Bigger isn't always better
When I bought my new laptop I was tickled to get a 15.4" wide screen with 800x1280 resolution (photographers will tell you it's "height x width"). But there weren't any wallpapers with this aspect ratio loaded onto the machine. Searching the Web for same turned up the equivalent of crickets in the night -- nothing going on.
So I was off to create my own. And seeing how much I like pretty women (nudity not necessary), I went to town. Here's a Picasa2 collage of some of my work:
Roy Orbison had no idea
This whole collage, as I mentioned, was created with Picasa2, but so was the image in the top-right corner. This is more than a photo album program because it's image manipulation tools are limited, but still pretty good.
The latter two images on the bottom were inspired by some Vaio wallpapers I found on the Sony Website. I found some nice flower pics branded by Level04Studio at their site and one day I'll get a Webshots membership. The pics at MiniUSA are adaptable to the needed ratio and it's worth the effort to peek at the various international sites if you love the car (and I do). My Web search turned up a few images that don't lose a significant amount of quality when s t r e t c h e d to fit the screen, but not many.
Despite being pretty good with a camera (particularly the technical aspects), originality is not my strong suit. Even with writing I'm a better editor than creator. But I enjoyed creating these wallpapers and you can be sure I'll create more.
