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Update: I've re-posted my wallpaper images. Enjoy!

9/29/2011: My last day at Microsoft is September 30, 2011. Because I'll no longer be able to update this blog (it's been graciously provided and hosted by Microsoft), I'm moving to a new blog at https://blog.mikeswanson.com. I'll eventually re-post my images there.

In the meantime, enjoy my Windows 7 Theme!

Thank you.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    November 15, 2005
    dude! these images ROCK! very nice work.

  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2005
    I love the photos, it brings a bit of nature onto my computer.

  • Anonymous
    November 19, 2005
    Awesome pics - and great resolution too!

    thx for sharing it Mike.

  • Anonymous
    November 20, 2005
    Great work, Mike, these are excellent images! Keep up the good work

  • Anonymous
    November 20, 2005
    Thanks for the kinds words and encouragement, everyone. I really enjoy taking these photos, and now that others appreciate them too, I often look for situations that make "good wallpaper." If anyone has some suggestions, I'd be glad to try to incorporate them into future photos.

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    I like the few that I see, but the zip widescreen link doesn't work. Got any other links so I can see the rest of them?

    kjell

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    Awesome work... These will look great on my 24" LCD. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    My screen only loaded one thumnail for some reason, but i didnt even bother to wait or try to refresh. I just clicked on the download all and nabbed them. You have an execelent eye for a great shot. I dont take them but my father is a shutter bug and I couldnt help but learn. Your work is amazing. Keep it up.

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    Superb photos - they certainly put mine to shame!

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    I'm interested in what camera you used to take these photos -- I must buy one!

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    My mom makes great lasagna. Should I get the same oven as her?

    It's not the tool, it's the user. Great pix!!

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    Mike, Thanks for sharing. These are great pictures. Congratulations.

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    It's the tool who posts comments like that the makes trolling so much fun...

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    Rafael: Although I generally agree with Nick, I have found that my Nikon COOLPIX 5700 (since replaced by the 8700/8800) takes fantastic macro photos. Almost all of the images on this page were taken with it. The swivel LCD screen allows me to hold the camera in very awkward and unique orientations that I would find difficult (if not impossible) to accomplish with my Canon Rebel XT.

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    Beautiful! Thank you, Sir, for sharing! :D

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2005
    Nice photos!

    I really consider buying a macro lens for my Canon EOS 20D now :).

    If anybody is interested in viewing wallapers I made from my photos, take a look at http://gallery.darkman.de/david

  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2005
    Just what I was looking for my widescreen notebook. Awesome!

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2005
    Why don't you sell these photos...they are very good.

  • Anonymous
    December 11, 2005
    Hello! it;s useful and interesting site. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    December 15, 2005
    Ive donwloaded a couple of pics - they look so cool. Great shots, thank uuuuu

  • Anonymous
    December 15, 2005
    Great pictures! Did you add any color to them electronically? Mine are always so dull and devoid of color :(.

  • Anonymous
    December 17, 2005
    All of these photographs are extraordinary. With the amazing work that u do on these, have you ever thought of photographing spider webs or catapillars. If you could, thank would be greatly appreciated.

  • Anonymous
    December 18, 2005
    Great job! One of the best works I have seen! Congatutaltions!!!

  • Anonymous
    December 23, 2005
    Michael...cool pics...and would appreciate if you could add a "subscribe" button to your RSS..!

  • Anonymous
    January 03, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    January 05, 2006
    Very nice pics !!
    two thumbs !

  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2006
    Good job, keep it up !

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2006
    I think the walls are best...by far...

  • Anonymous
    February 03, 2006
    Que fotos tan buenas, pero deberia de sacarle a viejas encueradas, con esa camara les veriamos hasta donde no nos imaginamos!!

  • Anonymous
    February 03, 2006
    best wallpapers on the net! i use them all the time! thanks!

  • Anonymous
    February 09, 2006
    Thank you SO much for posting these gorgeous images, and making them available in desktop resolutions. I especially like the Christmas ones. Unique perspective on those, and quite different from the usual Christmas walls you see.  Thank again!

  • Anonymous
    February 11, 2006
    great great update -thx :-))

    they should be in vista ...

  • Anonymous
    February 15, 2006
    Thanks for starting, Michael. After your post I made some wallpaper too.

    http://blogs.msdn.com/mikhailarkhipov/archive/2006/02/14/532289.aspx

  • Anonymous
    February 17, 2006
    So lovely man, perfect work!

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2006
    Great job A truly wonderful collection

  • Anonymous
    March 06, 2006
    A.M.A.Z.I.N.G !!

    ... simply A.M.A.Z.I.N.G !!

  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2006
    In the spirit of Michael Swanson's Macro-Wallpapers, I took a couple pictures today while visiting my...

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2006
    WOW!

    BOOKMARK!

  • Anonymous
    March 28, 2006
    <a href="http://www.wallpapers.in.ua">Wallpapers in ua </a> - Fresh wallpapers

  • Anonymous
    March 29, 2006
    Nice wallpapers ! Thanks :)

  • Anonymous
    April 02, 2006
    Spring is here! I've just added five new images: Flower 17, Flower 18, Leaf 27, Leaf 28, and Leaf 29. As I mentioned in the updated post above, Leaf 28 is a little too "busy" for my tastes, but others may like it.

  • Anonymous
    April 06, 2006
    Thank you so much for this pictures!  They are amazing!  I am heading to a windowless office here soon and I am turning my tablet pc into a "window".  These images will be used as a slideshow to keep me sane.  Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2006
    I just can't get enough!

  • Anonymous
    April 20, 2006
    teşekkürler

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2006
    woooooooow .. wonderful

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2006
    hi mike

    your pictures are awesome, my 17" LCD got natural beauty with your wallpapers
    keep working

    yudy

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2006
    I am starting with macro photography. You have shown me what true wonders are.

    THX,
    Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2006
    Hi Mike,

    I am starting with macro photography. You have shown me what true wonders are.

    THX,
    Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Europe

  • Anonymous
    April 26, 2006
    wow.... it is Awesome..... no words can describe these amazing pix.....
    Great job

  • Anonymous
    April 29, 2006
    Hey! this is simply amazing. I just love your work, I think it's really nice that you want to share it with everyone. Please I would like you to let me know about any new work of yours. bye!! susypunk182@yahoo.com

  • Anonymous
    April 29, 2006
    Beatifull work, thanks for sharing it

  • Anonymous
    April 30, 2006
    Hi,

    I am really impressed by the amazing photos available here. Dude really I am hooked to the images in this site. I have already passed on the word abt this wallpaper available here. The moment I saw the quality of the images and above it is free to download, I was thrown of the feet.
    Cool keep it up and I have taken some cues of the photos here.

  • Anonymous
    May 09, 2006
    congratz . i see some of your amazing walls made it into vista :-)

  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2006
    Love the photos! please keep them coming!!!

  • Anonymous
    May 16, 2006
    Your Photos very good good luck bye

  • Anonymous
    May 16, 2006
    Love your wallpapers. :)  Any chance of providing them in 2560x1600 resolution?

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2006
    LOVE 'EM!

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2006
    Superrrrrrrrrrrr

  • Anonymous
    May 21, 2006
    amazing....

  • Anonymous
    May 22, 2006
    So perfect,Thanks for your beautiful wallpaper.

  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2006
    Thanks for the new spring pics!  Just in time.   Miss you guys!  :)L

  • Anonymous
    June 04, 2006
    Wow! You have very wonderful macros here.

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2006
    really great photos =)

  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2006
    Would be nice to have them in 2560x1600 for my 30" LCD!

    Keep up the good work!

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2006
    Wow, very beautiful indeed!
    These photos evoke many different feelings or "words" rather... like the fuzzy leaf for "warmth" or the close up of a leaf and it's texture, "life". Or maybe... that's just me :)

    Absolutely awesome :)
    I downloaded the "standard" one, THANKS SO MUCH!

  • Anonymous
    June 18, 2006
    Thanks a lot! Great pictures!

  • Anonymous
    June 27, 2006
    Nice WallPapers, Good Work, Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2006
    Very very nice work, I recognise a few of them from the vista betas, you've got some top class images there

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2006
    I've just added six new images: Flower 19, Flower 20, Leaf 30 (interesting because it's an extra-blurry photo), Leaf 31, Leaf 32, and Stems 03.

    And in case you didn't notice, I added a link where you can order posters of some of the more popular photos (a request I receive quite often).

    Enjoy!

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2006
    This past November, I stopped posting individual blog entries whenever I added new images to my wallpaper...

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2006
    o boze sliczne te tapety ... :) :*

    [translate it, if you want ;) ] I come from Poland and writed in polish ... generally these pictures are wonderfuuuuuuuuuul :)

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2006
    SUPER!!!

  • Anonymous
    July 21, 2006
    hello I'm from Poland. Your page is  really cool. This photo is amazing. This colour , woow :-)  
    See You.

  • Anonymous
    July 30, 2006
    son unas fotos totalmente perfectas lo felicito

  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2006
    Michael your work is absolutely wonderful and the dimensions 1920x1200 are perfect for those of us with large screens.   Thank You for sharing such beautiful images with vibrant colors. Perfect doesn’t even begin to describe it.

  • Anonymous
    August 06, 2006
    Michael, you are an awesome photographer.
    I love these images.

    Its amazing how beautifull the composition are in all those photos.

  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2006
    Hi I'm from Jakarta, Indonesia.
    I love your works. They're super real. I'm inspired to learn photography.. :)
    I'd like to see your work with fruits, I think they're interesting subjects.

    cheers,
    Lani

  • Anonymous
    August 16, 2006
    Hi, the photos are great!!! My mum is a Photograph, too. This photos are fantastik.
    Luise
    P.s: sorry because my english! :)

  • Anonymous
    August 19, 2006
    Love your pics, i can almost smell them

  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2006
    Thanks very much, i like all the wallpapers !

  • Anonymous
    August 26, 2006
    Excellent, lot of thanks from Mexico

  • Anonymous
    August 29, 2006
    These are the best wallpapers I've ever seen!
    Dziękuję :)

  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2006
    So wonderful !!!

    Thanks, I will refer to myfriends

  • Anonymous
    September 09, 2006
    I lost my wallpapers DVD when I moved from India to US... and then got some of them on this page. Excellent work, dude! You made my day! :) Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    September 11, 2006
    thanks for your images!! really great!!

  • Anonymous
    September 17, 2006
    FYI...I just added nine new images: Flower 21, Flower 22, Grass 01, Leaf 33, Leaf 34, Leaf 35, Leaf 36, Leaf 37, and Stems 04.

    I've been thinking about buying a macro lens for my Canon Rebel XT. Well, my neighbor let me borrow his Canon EF-S 60mm macro lens today, and I have to say that I'm very impressed! I'm sure I'll own one soon. In the meantime, enjoy the new images.

  • Anonymous
    September 18, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    September 22, 2006
    nice job!
    great shooting.
    cool view.

  • Anonymous
    September 24, 2006
    So wonderfullllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll !!! thankssssss

  • Anonymous
    September 24, 2006
    It's opensource!
    I love it.
    I love this colour too.

  • Anonymous
    September 24, 2006
    Congratulations! This is by far, the best work of macros i´ve ever seen!!

  • Anonymous
    September 24, 2006
    Muito Bom!!!

  • Anonymous
    September 24, 2006
    absolutely beautiful.

  • Anonymous
    September 25, 2006

    Las imagenes son realmente preciosas, nice work!

    Congratulations, Felicitaciones!!!!!! =)

  • Anonymous
    September 25, 2006
    Merci...
    thoes pictures are so beautiful

  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2006
    These pictures are absolutely amazing. You are very talented!

  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2006
    Great images!! Very nice work with those macro pics!!!

  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2006
    These are so beautiful! I made them into a 'slideshow' screensaver. Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    October 08, 2006
    wooooH!! The Pictures are very beautiful!!nice shots and Work!i love the colours in your images!!Felicitaciones!! Congratulation!!

  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2006
    FYI...I just added two new images: Leaf 38 and Pumpkin 01. Pumpkin 01 is an older macro image that I took with my Nikon 5700. As I was preparing Leaf 38, I ran across it and figured that someone might like it. Enjoy!

  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2006
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 15, 2006
    I love your camera who blend in to nature

  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2006
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  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2006
    I love your wallpaper images Mike. Would you mind if I made an entry in the wallpaper section at kde-look.org and linked to your site ? I'm sure the KDE community would be wrapped with your images.

  • Anonymous
    October 16, 2006
    Jeremy...no problem. Link away!

  • Anonymous
    October 18, 2006
    All of these are absolutely amazing... I just stumbled upon these while searching for a good widescreen wallpaper for my desktop and wow. I'm an (very) amateur photographer and your work is very inspiring! I would love to see the images FLOWER 07, FLOWER 14, and FLOWER 21 as posters you have available for sale, my apartment needs a little color! -Heather ched_head86@hotmail.com

  • Anonymous
    October 18, 2006
    Amazin´ color, amazin´ light, amiazin´ brightness, amazin´ u!!! Jajaja. Great, great pics. Thanks for the site.

  • Anonymous
    October 19, 2006
    Wonderful :) I can't use another word to telling you...

  • Anonymous
    October 20, 2006
    first time i saw the photos, i really get attracted... i like it very much....

  • Anonymous
    October 22, 2006
    Thank U!!!! Thanks to Your wonderful images I will have more pleasure when I work in my PC... Such a fine job!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    October 27, 2006
    Michael your work is absolutely wonderful  perfect  Thank You for sharing such beautiful images with vibrant colors.

  • Anonymous
    November 07, 2006
    love your images.  can't pick a fav because they are all so beautiful.

  • Anonymous
    November 08, 2006
    cool cool cool i love them!!!

  • Anonymous
    November 12, 2006
    I have seen here an excellent work. I like a lot take pictures with my digital camera and I have a large collections of images that can be used like wallpapers. You can download for free from http://www.mybackgrounds.tk It is an old PC so it could be sometime slow.

  • Anonymous
    November 15, 2006
    Wonderful, really good quality wallpepers. Cool ~~~~~

  • Anonymous
    November 17, 2006
    Really nice pictures!!! Alan

  • Anonymous
    November 20, 2006
    Outstanding work...i mean art...

  • Anonymous
    December 02, 2006
    Really nice pictures rom a real artist

  • Anonymous
    December 06, 2006
    Phenomenal work on these photos.  I had a thought - maybe you could do state flowers?  I don't know where you are or how easily you could photograph some of them, but I know here in Texas we're pretty fond of our bluebonnets.  Anyway, it's just a thought.  Keep up the great work! :)

  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2006
    Hi Michael, I love your wallpapers!  Sorry I didn't read before I downloaded two of them but I don't have a URL.  What I do with the inages is make jigsaw puzzles for my grandchildren with a program called, BigJig.  If there is a problem with me using them just contact me, Thanks for the lovely work! Vicki...

  • Anonymous
    December 12, 2006
    Encontré esta página como un "Error Afortunado", me encantaron las imagenes!

  • Anonymous
    December 12, 2006
    Superb ! It really feels like real nature blooming within my machine......

  • Anonymous
    December 18, 2006
    Those pics were wonderful... !!! I can feel the nature in front of me...

  • Anonymous
    December 19, 2006
    Hi there, Thanks for sharing these pictures- they are wonderful.  I was searching for a Christmas-y wallpaper, which eventually led me to this site & I'm quite pleased to say I've found a collection here that will keep me happy well into the new year! Wishing you all the best for the holidays and 2007- Rebecca

  • Anonymous
    December 20, 2006
    These pictures are great!  Thanks for sharing.

  • Landon
  • Anonymous
    December 23, 2006
    Some really great stuff!  (Reminds me of O'Keefe.)  Thanks for sharing.

  • Anonymous
    December 24, 2006
    Thanks Mike... my flat panel is now a work of art.

  • Anonymous
    December 25, 2006
    Amazing pictures - thanks for sharing!

  • Anonymous
    December 26, 2006
    Amazing pictures! Great job, Mike! :)

  • Anonymous
    December 28, 2006
    great work these pictures are really beautiful thank you!!!

  • Anonymous
    January 02, 2007
    Absolutely breathtaking photos - thank you for sharing them on the web!

  • Anonymous
    January 04, 2007
    Thank you your wallpaper is beautiful

  • Anonymous
    January 08, 2007
    Really good stuff!Pictures are awesome,especially for a wallpaper:)

  • Anonymous
    January 11, 2007
    i just wanted this kind of pics to adore my desktop

  • Anonymous
    January 15, 2007
    That's great , Nature has tremedous archive

  • Anonymous
    January 17, 2007
    I've been "tagged" by fellow Technical Evangelist, Brian Keller , in his recent post . And if I decide

  • Anonymous
    January 21, 2007
    Stumbled upon this through googling and WOW! Absolutely beautiful!

  • Anonymous
    January 27, 2007
    FYI...I just added two new images: Grass 02 and Water 05. Enjoy!

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2007
    Wow! Amazing photography. I love macro art but I'm horrible with a camera. Looks like I'll have a new wallpaper here right after I pick one out!

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2007
    PERFECT! JUST PERFECT! THANX A LOT!

  • Anonymous
    February 02, 2007
    GREAT JOB MICHAEL, FOUND YOUR BLOG BY THE TICKET OF COPERNIC PRO. KEEP IT UP AND GOOD LUCK WITH THE POSTERS. BEST OF REGARDS.

  • Anonymous
    February 02, 2007
    Michael- thank you so much for sharing these!  They made my whole day better.  Really.  :)

  • Anonymous
    February 02, 2007
    very nice,thanks for widescreen versions(for my notebook)

  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2007
    I love your work! It looks so colorful and joyful when I wake up to my computer everyday!

  • Anonymous
    February 10, 2007
    Absolutely gorgeous work!!  Thanks for sharing!

  • Anonymous
    February 14, 2007
    Mike ... thank you for sharing these. It's great to see someone pursuing a passion!

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2007
    So gorgeous and peaceful. Thank you for sharing these..and keep up the great work!

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2007
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2007
    Your photos are stunning !!! Check out my widescreen wallpapers at http://www.bulgaria-photos.info/wallpapers1280x800.html

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2007
    Lavoro eccellente! ..ringraziamenti per le informazioni..realmente lo apprezzo: D

  • Anonymous
    February 28, 2007
    Do you have any of the St.Joe Pier?

  • Anonymous
    March 07, 2007
    nothing is nice here... why did you say that it is nice...

  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2007
    I will use these on my......XP Pro :) Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    March 12, 2007
    this stuff is ex(to the power n)ellant! i am inspired. please do keep clicking...

  • Anonymous
    March 13, 2007
    I even have no words...these are realy wonderfull pictures with beautifully captured colors.

  • Anonymous
    March 14, 2007
    absolutely fabulous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) nice :)

  • Anonymous
    March 18, 2007
    Thannk you for brightining the screens with freh livliness... Great Job, keep up the good work.

  • Anonymous
    March 18, 2007
    Simply stunning photographs! I love them all. It would be better if they all used the sRGB color profile instead of Adobe RGB. People without color managed apps won't be able to see the true colors of the images.

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2007
    Thanks, Chris. The last thing I do before saving the images is to convert them to sRGB. However, based on your message, I wonder if I might have missed a few. I'll take a closer look.

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2007
    Grazie per le tue bellissime immagini e per la tua generosità nel metterle a nostra disposizione. Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2007
    FYI...I just added three new images: Flower 23, Leaf 39, and Water 06. It's tough to find colorful winter photos around here. Expect more as Spring starts to arrive.

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2007
    I've just got my new 24" display and those wallpapers seem so great on the desktop. Thank you very much for such beautiful images

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2007
    You have a very amazing wallpaper. Keep them coming.

  • Anonymous
    March 27, 2007
    Thank's my friend for bring us thse awesome pictures of nature on my desktop

  • Anonymous
    March 30, 2007
    Extra ordinary Wallpapers!!! Resolution & clarity does counts...

  • Anonymous
    April 04, 2007
    Wow, these are some great wallpapers. Thanks for the 1920x1200 ones! Great for us laptop users.

  • Anonymous
    April 04, 2007
    WOW!! Vielen Dank für dein Geschenk an uns Liebe Grüße :)

  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2007
    muy bunas tomas logras muy buenos conceptos con esos trazos naturales logras una gran imprecion de una imagen diaria ^^

  • Anonymous
    April 12, 2007
    impresionante. excelentes imagenes. Gracias desde Argentina.

  • Anonymous
    April 13, 2007
         First of all, I'd like to thank Mike,really, you have an eye for beauty, those pics are indeed superb. Secondly, I need to thank my sweet sweet heart, thank you for always thinking me and sharing some beautiful things with me, I'll download the amazing pic you recommend to me, :) At last, sincerely wish everyone can have a happy mood while accompanied by these natural and beautiful wallpapers.

  • Anonymous
    April 13, 2007
    Du musst ein Fachmann sein - wirklich guter Aufstellungsort, den du hast!

  • Anonymous
    April 14, 2007
    hermoso trabajo. realmente maravilloso. felicitaciones y muchas gracias! :)

  • Anonymous
    April 14, 2007
    FYI...just added eight new images: Flower 24, Flower 25, Leaf 40, Leaf 41, Leaf 42, Rock 01, Shell 01, and Shell 02. These were all taken on a trip down the Oregon coast this past week. The shell photos might be too "busy" for good wallpaper, but as usual, someone will probably like them. Enjoy!

  • Anonymous
    April 15, 2007
    Awesome collection. I was searching for widescreen wallpapers since yesterday. It's a tough task ;) My desktop looks inspiring now. I might even impress other people :)

  • Anonymous
    April 16, 2007
    Hi Mike.. I couldn't find so many colorful pictures at any one place on web. The pictures look like they are parts of some kind of chromatic theme. I have downloaded them all. Thanks for sharing.

  • Anonymous
    April 16, 2007
    Wonderful images Mike, thank you for making them available to us all. They'll be adding a lot of colour and vibrance to my desktop! :)

  • Anonymous
    April 16, 2007
    your wallpaper are great is just that i could not put it as a wallpaper in my blog

  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2007
    Parabéns! Grande sensibilidade artística! :D Simplesmente fantásticas!

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2007
    Dude Thanks a lot from the bottom of my heart which is already full of harmony just by looking at your images. FANTASTIC WORK!

  • Anonymous
    April 29, 2007
    wow, i was stunned by seeing these great work of yours, absolutely awesome. keep it up.

  • Anonymous
    May 02, 2007
    Thanks so much Trying to Learn your technic

  • Anonymous
    May 10, 2007
    Keep with the hobby and thanks for the experience.

  • Anonymous
    May 12, 2007
    generous and kind of you make it available for us to to the entire collection. thanks,

  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2007
    This is the best wallpapers i ever seen! realy!

  • Anonymous
    May 15, 2007
    Thanks for sharing those wonderfull imagens!

  • Anonymous
    May 20, 2007
    FYI...just added Leaf 43 and Leaf 44. Leaf 43 was taken this past weekend at the Bellevue Botanical Garden in Washington, and Leaf 44 is a plant that my wife just purchased for our landscaping.

  • Anonymous
    May 23, 2007
    Just wanted to say thanks for the great pictures! Beautiful, Keep up the good work!

  • Anonymous
    May 24, 2007
    I love this pictures especially those with drips of water) you're great!thanks!

  • Anonymous
    May 25, 2007
    Hi mike,thank you for making them available to us all.very nice & best wallpapers iever seen!i download many of them.

  • Anonymous
    May 25, 2007
    Best collection of images i ever saw. Great work!

  • Anonymous
    May 25, 2007
    Hey, congratulations, any macro - close up extension used? or straight out of the nikon 5700 ?  unbelievable.

  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2007
    @Ulas: Most of the newer shots were taken with a Canon Rebel XT and a Canon EF-S 60mm macro lens. The sharpness, color saturation, and lack of visible grain is a big improvement over the Nikon 5700 (no surprise, since the Canon has a much larger sensor). However, I'd guess about 1/2 or more of the shots (older, lower-numbered) are from the 5700.

  • Anonymous
    May 27, 2007
    FYI...added two new images: Flower 26 is a close-up of a flower from an arrangement that I recently gave my wife. Object 01 is a garden ornament that we have in our front yard. Enjoy!

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    June 04, 2007
    Trabalho de muito bom gosto. Parabéns, do Brasil.

  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2007
    You are truly a gifted person, thank you for sharing your art!!

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2007
    Nice, now is my new 24" TFT with an nice Background :-) Thanks a lot Luckey from Germany

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2007
    Awesome Pics. I love the colours that you elicit from your subjects.

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2007
    Incredible photos... it's hard to come by truly beautiful photos like these.

  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2007
    Mike. Thanks for these images..These are great!!! Only seldom that I find an artist who truly shares his vision selflessly.

  • Anonymous
    June 15, 2007
    The pics are beautiful, refreshing and just breathtaking yet you allow people like myself to enjoy them without looking to gain money from it. That tells me that you enjoy taking the pics and you enjoy giving, which is commendable. You are a kind person.

  • Anonymous
    June 18, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    June 19, 2007
    thanx for really nice wallpapers

  • Anonymous
    June 22, 2007
    Awesome lighting and detail, got to give you the A+++++ prop on this pictures!   Master level photo pieces, Good job.

  • Anonymous
    June 27, 2007
    awesome pictures. Thank You for sharing them.

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    July 06, 2007
    Hi Mike, thanx for this nice Artwork!

  • Anonymous
    July 07, 2007
    These are very nice photographs. Thanks for giving me some new desktop backgrounds to run!

  • Anonymous
    July 11, 2007
    These are very beautiful photographs!

  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2007
    Greetings from Manila, Philippines! Great, vivid and mouthwatering! Salamat (thanks) for sharing! :-)

  • Anonymous
    July 13, 2007
    Thx u so much.It's very beautiful and convenience

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2007
    As a fellow photographer I feel compelled to say that these are very nice!  Congrats on a nice little gallery and lots of positive feedback!  I saved several for my desktop use.  Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    July 14, 2007
    Great pictures !!! Look forward for more :)

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2007
    What a great collection of wallpapers you have here!  Saw that you are #7 on Wallpaper Review's top 40 list. Pretty good considering the amount of wallpaper sites out there!

  • Anonymous
    July 21, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    July 31, 2007
    Well, looks like vista wallpapers and its great man thanks lot..:)

  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2007
    ohhh.thanks.. your images is wonderfull. ı like it. sincerely, kardeş süper yaw..bizim oralarda yerler seni:)

  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2007
    Thanks !Keep on going ...you are very creative !

  • Anonymous
    August 14, 2007
    Verrry nice pictures ! Art is the right word .

  • Anonymous
    August 15, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    August 15, 2007
    This collection is great. Thumbs up from me for sharing them. They are really awesome. Thanks Mike ;)

  • Anonymous
    August 17, 2007
    Hi, Mike u r great. Nice combination of excellent color wallpapers. GoodLuck plz continue it.

  • Anonymous
    August 17, 2007
    There are no words! I think i'm in love!!! Greetings from Suriname.

  • Anonymous
    August 19, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    August 19, 2007
    FYI...I just added seven new images on 8/19/2007: Flower 27, Flower 28, Flower 29, Flower 30, Flower 31, Leaf 45, and Water 07. I posted Leaf 45, because I think some people will like it. However, it is a busy photo, and it might not make the most effective wallpaper. Water 07 is a purposely-blurred photo of the Mediterranean Sea. Enjoy!

  • Anonymous
    August 20, 2007
    I found your site through InterfaceLift. goodness, they're ALL so gorgeous I don't know which ones to pick!! Keep up the great work

  • Anonymous
    August 23, 2007
    you are fantastic. I like wallpapers a lot Thanks man thank you very much

  • Anonymous
    August 25, 2007
    Even more artworks! I've been a great fan of your photos since last year. Thanks for sharing these wonderful pieces of art.

  • Anonymous
    August 27, 2007
    I liek how u put all your wallpapers in one zip file for download... saves a lot of time. Thank you. Thrax

  • Anonymous
    August 30, 2007
    十分感谢.(thanks a lot).i like it very much.i am a foreigner.

  • Anonymous
    September 04, 2007
    For me, the best in the net, in therms of quality and design. Great work Mike.

  • Anonymous
    September 13, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    September 14, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    September 22, 2007
    i like your photo...so beautiful

  • Anonymous
    September 23, 2007
    FYI...I added ten new images today: Gourd 01, Gourd 02, Gourd 03, Gourd 04, Gourd 05, Gourd 06, Gourd 07, Gourd 08, Leaf 46, and Pine Cone 01. Except for Leaf 46, all of the other photos came from my wife's collection of seasonal gourds and a pine cone she found near our house. This is also a milestone addition...there are now more than 100 images in the collection!

  • Anonymous
    September 29, 2007
    FANTASTIC!!!  I've added this page to my Favorites.  Will visit again.

  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2007
    Hey,Mike Swanson,Thanks a LOT!!一切都棒极了,感谢你,愿每天都过的愉快

  • Anonymous
    October 06, 2007
    AMAZING PHOTOS MIKE!...beautiful images really. :D. thanks a lot!...I was searching for some of this type of photos with macro to put them like screen wallpapers into mi widescreen LCD monitor. Andrew from Argentina

  • Anonymous
    October 06, 2007
    One of the best sites on the net! Thanks for sharing your wonderful pics.

  • Anonymous
    October 07, 2007
    hello to all,,, it is GREAT ....

  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2007
    these are all so good. :)thank you for sharing these things that make me smile each time i see them.:)

  • Anonymous
    October 14, 2007
    I am in love for these pics. They take me to a place of beauty and peace. Love and peace to everybody!!

  • Anonymous
    October 14, 2007
    Exquisite images. they are truly awesome. Thanks for sharing them

  • Anonymous
    November 01, 2007
    WOW - excellent images.  And thanks for the single Zip file download - they are all great and will grace my desktop for a long time to come. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    November 10, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    November 12, 2007
    THANK YOU FOR YOU IMAGES。 他帮助了我做好了本次设计。希望有更加多有主题的图片。 来自中国的祝福。提前新年快乐。

  • Anonymous
    November 16, 2007
    Mr. Swanson, I'm 65 retired and love surfin' I happen across tour images and enjoyed them the originality is refreshing. I took the liberty to download a few to send off to my grandson. I wish I had money to send to you but with that not happening then a short note thanking you for your generosity and allowing me and my grandson to giggle over your work needs to be comunicated to you. Thank you from the both of us and may great things come to you. Sincerely, Tom Sheehan

  • Anonymous
    November 19, 2007
    they are just becoming better and better . one of the best collection around the net . most of them should belong to the windows 7 collection :-) best regards pete

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2007
    amazing images...my desktop and I thank you!

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2007
    Your images, Mike, are fantastik!

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2007
    Gracias por los wallpapers ;-) Mi Ubuntu se ve muy bien con ellos.

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2007
    You just made my day much better with those images. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2007
    thank you for the nice widescreen wallpapers! gr8 collection! thx again! best wishes!

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2007
    thanks a lot for brining these wonderful images, kudos for putting them up in a zip file

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2007
    Great resolutions, superb work.

  • Anonymous
    November 24, 2007
    Thank You! for generously sharing these beautiful images with us :)

  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2007
    nice n cool pics. i'll write something ( in Malay language) about these cool wallpaper for others to use'em....thanx x 10!!

  • Anonymous
    November 25, 2007
    Thank you. This is the most amazing collection I've seen so far.

  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2007
    Great photography, thank you!!

  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2007
    Lovely! Passionate colours. Greetings from Portugal.

  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2007
    Thanks very much for these wonderful pictures, i am sathya from India

  • Anonymous
    November 27, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    November 27, 2007
    Very good and thank you for beautyful Wallpaper

  • Anonymous
    November 27, 2007
    hi! i was looking for a new wallpaper and I have finally found it! your photos are absolutely more than awesome, you really made a nice work and i will tell my friends about this wonderful page! Byeeee :) Cris.

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2007
    From Thailand Cool ! Pictures ขอบคุณมากครับ รูปสวยๆ ทั้งนั้นเลย

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2007
    very beautiful clicks, keep it up buddy, and Thanks for sharing.

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2007
    I have used some of your wall papers so long. Today I just found the great source. They are so nice. Thank you. เจ๋งครับ

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2007
    Great images, they are so beatiful. Muchas gracias por las imagenes, muy buenas

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2007
    Greetings from Spain. Fabulous pics. thanks

  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2007
    Waooo!!! it's fantastic. Great destkops!!! Thank's from Spain.

  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2007
    Impresionantes las fotografías!! I love macros and I love this photos

  • Anonymous
    December 02, 2007
    tebrikler, resimler çok güzel. ancak kendini microsoft'a satman pek iyi olmamış :)

  • Anonymous
    December 05, 2007
    Lovable! I think I will get one for my MacBook! :-) Bye (and thanks...), Emanuele

  • Anonymous
    December 09, 2007
    FYI...I just uploaded three new images: Christmas 05 and Christmas 06 are photos of some packages my wife wrapped. Coffee 01 was an idea I had that didn't turn out quite like I had hoped, but I think someone might like it.

  • Anonymous
    December 10, 2007
    By far this is one of the most beautiful wallpapers I've come across. Thanks for sharing them with us, Mike. Really appreciate it!

  • Anonymous
    December 11, 2007
    Awesome Work dude.Really great photography. What camera are  u using.Do u have an email id i can reach u at ?

  • Anonymous
    December 11, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    December 11, 2007
    i like the last one. its more abstract and less realistic, hence more artistic.

  • Anonymous
    December 12, 2007
    a very, VERY nice collection of wallpapers!

  • Anonymous
    December 26, 2007
    Waooo!!! it's fantastic. Great destkops!!! Thank's from Romania

  • Anonymous
    December 26, 2007
    That's the feeling to touch nature!Amazing work!Thank's for sharing with community.Best whises on new year's day! Regard's from Slovenia Primolus

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2008
    Amazing pictures. This is a great start of 2008.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2008
    Wonderful pictures!!! Fantastic photos. Thank's fore sharing this great sense of taking photos!! From France Stewie

  • Anonymous
    January 03, 2008
    Awesome images! Beautiful colors and detail. Tried a few on my 19inch widescreen and they look great!

  • Anonymous
    January 05, 2008
    These pictures are awesome however I basically used them all and was waiting for you to upload some more.. I mean there hasn't been a new one for months now :(

  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2008
    Really, really professional stuff, Mike. Thanx for letting us use them on our desktops.

  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2008
    I LOVE your photos! Could you do something with candles glowing in the night outside...? I am sure you could come up with an awesome idea for that...

  • Anonymous
    January 10, 2008
    Hi, very inspiring work there. great collection

  • Anonymous
    January 12, 2008
    I love your photography!  I have my desktop set so that the background change every 5 seconds and I'm using your pictures. By the way, I found your pictures from using the google image search. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    January 12, 2008
    FYI...I just uploaded two new images: Flower 33 and Leaf 47. Flower 33 is an older photo (from a location I've forgotten), and Leaf 47 was taken at Sea World San Antonio over the holidays.

  • Anonymous
    January 14, 2008
    i love these pictures and are captured so well keep up the good work!

  • Anonymous
    January 15, 2008
    LOVE the images.  They are great!

  • Anonymous
    January 18, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    January 19, 2008
    Excellent photos i love the color contrast. It really makes the computer screen pop

  • Anonymous
    January 20, 2008
    Best free wallpaper i have come across...i particularly love the plant/water ones...thanx

  • Anonymous
    January 20, 2008
    Excellent Photography. liked the wallpapers. Good work Mr. Mike for sharing the photos

  • Anonymous
    January 24, 2008
    wow ! what a freash pictures it is~~

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2008
    you're so great! All of the pictures ab natural, so hard to take them but you did really good. They so great....

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2008
    Really great wallpapers. Thank you!

  • Anonymous
    January 29, 2008
    BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Confratulations for this fantastic work!!!

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2008
    хай всем!!! респект за картинки!!! что как англичане живем?? ЙОУ!)) ЙО НИГА МАЗАФАКА!!))

  • Anonymous
    January 31, 2008
    wow, they are beautiful. You are ingenious. Thanks a lot.

  • Anonymous
    February 04, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    February 08, 2008
    LOVELY! I'm speechless... Loved quite a few of these pics :)

  • Anonymous
    February 10, 2008
    Each time I visit I'm floored! Your pictures are fabulous. Thanks for sharing!

  • Anonymous
    February 10, 2008
    These photos are absolutely great!! Especially Pine Cone. I just love that one! I'm sure that I'm not the only one who's waiting for new photos! Thank You for sharing all of them. Greetings from Poland!!

  • Anonymous
    February 10, 2008
    Great job... you're an inspiration.

  • Anonymous
    February 15, 2008
    Excellent photos, Mike. I really enjoyed them. And thank you for making them public. Best wishes.

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2008
    Awesome photos. I love macro photography...

  • Anonymous
    February 17, 2008
    Buena colexion de wallpaers, varias de ellas son muy buenas, yo tengo una web de lyrics y wallpapers, claro estos wallpapers son de musica.

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2008
    Yes, these pictures are very beautiful !!! i like the second one !!!

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2008
    Beautiful pictures, excellent work. Thank you once again.

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2008
    Your work is perfect. Thank you for tuis gift and for yor wonderfull vision.

  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2008
    Thanks to all Dear excelent images

  • Anonymous
    March 05, 2008
    Good image collection.Thanks a lot.

  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2008
    its so hard to find good,big,CLEAR pictures. your the man to come to for them. thanks

  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2008
    I love the photography!! Enjoy with this page!!

  • Anonymous
    March 13, 2008
    Your pictures are wonderful. I love the themes you use and proportion...nature....very nice...congratulations. Andrea Oyole from Brasil

  • Anonymous
    March 18, 2008
    Mesmerizing photos.  while scrolling down through them i lost focus and was enthralled by the color.  20 minutes i stared at my screen.  then i realized  i had come here to see beautiful photos and started to scroll again only to lose focus and stare at the screen.  best 40 minutes of my interwebz life.  Thank you for being.

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2008
    thank very much. excellent pics!!

  • Anonymous
    March 24, 2008
    Thanx for the nice wallpapers!!!

  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2008
    I really like these nature themed wallpapers... Definite keepers for me... Thanks a bundle from Singapore... :)

  • Anonymous
    March 27, 2008
    Hi, Brother u are very creative.I am waiting to see more of them..

  • Anonymous
    April 13, 2008
    thanks man! these arr all wonderful shots! keep up the good work! your such a creative and talented person

  • Anonymous
    April 14, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    April 16, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    April 19, 2008
    Thank you very much for sharing this great collection

  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2008
    Wonderful images of nature that many people would never see if it were not for your eye to capture the image. Good composition and really nice that you are sharing them with everyone. Wouldn't the world be better if everyone shared more of their talents and we all took time to look and see the beauty in all things natural.

  • Anonymous
    April 26, 2008
    Have to say the necessary: wow

  • Anonymous
    April 26, 2008
    Thanks Mike. A splendid job being done. It rejices me ver much. My grand kids are much delighted to see & admire your work done so dor. Keep it going.......

  • Anonymous
    April 29, 2008
    Best work Ive seen from anyone any where

  • Anonymous
    April 30, 2008
    Images Look wonderful!!!! Wow!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    April 30, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    May 02, 2008
    Hello Sir Reached your site while searching for using background in artificial background in macro objects.All your photographs are very good. One of my friend uses artificial back ground for macro objects.What your say on this... He uses bg for clicking flowers ....background remains black.... Will wait for your comments Regards Nitin

  • Anonymous
    May 09, 2008
    Really superb collection. good.keep it up..

  • Anonymous
    May 09, 2008
    hi mike, Really nice work with the fact that you are a technical evangelist in Microsoft. I am Just speechless. Really nice collection. Hats off to you. -- Regards Aalap Shah

  • Anonymous
    May 13, 2008
    I just wanted to let you know that I love your pictures, they are so colorful and detailed.  You were actually an inspiration to me in my photography class that I took.  I hope to see more of your work soon!

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2008
    these are really good & outstanding.The world is really beautiful.

  • Anonymous
    May 22, 2008
    thank you for sharing beautiful wallpaper.

  • Anonymous
    May 27, 2008
    these are really cool photos, and i'm going to use them as my wallpapers. One thing about your wallpapers is that they're actually good to use as wallpapers - some pictures out there have distracting things on the left hand side that make the desktop icons look bad.

  • Anonymous
    May 28, 2008
    Mike, thanks for the continuous updates!!! I have to come back every now and then to update my collection 8^D ...I now have a permanent java fix on my dual screen monitor at work....Many thanks! 8^D

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2008
    These wallpapers are georgeous. Every time I come back to this website I find something new. I like them very much. The wallpapers are really great!!

  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2008
    hola mike...me encantaron tus fotografias..soloo queria felecitarte..espero q continues con tu trabajo.. muy buenas imageness!!! saludos gimena m.  de catamarca argentina

  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2008
    Just added 16 new images: 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. Metal 03 is questionable, but someone will probably like it.

  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2008
    Incredible work.  You've got some serious talent.

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2008
    your photos are so beautiful!  i use them for my wallpaper and people always comment on how neat the pictures are.  thanks for sharing these with us.

  • Anonymous
    June 06, 2008
    Its Awesome.... great resolution.. thanx for it :D

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2008
    Love these. Checking out your latest. You inspired me to a number myself for vertical monitors.

  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2008
    very very nice.. Its Awesome.... great resolution.. thank you..

  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    June 11, 2008
    I really love your porfolios, they're absolutely excellent. What camera do you use to take these photos?

  • Anonymous
    June 12, 2008
    these images rock! I've  seen some great stuff yours are just simply amazing. Keep it coming!!!

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2008
    These are fantastic. Wonderful images and good lens technique. Been after good nature wallpapers for ages, A*. Thanks!!

  • Anonymous
    June 19, 2008
    Nothing short of amazing! These are fascinating!

  • Anonymous
    June 22, 2008
    What type of camera and lenses do you use to take these? I'm into macro photography, too, and I would love to try and take these.

  • Anonymous
    June 24, 2008
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    June 24, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    June 25, 2008
    the new updates are beautiful , aweome , beautiful , awesome , beautiful, awesome , beautiful ....jumpsaround you have the eye man ... thx :-))

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2008
    Thanks a bunch for putting all these together.

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2008
    So natural ! I do love these ! Thank you.

  • Anonymous
    July 12, 2008
    First time to visit. they are fantastic wall paper great job.

  • Anonymous
    July 16, 2008
    complimenti! semplicemente stupende!

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2008
    Omg your pictures are just awesome! I have dual screen at work and one of my screens is normal so the whole picture shows and the other screen is more magnified so it has a close-up of a part of the wallpaper, the picture looks perfect on both screens. Great job!

  • Anonymous
    July 20, 2008
    Great wallpapers. Love all of them, specially the green ones.

  • Anonymous
    July 31, 2008
    thanks all wallpaper pictures best regards

  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2008
    I am very impressed by your photos! The colours and textures are amazing. You should try your hand at some landscapes. Keep up the good work

  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2008
    My friend, this is the greatest images of this style which I ever seen. I've searched in the internet backgrounds in that style, and i was happy to find this website. under which license you're distributing your images, may I ask you?

  • Anonymous
    August 08, 2008
    Best Collection Ever. Thanks for sharing.

  • Anonymous
    August 15, 2008
    Vielen Dank für diese wundervollen Bilder in absoluter Top-Qualität!

  • Anonymous
    August 31, 2008
    nice walls, i'll use some of them. thanks

  • Anonymous
    September 03, 2008
    Very nice photos, Mike. I like different angles and blur effects used. You have true talent!

  • Anonymous
    September 10, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    September 25, 2008
    This is my favourite blog and I open it every now and then to see the new images... Thanks a million, Mike! Keep on sharing with us your fantastic wallpapers that bring the emotion of every season!!!

  • Anonymous
    September 26, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    October 01, 2008
    wonderfuldesktop wallpapers!!!thank you very much. I was searching for nice flowers images, and I've luckly found you! thank you

  • Anonymous
    October 04, 2008
    Greetings from Indonesia! Great photos! Beauty is all around us... You've shown us how to look for it! Thank you for sharing!

  • Anonymous
    October 08, 2008
    amazing pictures...thank you very much.... :D

  • Anonymous
    October 09, 2008
    These are AMAZING! Thank you so much for sharing your work.

  • Anonymous
    October 13, 2008
    WOW.you and your photos are incredible.thank you.thank you.thank you.

  • Anonymous
    October 19, 2008
    My eyes need your images as wallpaper!! I can't see without them!! You're great! Ciao from Italy!

  • Anonymous
    October 19, 2008
    Hi from Melbourne, Australia. Wow. Your pictures are really amazing. I think they area really beautifully done. Incredibly professional finish. Thank you so much for posting them on your blog and making them available to everyone. They really add to the quality of the images on the internet instead of the low-standard pictures that have proliferated. Really easy to find on google too with "wallpaper flower macro" and the like on 'extra large' image setting.

  • Anonymous
    October 30, 2008
    Son hasta ahorita las mejores fotografias que he visto... muchas gracias por compartirlas... es un tesoro...

  • Anonymous
    October 31, 2008
    I find a treasure... Thank you so match for you picture and for posting them on your blog and making them available to everyone.

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2008
    sir.. i'm impressed...those pictures are fantastic..keep doing that amazing job.. thank you very much

  • Anonymous
    November 06, 2008
    Your pictures looks so fantastic! I am glad to find here(your site). From Japan.

  • Anonymous
    November 11, 2008
    Stunning.  Absolutely STUNNING!  It's interesting how simple subjects (and talent) can produce amazing results. How about some Thanksgiving related pics...maybe a couple more for Christmas? I love your more 'abstract' view of things Christmas-related, not the same ol' Santas and snow. Great stuff!

  • Anonymous
    November 11, 2008
    great pics....simply great! can you provide a short tutorial somewhere for the beginers like us :) I tried shooting some macros but hardly able to take a good shot... >>If anyone has some suggestions, I'd be glad to try to incorporate them into future photos. your humbleness much appreciated...its rare...

  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2008
    Mike, your pics are amazing. Keep up good work!

  • Anonymous
    November 20, 2008
    Thanks for bringing visual joy to my daily work life.  Whatever it is you're doing, keep doing it!  Bravissimmo!  Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    November 21, 2008
    OMG! These are INCREDIBLE! you are extremley talented!!! I hope to see more soon, so i can share them with others. Thank you for sharing!

  • Anonymous
    November 27, 2008
    Great photos but I was wondering if there was any with this quality of animals in the wild?

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2008
    Perfect! No words for coment it ! Thank Man ! Hugs from Brazil !

  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2008
    Great macro shots, but they highlight the dirt spots in my laptop display.

  • Anonymous
    November 29, 2008
    Great work! These are excellent wallpapers!!! Greetings from Spain.

  • Anonymous
    November 30, 2008
    These are really stunning photos.Can you send me more.I am really fond of this.

  • Anonymous
    December 10, 2008
    fab-u-lous! fab-u-lous! what an amazing job you've done! continue to share such wonderful pics, and to share your talent!

  • Anonymous
    December 14, 2008
    Stunning! And just what I need to look at on a cold winter day. Please add more when you can. Beaches, shells water images maybe? You've got a real gift. Thanks for sharing it.

  • Anonymous
    December 16, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    January 02, 2009
    Simply the best images for windows wallpaper. Thank you very much.

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2009
    hmmm...your pics is too beautiful, i like using macro like this...

  • Anonymous
    January 10, 2009
    WOW, that's an impressive collection of HQ wallpapers, nice one :)

  • Anonymous
    February 01, 2009
    I believe that the strength of photography begins and ends with the feeling and the honesty of the photographer.

  • Anonymous
    February 26, 2009
    It's been awhile! Along with a minor refresh to the way the photos are presented, I added 10 new images tonight: Branch 02, Branch 03, Branch 04, Branch 05, Flower 46, Leaf 63, Leaf 64, Leaf 65, Leaf 66, and Object 02. Enjoy!

  • Anonymous
    February 27, 2009
    These pictures are incredible!  I'm pretty sure your photos will now always be on my desktop...thank you so much for sharing and making them available! Excellent work!

  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2009
    I am a Chinese, the better you download wallpaper, you do not want to see better after the wallpaper. Support you! ! Try!

  • Anonymous
    March 06, 2009
    Incredible! Very nice detail on the images - makes you want to reach out and touch the screen. Now I have to find a utility that cycles through pictures in a folder and sets them as wallpapers, just like Windows 7!

  • Anonymous
    March 10, 2009
    Amazing photos.  Your flowers look gorgeous.  

  • Anonymous
    March 16, 2009
    Thanks for the updates - I try to change my wallpaper with the seasons and it's time to move away from cold winter images to something green and warm-looking, even if it's still cold outside.  I always check the pictures here first (well, after I check my own photos) and unless I have something very particular in mind I usually find something suitable.

  • Anonymous
    March 17, 2009
    hello, i am really suprised - these wallpapers are great. the best i´ve ever seen. best regards from germany. good job :)

  • Anonymous
    March 22, 2009
    Amazing wallpapers!!!! Great work

  • Anonymous
    March 22, 2009
    These walls are nothing short of amazing!!! You're a great photog :-) When Windows 7 comes out, I'm going to use a lot of your excellent photographs as my background slideshow. Thanks for sharing. S

  • Anonymous
    March 23, 2009
    Wow these wallpapers are great! I'd love to show them on our site: http://www.wallpapergorilla.com. Is that possible?

  • Anonymous
    March 26, 2009
    Simply the BEST of the BEST!!...Amazing wallpapers Mike!. I wait such a long time for new images!. All are very very beautiful!. I love macro images! Many thanks in advance! ANDREW from Argentina.

  • Anonymous
    April 01, 2009
    Amazing photos.Thanks for sharing.

  • Anonymous
    April 02, 2009
    Some very interesting and cool wallpapers, as one wallpaper host to another, keep up the great work. Cheers!

  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2009
    These are very pretty! Thank you

  • Anonymous
    April 06, 2009
    These are really good works. Why don't Microsoft include them in Windows?

  • Anonymous
    April 14, 2009
    I love them.  Nice, bright, and refreshing.  Thanx for sharing.

  • Anonymous
    April 14, 2009
    Hello again! I love your new work! I'll borrow some of your wallpapers for our site todayswall.com. I have added the credits fields so people can find your site :) Email me if anything :) PD: I would looooooooooooove to see some picture of puppies ^____^

  • Anonymous
    April 21, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    April 22, 2009
    They all are amazing :o The mixing colors make my day.

  • Anonymous
    May 01, 2009
    Hermosas fotos... se nota que tienes talento y un don precioso! Felicidades. Cancun México!

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2009
    Thanks so much They are very nice & I love them!

  • Anonymous
    May 31, 2009
    Found very beautiful wallpapers. Very nice work, good looking and having good impression.

  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2009
    These are just amazing pictures:) Keep Up The Excellent Work!

  • Anonymous
    June 03, 2009
    Hi, you have a great collection i jus bookmarked your site and hope the get the new collections everytime i visit here. gud luck :)

  • Anonymous
    June 04, 2009
    Dear Mike, Your pictures are very beautiful and amazing. I've change the wallpaper at my notebook every week. Thank you so much for your sharing.

  • Anonymous
    June 04, 2009
    Good job! Like photos! Colors amazing)))) Thx))) Nature like in my native Motherland - Ukraine!

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2009
    Great work man. thanks for sharing

  • Anonymous
    June 09, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2009
    Super Awesome photo's Mike!  Thanks for posting them for us less photographically talented. You are truly an inspiration!

  • Anonymous
    June 22, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    June 26, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    June 29, 2009
    hi!very nice!! I like very much your photos are extremely expressive and quality.

  • Anonymous
    June 29, 2009
    mike, the photos are really super ;) i love nature. I'm glad that I found this site! thx, stella

  • Anonymous
    June 30, 2009
    I've used the water pics. Love them, they're beatiful. I like water. It looks magic in your pics! nature pics on machines... I think it's funny! Stella

  • Anonymous
    July 02, 2009
    Rock 2 is just beautiful! Where did you find those pebbles? Mvh

  • Anonymous
    July 03, 2009
    @Mvh: Believe it or not, they were in front of Chateu Ste. Michelle winery. The first photo on their (current) home page actually shows where they were on the left side: http://www.ste-michelle.com/

  • Anonymous
    July 17, 2009
    Simply soothing and superb source of wallpapers

  • Anonymous
    July 17, 2009
    Whenever I visit this site, I always enjoy by finding beautiful items here at same place.

  • Anonymous
    July 18, 2009
    Simply perfect, superb photography. Thank you very much Mike.

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2009
    This papa of wall rock it in the closup

  • Anonymous
    July 28, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    August 07, 2009
    I work for a wallpaper printing company, we print many custom murals on demand.  If your are interested in licensing some of your amazing images please contact me through our website. <a href="http://www.designyourwall.com">wallcovering</a>

  • Anonymous
    August 10, 2009
    I added 10 new images today: Flower 47, Flower 48, Flower 49, Flower 50, Flower 51, Flower 52, Grass 04, Leaf 67, Leaf 68, Leaf 69. I was in love with the flower, and I couldn't choose my favorite(s), so I included all of the good ones. :)

  • Anonymous
    August 19, 2009
    It was so nice of you & i really admire your passion towards photography.... Your Pictures are really so beautifull...........

  • Anonymous
    August 28, 2009
    I really like your photos.Amazing and I so nice.Thanks for sharing.Keep up the excellent work.

  • Anonymous
    August 29, 2009
    배경화면 추천 받아서 여기로 왔는데 굉장히 멋져요 ^^ 뭐를 고르든 컴퓨터 바탕화면에 잘 어울리고... 바탕화면이 지루해질때마다 여기와서 바꾸면 눈도 편하고 좋을거같아요 ^^

  • Anonymous
    September 13, 2009
    I just love it. An indeed art and Photography. :)

  • Anonymous
    September 26, 2009
    Excellent wallpaper selection you got here. Thumbs up n bookmarked :)

  • Anonymous
    October 04, 2009
    Respect to art! and respect to Artist! Great photos. Thank you very much. You should come to Istanbul for other many great photos. Spring is the tulip time in Istanbul.

  • Anonymous
    October 05, 2009
    Great images, thank you for sharing!

  • Anonymous
    October 20, 2009
    Is anyone else having trouble downloading the wallpaper packs? I've been trying for a few days now, and I keep getting 'connection reset' messages part way through.

  • Anonymous
    October 21, 2009
    me too, this is really annoying :-(

  • Anonymous
    October 21, 2009
    I'm checking-in to the "connection reset" reports. Hope to find a solution soon. Thanks for your patience.

  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2009
    Awesome images, very beautiful. Bravo!

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2009
    Fantastic collection of images these ! cheers yoof !

  • Anonymous
    November 28, 2009
    I added one new image, Leaf 49. Also, at the request of many visitors, I started to release some of the "old" images in a larger 2560 x 1600 size which works well with 30" monitors.

  • Anonymous
    December 01, 2009
    I LOVE these wallpapers! Thanks for making them available!

  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2009
    wow i LOVE nature so much.....THANKS

  • Anonymous
    December 20, 2009
    انها رائعه ولاكن بحاجه للتحديث والتطوير

  • Anonymous
    December 30, 2009
    There was a time, about a million years back, when I used to adore wallpapers of all kinds. Had made quite a collection of them. Thanks for reigniting my passion. These are very beautiful indeed.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2010
    Izuzetna umetnička dojmljivost,kreativnost slika na zavidnom nivou,o kvalitetu da i ne govorimo,sve pohvale!Keep that way

  • Anonymous
    January 08, 2010
    very nice.tank you (habib.sheidaie542@gmail.com)

  • Anonymous
    January 18, 2010
    On 1/18/2010, I added 4 new images, "fixed" 24 images that had incorrect color spaces, added more large images, and cleaned-up the metadata on all images. 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).

  • Anonymous
    January 19, 2010
    gr8 wallpapers yr...wat a clearity.... awsum....

  • Anonymous
    February 01, 2010
    Hey mike gr8 pics i'm really a big fan i'm waiting for more.. regards t.c

  • Anonymous
    February 06, 2010
    Ahoi, I wasn't a fan of wallpapers until now. I really like/love your fotos and enjoy the start of my Win7 every day. Dankeschön! Bernhard

  • Anonymous
    February 12, 2010
    Your wallpapers are amazing! Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    February 22, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    March 03, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    March 08, 2010
    Epic........and awesome! Thank you!! Mike M.D.

  • Anonymous
    March 14, 2010
    Amazing photos. You have great skills. Thank you for sharing your skills with us, I like looking at images like this because it helps me to learn quite a bit. Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2010
    Elles vraiment superbes toutes ces photos !

  • Anonymous
    April 14, 2010
    非常不错,I come form China,会经常光顾,交个朋友

  • Anonymous
    April 24, 2010
    Dear Friend, You have a very good collection of wallpaper. Keep it up Cheers prasad

  • Anonymous
    April 26, 2010
    No words can represent those amazing pictures.. Not just great, but I think it's perfect job... Thank you so much to coloring wallpaper on my PC.  I love it..!!!

  • Anonymous
    April 28, 2010
    esque estaba buskando wallpaper y aqui los encontre

  • Anonymous
    May 04, 2010
    Wow amazing photos, very inspiring, Thank you for post Jen

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010
    Great! thats all I can say. Waiting for such 'one of a kind' nature and travel wallpapers from you!!

  • Anonymous
    June 02, 2010
    Waaaaaaaaw~~~!!! i love these flowers they are beautiful

  • Anonymous
    June 10, 2010
    fantastic colors. wauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous
    July 25, 2010
    MERCI !!!

  • Anonymous
    July 26, 2010
    this all collection is awesome,amazing... i love it..

  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2010
    these are AMAZING.

  • Anonymous
    October 14, 2010
    very good collection...

  • Anonymous
    November 03, 2010
    These are incredibly lovely images. I can't thank you enough for sharing.

  • Anonymous
    November 15, 2010
    Please continue your work. Truely AMAZING. To photograph such 'common' things in such a way is amazing. Thanks for sharing and for free. I appreciate it.

  • Anonymous
    December 04, 2010
    i don't have the words to describe how amazing are this images thank`s keep doing this great job!!!

  • Anonymous
    January 26, 2011
    Thank you for making your photographs available for all users.  You have a fresh and remarkable eye for natural beauty.  And you are a generous soul for sharing your images with the public.

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2011
    Just beautiful, all of them!!!

  • Anonymous
    January 30, 2011
    Thanks for the amazing photos. Well done.

  • Anonymous
    February 03, 2011
    Beautiful work, Swanson. Looking for more ...

  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2011
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