Snapped this one close to home on a cold January morning along the Meramec River at MDC Pacific Palisades Conservation Area.

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Tall Screen  :  1280×1024
Mobile  :  iPhone  :  iPad  :  Netbook

• Model = Nikon D40
• Exposure Time = 10/6400
• F-Stop = f/5.6
• Exposure Program = Aperture priority
• ISO Speed Ratings = 200
• Focal Length = 200.0 mm
• Date/Time = January 10th, 2010 11:56 a.m.
• Location = Pacific Palisades Conservation Area

I prefer rendering and viewing larger fractals at the widescreen 16:9 ratio, so that is where I concentrate my original efforts for backgrounds.  However, all normal screen sizes are freely available for download.  Use them in any way you like, as long as you don’t sell them.  Any distribution beyond your personal use requires my written consent.

Rendered in Oxidizer 0.6.0.2 for Snow Leopard and post processed in Gimp.

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Widescreen ( 16:9 )  :  2560×1440
Fullscreen ( 4:3 )  :  1024×768  :  1600×1200
Tall Screen  :  1280×1024
Mobile  :  iPhone  :  iPad  :  Netbook

I’ll be honest; I don’t have an iPhone so I never really gave a tremendous amount of thought to the process I’ve been using for creating iPhone wallpapers — just scale and crop to what suits my muse at that particular moment for each image.  Now, thanks to the efforts our good friend Cubixel, I can see how those off-the-cuff decisions play out.  But hey, this isn’t just about me; everyone can share in the fun!  In Cubixel’s own words…

I have created an iPhone template for saving time when making iPhone desktops.  Saves putting an image on the phone and playing with it and then reproducing that in Photoshop afterwards.  Construction file uses all vectors and styles, no raster data.  Got it very close, the thing that’s off the most is the time font.  Feel free to add it to your site resources for people to use.  Just credit me for it, not worried otherwise.

So toss up a big cheer and be sure to give your proper “props” to Cubixel!

Download iPhone Unlock Wallpaper Template.

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Widescreen ( 16:9 )  :  2560×1440
Fullscreen ( 4:3 )  :  1024×768  :  1600×1200
Others  :  1280×1024  :  iPhone  :  Netbook

Rendered in Oxidizer 0.6.1.  Post processed ever so slightly in Photoshop CS.

I can’t remember any particular motivation that inspired the creation of this little ‘toon way back in 1991 so I’m thinking it was just the brilliant irony of a knuckle-headed nimrod censoring a message about censorship.  Hope I didn’t make your head spin clean off your neckbone with that one!

The original art is black Sharpie® marker on graphic arts tracing paper.  I scanned it on our ancient Umax 1220U thanks to a tip for using old scanners posted at Mac OS X Hints.  Final step was to bring it into Photoshop for minor clean up and colorizing the background.

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Widescreen ( 16:9 )  :  2560×1440
Fullscreen ( 4:3 )  :  1024×768  :  1600×1200
Others  :  1280×1024  :  Netbook

If the season has produced cold and snow where you are, perhaps this solar flare will warm you up for the new year…  Best wishes to all…  :-)

Rendered in Oxidizer 0.6.0.2 for Snow Leopard and post processed for contrast in Gimp.

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Fullscreen ( 4:3 )  :  1024×768  :  1600×1200
Others  :  1280×1024  :  iPhone  :  Netbook

Let’s wrap things up with one more desktop before we spin the clock over to the new decade.  This composition was cobbled together by blending and filtering seven other images; credits for the stock art go to Free Stock Textures, Media Militia, and the Image of the Day archive of Nasa’s Earth Observatory.

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Fullscreen ( 4:3 )  :  1024×768  :  1600×1200
Others  :  1280×1024  :  iPhone  :  Netbook

Let’s dedicate this one to our friends and neighbors that got walloped with a mountain of snow for Christmas; hope everyone is sitting tight and warm!  

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Widescreen ( 16:9 )  :  2560×1440
Fullscreen ( 4:3 )  :  1024×768  :  1600×1200
Others  :  1280×1024  :  iPhone  :  Netbook

Rendered in Oxidizer 0.6.1.  Two images merged and post processed in Photoshop CS for coulor intensity and contrast.