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50 Remarkable Nature Wallpapers
When it comes to beauty nothing can beat the beauty of nature. Although we, designers, can derive inspiration from almost everything, nature often manages to provide us with beautiful eye-catching perspectives we would never have explored otherwise. We have collected hundreds of wallpapers already (see links below). In this post we would like to focus on wallpapers which emphasize the variety and beauty of nature.
This post showcases 50 remarkable nature desktop wallpapers. This post covers various themes and subjects; we have included both photographic and artistic (photo-manipulated) wallpapers. Hopefully, everybody will find something from himself / herself.
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A photo collection of the images taken during Microsoft’s Windows Vista photo-shoot. Two of which are currently shipped in the Vista installation disk, while the rest did not make the cut into Vista’s Wallpaper Collection.
the magic tree -wallpaper pack by =mpk
distraction – WP Pack Collab by =mpk
June 15:crying grass. by *Cute-Sleepwalker
Only 1024×768px.
Another 17 Fantastic Free Wallpaper Images @ Crestock.com Blog
Another Day On The Terrace by Shane66.
Yaquina Head Lighthouse "The Yaquina Head Light also known as Cape Foulweather Lighthouse, is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States. Built in 1873, it was automated in 1966 and is currently an active aid to navigation".
Cloudy Day II "From a small boat harbour in Denmark".
Garp Wallpaper by trenchmaker 1600×1200 px.
Wafting 1600×1200, 1680×1050 and 1280×1024 px.
THE RIGHT WAY by designed shilk 1680×1050 px .
Eis.
lonely soul by werol 1024×768 px.
Silence of The Storm by angelreich 1200×798 px.
Day subsiding designed by memod.
Golden Sea by tonyelieh.
Sources and Resources
Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine (www.smashingmagazine.com), an online magazine dedicated to designers and developers.
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- 2July 11th, 2008 5:01 am
awesome collection. i love using wallpapers like these to randomly rotate on my desktop every day
thanks smashing
- 3July 11th, 2008 5:14 am
This is the main reason I keep coming back to your site!! Amazing!
- 4July 11th, 2008 5:52 am
a little on the kitsch side…
- 5July 11th, 2008 5:56 am
Hi, Smashingmagazine! Thanks a lot for the reference to my Website. :)
Great collection, again! ;)
- 6July 11th, 2008 6:08 am
Still waiting for a collection of stunning dual-monitor wallpapers!
- 7July 11th, 2008 6:48 am
Wow ! Fantastic collection
- 8July 11th, 2008 7:16 am
bloody hell!
- 9July 11th, 2008 7:31 am
beautiful wallpapers thanks
- 10July 11th, 2008 9:04 am
I always wonder why everything has to be so high contrast !
There are a few exceptions but geez we will soon need sunglasses to look at pictures ! - 11July 11th, 2008 9:16 am
Linkbait, but still a great post. Picked one out for myself as a matter of fact. :-)
Vic
- 12July 11th, 2008 10:19 am
I’ve seen this on digg.com somewhere?
- 13July 11th, 2008 10:32 am
Big thanks to you guys @ Smashing Magazine for this great collection! Love everything here especially the “Sunset at the Bay”. Good Job!
- 14July 11th, 2008 11:00 am
Terrific post.
- 15July 11th, 2008 11:58 am
I second the dual-monitor wallpaper request. I need some of those.
- 16July 11th, 2008 12:49 pm
Definately Smashing
Thanks :)
- 17July 11th, 2008 1:16 pm
thanks for featuring two of my wallpapers :)
- 18July 11th, 2008 3:10 pm
These are amazing! I love “distraction”
- 19July 11th, 2008 5:07 pm
perfect time for my wallpaper change :-)
- 20July 12th, 2008 1:26 am
Most of the wallpapers are incredibly beautiful, altough I think – as others mentioned here – that the contrast of the pictures in the last years immensively increases, what makes natural pictures a bit unnatural. This is of course also a product of the possibilities of digital environments and it’s usage. It is definitely different to analogue photography.
However, this is a great list to choose one or more of my future wallpapers :) - 21July 12th, 2008 3:39 am
wow, some awesome pics!
- 22July 12th, 2008 3:41 am
they are somehow too kitschy for me
- 23July 12th, 2008 6:25 am
very nice
thx
- 24July 12th, 2008 10:27 am
*dropjaw* i was living in another land till 1st comments by Niki Brown’s snapped me back to reality. :o(
- 25July 12th, 2008 11:57 am
Beautiful.
The garp one reminds me of the forest spirits in Princess Mononoke…I love it.
- 26July 12th, 2008 1:37 pm
thanks for featuring Aker!! very nice selection :D
- 27July 12th, 2008 4:25 pm
remarkable selection, realy wonderful. Thanks for share them.
- 28July 12th, 2008 6:19 pm
You are right, nature is the best artist! The wallpapers are just amazing!
- 29July 12th, 2008 7:36 pm
nice . thank you .
- 30July 13th, 2008 12:17 am
Though I usually love SM articles, I must admit that this review is quite deceiving. Being a environmental person, I have collected hundreds of nature wallpapers and the one presented here are mostly boring and/or common (all but both beautiful bird pic: the jay and the hummingbird).
What about the National Geographic archive of pictures offered as wallpapers? These are some of the most stunning nature photographs you can get!
- 31July 13th, 2008 2:17 am
Amazing wallpapers well done!
- 32July 13th, 2008 2:59 am
Awesome
- 33July 13th, 2008 5:50 am
enchanting beauty!
- 34July 13th, 2008 9:13 am
I really like Vladstudio wallpapers. They are so awesome!! :D
- 35July 13th, 2008 10:15 am
WOW :-)
- 36July 13th, 2008 11:55 am
I don’t like one of these.
The further collection was much better. - 37July 13th, 2008 11:15 pm
i love this one: distraction – WP Pack Collab by =mpk
fresh and out of my imaginations, thanx Smashing ;) - 38July 13th, 2008 11:34 pm
GREAT!
Thank you very much. - 39July 14th, 2008 12:32 am
Yeh some absolutely amazin pics there. I particularly like the sun through the woods. It seems a lot of them look like they’re done with HDR which is getting pretty overused at the mo but does look really cool.
- 40July 14th, 2008 1:27 am
This is fantastic.. Really inspiring.
Keep posting. - 41July 14th, 2008 1:34 am
Good choice!
I like a lot! Dany - 42July 14th, 2008 1:41 am
very nice!
- 43July 14th, 2008 1:44 am
Fantastic wallpapers… Thanks
- 44July 14th, 2008 5:13 am
wow… really cool picture!!
- 45July 14th, 2008 8:49 am
Amazing collection..!!
- 46July 14th, 2008 3:16 pm
I know waterfall wallpapers are becoming abit of a cliche but that one is AMAZING, the water looks so clear and perfect :O
- 47July 14th, 2008 11:57 pm
Mmm… most are HDR, I think…. Not that I don’t like HDR, but it isn’t nature anymore :)
- 48July 15th, 2008 2:06 am
amazing
- 49July 17th, 2008 1:14 am
blimey, i feel like it’s 1986 all over again and i’ve just walked into my local ‘athena’ cheesy poster shop…
- 50July 20th, 2008 5:02 am
Very beautiful wallpapers!
- 51July 20th, 2008 12:33 pm
very nice picture , design and walllpapers
tnx ;) - 52July 21st, 2008 5:02 am
smash me more! :)
- 53July 25th, 2008 1:44 am
It was beautiful.i love them and also u very much thnks a lot
- 54July 25th, 2008 1:45 am
incredible scene, superv, nice to watch and allow the same to my dekstop everyday by changing any one of wallpaper.
- 55August 2nd, 2008 2:44 am
Now thats MIND BLOWING
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- 57August 4th, 2008 8:27 am
thanks
- 58August 4th, 2008 9:40 pm
Extraordinary pictures! Kudos to the photographer
- 59August 6th, 2008 3:18 am
woww…thats is good art….i like it
- 60August 6th, 2008 3:20 am
good choice
- 61August 7th, 2008 3:05 am
these are very beautyful .so i have no words to comment on it
- 62August 13th, 2008 5:29 pm
Great WPs!
- 63August 15th, 2008 1:59 am
They were great wallpaperes
- 64August 30th, 2008 11:23 pm
it is oosim. what wonderful collection………………!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 65September 4th, 2008 4:55 am
EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL WALLPAPERS & NEEDS TO BE INCREASED IN QUANTITY
- 66September 5th, 2008 10:30 pm
mind blowing wallpapers
- 67September 6th, 2008 1:58 am
Hello friends, here you can find a set of unique high quality wallpapers easy to view and download, enjoy.
- 68September 14th, 2008 1:33 am
i always hang on your site n love to see wallpapers!you r superb,fantastic n…………………………….many more!
- 69September 14th, 2008 10:45 pm
wow…
incredible post… :Dthanks…
- 70September 17th, 2008 1:08 am
nice collection
- 71September 24th, 2008 12:32 am
photos & photoshop…incredibly cool
- 72October 10th, 2008 3:15 am
Im putting its all tears on my computer!
- 73October 18th, 2008 11:35 pm
sir ur selection is so perfect.i really like ur imeges.ok sir best of luck.
- 74October 27th, 2008 11:38 am
lovely site.i like all wall papers.thanks for u.
- 75October 28th, 2008 1:21 am
nice pic!!!!!!
- 76November 5th, 2008 7:27 am
very good wallpapers,liked most of them,thanx.
- 77November 11th, 2008 4:57 am
Its maeveles :))all of them
- 78November 14th, 2008 11:28 pm
these r the best wallpapers and this is the best website
- 79November 28th, 2008 11:03 pm
THESE ARE BEST AND GREAT WALLPAPERS.
- 80December 1st, 2008 4:12 am
i am speach less this is really mind-blowing keep it up and i think the credit goes to photographers much then the site administrators
- 81December 5th, 2008 11:58 pm
very nice wallpapers
- 82December 12th, 2008 2:42 pm
hooo it`s so wonderful!
i like thet picture`s very much!
=]..bad away..I`M from Israel..and i glad to see hwo English…(or British..) are talking..=]
have wonderful day… - 83December 28th, 2008 9:04 pm
Next time, please offer a Zip so that we can download them all at once!!!
- 84December 29th, 2008 12:48 am
I like very much this collection
- 85December 31st, 2008 1:10 pm
Breath taking !! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing this :D and I wish you the very best for 2009 *hug*
- 86January 3rd, 2009 2:40 pm
very nice wallpapers :)
- 87January 5th, 2009 1:30 am
Wow! Amazing! ;)
Here an other Set of Beautiful Nature Photo for Webdesigner Inspiration > http://www.webair.it/blog/2009/01/05/hd-nature-photo-set/ - 88January 7th, 2009 7:50 am
WOW, very good collection, thank you!!!
- 89January 12th, 2009 12:50 am
really really – what i can say – wonderful
- 90January 13th, 2009 11:38 pm
superb
- 91January 14th, 2009 10:16 am
Those are some of the coolest, most beautiful wallpapers I’ve ever seen! AMAZING work!
- 92January 22nd, 2009 12:46 am
THIS DISTRACTION IS SO BEAUTIFULL
SO BEAUTIFUL - 93January 22nd, 2009 5:57 am
hey this is awesome collection of nature wallpaper.
- 94February 3rd, 2009 2:07 pm
only say nice :X :D
- 95February 4th, 2009 2:46 am
HAVE NO WORDS TO DEFINE.
- 96February 5th, 2009 6:30 pm
I want to say that me i really like it.
This is really beautifull.
Just look at once in thi picture you will love it. - 97March 4th, 2009 4:06 am
pls send this photos in my mail
- 98March 5th, 2009 7:18 pm
WOOOW!!!!!! THESE ARE GREATE…………….
- 99March 12th, 2009 10:53 am
I couldn’t help but notice the “Another Day on the Terrace” … That’s an excellent CD from Sunlounger … especially the Chilled disc.
- 100March 13th, 2009 11:21 pm
Very Very Nice, Beutiful
- 101April 22nd, 2009 7:25 pm
you’r the best artist.
- 102May 5th, 2009 2:43 am
Wow ! Fantastic collection.
- 103May 10th, 2009 10:20 am
amazing!!
just i can not tell more than this bcz words r less to express the beauty of nature. - 104May 21st, 2009 1:35 pm
THESE PICS seem to put one in an” altered state” -so dreamlike, so imagination provoking. Sends the mind soaring. BRAVO!
- 105May 21st, 2009 1:37 pm
Thought provoking, and dreamlike,…….Bravo! Added a second comment, because did”t think the first went through, but worthy of many comments.
- 106May 29th, 2009 2:08 am
exlent pictures, i like to see this type pictures in my desktop
- 107June 11th, 2009 4:58 am
very nice wallpapers thanksssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
- 108July 15th, 2009 12:18 am
so beautiful pictures
thanks a lot - 109July 22nd, 2009 5:53 am
Beautiful, I downloaded all and I am Truly happy
- 110July 29th, 2009 12:19 am
I love all the pic that was smashing…….thankxxxxxxx
- 111August 9th, 2009 1:48 pm
WOW WOW WOW
SUPERB…………….. Once again …..WOW - 112August 14th, 2009 12:28 am
oh! fentastic and marvellos, how beaty they are
- 113August 17th, 2009 11:26 pm
wow…Really all wallpapers are incredible…:)
- 114September 5th, 2009 5:44 am
hi wallpapers are best
Thank you - 115September 12th, 2009 6:00 pm
it’s a amazing nature wallpapers
- 116September 17th, 2009 10:57 pm
Wow..Amazing site.
- 117October 17th, 2009 1:38 am
what a beautiful view,i like them all!!!!
- 118October 19th, 2009 8:40 pm
really superb and amazing pictures.
- 119October 25th, 2009 9:15 pm
First Nature scenes ever seen, a few are really remarkable!
- 120November 8th, 2009 5:11 am
awesome picturisation,very v.v nice nature collection….
- 121November 14th, 2009 3:16 am
best pictures
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