached Link: Tough Luck...

Was this the one you meant Marlene? There, you are off the hook, I'll take the heat. LOL, your 3D work is quite a hoot Andreas...you should do more of it (when you tire of Lofoten and drips that is).

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations

Zacko posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 2:02 PM

Oooh...you treasure-hunter you.....Lara Kort, LOL. :tt2:

How come we say 'It's colder than hell outside' when isn't it realistically always colder than hell since hell is supposed to be fire and brimstone?
____________________

Andreas

Mystic Pic

Margana posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 2:17 PM

LMAO yes! Thanks Kortalouche.

You're silly Andreas.They're adorable!You should definately do more.

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

FuzzyShadows posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 3:02 PM

Does everyone change their background often?  I haven't changed mine forever. Can you guess who she is?

Margana posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 3:18 PM

Not too often...mostly with the seasons....

Is that your grandmother? It's lovely....

Marlene <")

Marlene S. Piskin Photography
My Blog

"A new study shows that licking the sweat off a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again." - Jay Leno

lakefaerie posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 4:13 PM

I like hubble's site, too :)

Radlafx posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 5:42 PM

Here is what I use. Made it myself. :o)

Question the question. Answer the question. Question the answer...

I wish I knew what I was gonna say :oP

FuzzyShadows posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 8:32 PM

Cool abstractish Rad. Matches your avatar.

Not my grandmother, she's Mary Pickford... film star in the silent era.

girsempa posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 10:24 PM

My background changes every 15 mins... Misc. pictures... here's a Poser render from somewhere in January. Mostly I don't even see my background in days or weeks ;o))


We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

ReBorne posted Tue, 22 August 2006 at 11:19 PM

At the moment I've actually got a screen graphic that seperates my icons into groups in an effort to organise myself.  It's worked for 2 weeks or so now.....lol

However, my favourite background screen by far was when I went through that stupid phase with others of moving my monitor out of the way, taking a photo of BEHIND the monitor and making that the background screen - a virtual transparent monitor.  It's fun, try it sometime....lol

(",)

When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last.

aangus posted Wed, 23 August 2006 at 2:57 PM

Your right Reborn, the old emtpy monitor one was the best. I've changed mine now to the Crab Nebula...thanks Richard. Oh and is it your Grandmother then Fuzzyshadow?

 

diolma posted Wed, 23 August 2006 at 4:23 PM

OK, (Image cropped to avoid giving away state secrets and violations of the TOS - but it really is my desktop)...

I like to avoid distractions..:-))


Valerie-Ducom posted Wed, 23 August 2006 at 7:01 PM

diolma????


Laelia posted Thu, 24 August 2006 at 7:35 AM

@ aanguus : my screen desktop background changes often Sometimes a proper photo, sometimes one's I like from an artist, sometimes a draw By the moment, it is this one

@Onslow, I like a lot your avatar and your little funny gif there !!

@ leliel86 : Manga avatar, my son Daniel ( aka ElectronInc ) loves !!

Have all a nice thursday !!

q:) Magali

FuzzyShadows posted Thu, 24 August 2006 at 10:43 AM

Nope aangus. I have several old postcards, and I thought this one would look good. I probably should convert it to oval to spice the border up a bit.

ReBorne posted Thu, 24 August 2006 at 11:06 AM

Damn and blast!  Just when I was bragging about organisation, I added another new program to my desktop and realised I didn't have space in the alloted section.  Now I don't know WHAT I want to be my desktop again... sigh

Hmmmm............ starts moving stuff out of way to see what's behind monitor....

When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last.

bclaytonphoto posted Thu, 24 August 2006 at 10:14 PM

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1279061

I change mine quite often...90% of the time it's my on work.. I just uploaded my current desktop image

www.bclaytonphoto.com

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CavalierLady posted Thu, 24 August 2006 at 11:30 PM

What an interesting thread... so nice to see what others are using for their desktops.

Mine is the latest image that I finished and posted:

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1274099&member

Before that, it was another 2D image of my dog that had been there quite some time.

Firesnuffer posted Fri, 25 August 2006 at 1:45 PM

I had always used something others had done until I found out how fun it is to create my own. Now I use my photos mostly. (they give me an incentive to work in my yard, LOL, like removing that fence that continues to put faint lines through my deer shots).

this is one I took Aug. 18th...

Manning

3DGuy posted Fri, 25 August 2006 at 1:51 PM

Currently I used this homemade paper (modeled and rendered by myself)

Only got a few icons on my desktop, but those are not interesting :) This is a scaled down version though, the actual one is 1600x1200.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Laelia posted Sat, 26 August 2006 at 6:14 PM

Oh !! 3dGuy, here's a pic that Daniel, aka Electroninc, surely is going to enjoy  !!
q:)

Laelia posted Sat, 26 August 2006 at 6:17 PM

:b_cool:

@3DGuy

Forward the link now

q:)

3DGuy posted Sat, 26 August 2006 at 8:17 PM

I can provide the large one if needed :)

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

Laelia posted Sun, 27 August 2006 at 6:29 AM

Quote - I can provide the large one if needed :)

Oh  yes, you're sympa'  to give it !!!
Please by mail
Have a fantastic Sunday !!!

ElectronInc posted Sun, 27 August 2006 at 4:27 PM

Attached Link: http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9496/file1250088ap9.jpg

Hi !! My picture desktop actually is a shot of one of my great friend Giancarlo aka giancarlo17 on RR's... Specially this one because i love this type of shot. I often change picture... but this one is one of my favourite so i decided to let it more than other... Special dedicace for Giancarlo, if you see us...