Part of personalizing your computer system is placing your choice of wallpaper on the desktop. Nature lovers will love this list of sites with great wallpapers of nature for desktop. Find everything from landscapes, insects, forest scenes, and plant life that would look perfect on your desktop. We looked through many, many wallpaper sites, to graphic design blogs, to nature conservancy sites in order to compile this list. We hope you enjoy.
Desktop wallpapers of nature #1. InterfaceLIFT
InterfaceLIFT is a popular website that hosts creative icons for Windows and Mac, operating system themes and wallpapers. They have a huge repository of gorgeous images uploaded by photography hobbyists and professionals. Most of their wallpapers come in a variety of sizes and even support netbooks, HDTVs, dual-monitor setups and mobile devices.
Here are several examples of wallpapers of nature for desktop extracted from their list.
Desktop wallpapers of nature #2. The Nature Conservancy’s “Decorate Your Desktop” page
The Nature Conservancy is an organization that works around the world “to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.” Since they’ve got such a love for nature, their resource of nature-related wallpapers is top notch. They also run an annual photo contest where they invite users to upload their nature photos to inspire others and encourage caring for our natural world. The winning photos get printed in their calendar for the following year.
Here are a couple of beautiful desktop wallpapers of nature that they have to offer:
Bear Rocks Preserve, West Virginia
Magazine Wallpaper #1, May 2006
Magazine Wallpaper #2, February 2006
Desktop wallpapers of nature #3. Free-NatureWallpaper.com
Free-NatureWallpaper.com has a well organized collection of nature wallpapers broken down into categories such as insects, orchids, animals, and landscapes. Their collection is slightly dated but is perfect for those who enjoy and appreciate film photography and effects.
Here are a couple that you will enjoy.
Desktop wallpapers of nature #4. deviantART
deviantART is an online community of artists. They’re highly talented and most of all, willing to share their work with the rest of the world. It’s sometimes difficult to browse deviantART because of the sheer number of images that can be overwhelming. It’s sometimes best to just search for the type of image you’re looking for. Surprisingly, they aren’t short of nature-themed desktop wallpapers.
I’ve selected some of the most gorgeous landscape images to share with you.
Desktop wallpapers of nature #5. eWallpapers
eWallpapers is a great resource for all types of wallpapers, even nature wallpapers. Interestingly, they have nature wallpapers for desktops with dual-screen setups (those aren’t easy to find!). If you’ve got multiple monitors set up, you need this list of dual-screen wallpapers, don’t you?
Do you have some great sources of nature-related wallpapers? Please share them with us in the comments.
