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Breathtaking Photography

One of the best things about the Internet: It‘s a wonderful place to share some of the most beautiful and amazing pictures of our world and the universe in which we live.

Amazing and beautiful are indeed the adjectives that also come to mind when viewing this page of 40 fantastic photos, from cityscapes, to wildlife, to island paradises. So, take a moment from your day to appreciate the immense beauty that surrounds you, and enjoy these astounding photos!

And, for those of you who want to capture your surroundings in a similar fashion, take a look at my related article links. For example, Top 10 Digital Photography Tips shows you how to improve your landscape photos, quickly and easily, using nothing fancier than a pair of sunglasses, and where to position your subjects for a great outdoor portrait.






















































































































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Posted On Oct 31, 2007
Thank you for the beautiful pictures. I love the bull!

Is there a program out there that can take pictures like these and flash them as screen savers, changing every few seconds? I saw it once on a co-workers laptop.

 
Vicki Marie
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bigboy29
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Posted On Oct 31, 2007
Well, those are unfortunately too small of a resolution to give you a good result on a higher resolution monitor... however, here are few tips:

1. For a lot of wallpapers, many of them very high resolution, go browse here:  http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/wallpaper/?order=9&startts=1190102400&e ndts=1192780800

Note you can choose the length of time they are on the site and there are multiple categories, like fantasy, nature etc etc...

2. For the switching of those on your computer - if you are running Vista, there is a sidebar gadget you can download which will change wallpapers for you on a predefined interval:

http://gallery.live.com/liveItemDetail.aspx?li=3dc3c177-e6ec-49d0-8737-9c4fdc59b82a&bt =1&pl=1

It is by far the "lightest" one I found and I love using it. I get a great new wallpaper every hour!

If you are on XP or other OS, you will have to search around. Perhaps a freeware section of www.snapfiles.com is a good way to start. I have never seen any shady software there.


Russ Bianchi
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Posted On Oct 31, 2007
These are great shots, I particularly love the surfing dolphins....

Very cool, made my day...

Uncle Russ


Rebecca_ Toy
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Posted On Nov 13, 2007

Vicki Marie: I have had webshots for years which is fantastic and free. You can check it out by going to: http://www.webshots.com/  



Calicocat
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Posted On Nov 13, 2007

Vicki Marie

If you have Windows, go to your "Control Panel" and click on "Display" than click on the "Screen Saver" tab.  You have many options there.  I'm using "My Pictures Slideshow" to show off a lot of pictures I've downloaded over the years

Barb


 
 
 
Posted On Oct 30, 2007
WOW!

 
Patty D
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Posted On Oct 30, 2007
The 4th one down is the type of scenery I wake up to every morning.  I really do not like highways, no matter how well planned they are.
I really like the animal photographs.

Mary

 
mmc88121
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Posted On Oct 30, 2007
THANK YOU!

My gratitude today included seeing these wonderful photos - don't we live on an amazing planet................we should be doing all we can to save and protect her............not use and abuse her.

 
KathieJamisonCote
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Posted On Oct 30, 2007
What is the city above the photo of the lighthouse?
Beautiful photos.

 
samurai
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Reesacat
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Posted On Oct 30, 2007
Shanghai?

 
 
 
 
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