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desktop wallpaper comp

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Created by grumplestiltskin > 9 months ago, 12 Jun 2008
grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
12 Jun 2008 12:12PM
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Hey windsurfing photographers.

There's been several threads about photography on here lately, and some pretty cool shots in the photogallery.

Also been plenty of ad-hoc caption comps etc.

How about we start a monthly comp for the best designed windsurfing desktop wallpaper, we could then all download it and have it on our desktops for the month.



just a thought...

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
12 Jun 2008 12:23PM
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I reckon they have to be photos tha have been taken from your own camera, not photos from windsurfing sites or from professional photographers yeah?

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
12 Jun 2008 12:26PM
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Yeah, thats what I meant.
Create your own wallpaper (could include your own personal logo etc.) and submit it for voting.
winning wallpaper ends up on all seabreezers desktops for a month.

might be a bit w a n k y, but sounded good when I thought of it

knot board
QLD, 1241 posts
12 Jun 2008 2:29PM
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I've been using this one as a wallpaper at work for a while.




EDIT> ahhh, fudge it... you were too slow explaining the rules, for the record I didn't take this photo.

pepe47
WA, 1381 posts
12 Jun 2008 12:30PM
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now if I could just convince someone that I took this....

probably get done for plagiarism now

dism
NSW, 660 posts
12 Jun 2008 3:10PM
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Sounds like a good idea grumplestilts

Now if everyone just posts 'real' own taken photos it'll be good!

They don't have to be 'perfect' people, real photos are better anyway

(I don't have any sorry) but there are plenty out there (see photo section)

Leech
WA, 1933 posts
12 Jun 2008 1:31PM
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pepe47 said...

now if I could just convince someone that I took this....

probably get done for plagiarism now


That one's been my desktop for the last 12months. Love it - and it's in our own backyard too!

Great idea, Grump!

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
12 Jun 2008 3:50PM
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I didn't take the photo but it is of me.It's been my desktop at work since i started

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
12 Jun 2008 2:14PM
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stribo said...

I didn't take the photo but it is of me.It's been my desktop at work since i started



Geez, that must have been taken some time ago ...
.... you look slim in that pic



PS: great photo

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
12 Jun 2008 4:37PM
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Grumps It was taken about four years ago and i,m 7kg's heavier than i was then...sometimes 10.....It's good for the speed runs though

firiebob
WA, 3145 posts
12 Jun 2008 2:49PM
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A couple of Troppo.......







If the wind is blowing I'll be on the water so not many wind surfing ones, and too many Teabaggers when wind is light.

firiebob
WA, 3145 posts
12 Jun 2008 2:50PM
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stribo said...

Grumps It was taken about four years ago and i,m 7kg's heavier than i was then...sometimes 10.....It's good for the speed runs though


Top shot of you stribo

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
12 Jun 2008 7:13PM
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my mate took these ones of us sailing off parky yacht club in Port Phillip Bay Victoria!






BY THE WAY LADIES... HES SINGLE


Charles
QLD, 64 posts
12 Jun 2008 7:14PM
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firiebob said...

A couple of Troppo.......









If the wind is blowing I'll be on the water so not many wind surfing ones, and too many Teabaggers when wind is light.



That is totally rocking!... your now on my desktop at work :-)

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
12 Jun 2008 5:33PM
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Fantastic pics guys,
BUT, what I was thinking was .... rather than just another thread posting pics, we could turn them into proper wallpapers.

i.e. size them to 1024x768 and add some words or logos or somthing.

I've hacked on of sflacks (sorry bout that) and also sorry about the rough as guts logo etc. but I was in a hurry.

Mark _australia
WA, 22378 posts
12 Jun 2008 5:58PM
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pepe47 said...

now if I could just convince someone that I took this....

probably get done for plagiarism now


Well I can tell you where it is and who took it....... awesome day and I was sitting there with a broken foot watching the pro's tear it up

firiebob
WA, 3145 posts
12 Jun 2008 6:01PM
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grumplestiltskin said...

Fantastic pics guys,
BUT, what I was thinking was .... rather than just another thread posting pics, we could turn them into proper wallpapers.

i.e. size them to 1024x768 and add some words or logos or somthing.

I've hacked on of sflacks (sorry bout that) and also sorry about the rough as guts logo etc. but I was in a hurry.




I'll work on it but it'll strain da brain.

Mark _australia
WA, 22378 posts
12 Jun 2008 6:10PM
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Oh yeah.... here is mine... same spot, next day. But I didn't have a $10K camera and a chopper handy....







sflack
VIC, 574 posts
12 Jun 2008 9:40PM
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EPIC photo-shopping there marky mark!

I think the flacka would have been a more apporiate name...

FINALLY SOME WIND IN MELBOURNE!

bout frickin time [}:)]

firiebob
WA, 3145 posts
12 Jun 2008 8:13PM
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Ok Ok, it's my first go, sorry Ben

Mark _australia
WA, 22378 posts
12 Jun 2008 8:24PM
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sflack said...

EPIC photo-shopping there marky mark!

I think the flacka would have been a more apporiate name...

FINALLY SOME WIND IN MELBOURNE!

bout frickin time [}:)]


Huh? no photoshop there at all... taken as jpeg with a digital camera and cropped down a bit, that's all

firiebob
WA, 3145 posts
12 Jun 2008 8:55PM
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Check out the Seabreeze T-shirts, ring a bell

grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
12 Jun 2008 9:41PM
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bob, you're on fire (no pun intended ....... I think)

Gestalt
QLD, 14393 posts
12 Jun 2008 11:44PM
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the competition is high so i had to reach into my special bag of images.

firiebob
WA, 3145 posts
12 Jun 2008 10:09PM
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Ha Gestalt, your water looks a little nicer

Gestalt
QLD, 14393 posts
13 Jun 2008 12:13AM
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firiebob said...

Ha Gestalt, your water looks a little nicer


yes, but we get brown as well. the day was a magic day, the water was really that colour and there were some very hot wave sailors at the wanderers meet. North Kirra is a gem.

i took that photo with a canon 350d i borrowed from the ozwindsurf team.

SeanAUS120
QLD, 753 posts
13 Jun 2008 1:33AM
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hmmmmmm, i realise these aren't wavesailing pics...

but I made some racing wallpapers (12 of them in fact) a few weeks back which you can see here:

carbonsugar.com/downloads/pro-fw-desktop-wallpapers/

Here's a sample:


Gestalt
QLD, 14393 posts
13 Jun 2008 1:50PM
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grumplestiltskin said...

Fantastic pics guys,
BUT, what I was thinking was .... rather than just another thread posting pics, we could turn them into proper wallpapers.

i.e. size them to 1024x768 and add some words or logos or somthing.

I've hacked on of sflacks (sorry bout that) and also sorry about the rough as guts logo etc. but I was in a hurry.



yes, the resolution is an issue. my work comp is frickin massive and has a resolution of 1920x1200. when i put the images on my desktop at stretch they look bad.

so i'll be redoing mine to something bigger than 800x600. 1024x768 or bigger

evlPanda
NSW, 9202 posts
13 Jun 2008 3:04PM
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SeanAUS120 said...

hmmmmmm, i realise these aren't wavesailing pics...

but I made some racing wallpapers (12 of them in fact) a few weeks back which you can see here:

carbonsugar.com/downloads/pro-fw-desktop-wallpapers/



Oi, no professionals

Very nice site btw. Been there a bit.

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
13 Jun 2008 10:14PM
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Mark _australia said...

sflack said...

EPIC photo-shopping there marky mark!

I think the flacka would have been a more apporiate name...

FINALLY SOME WIND IN MELBOURNE!

bout frickin time [}:)]


Huh? no photoshop there at all... taken as jpeg with a digital camera and cropped down a bit, that's all


lol sorry man i ment to say good photoshopping to...grumplestiltskin

No worries!

Keep up the good work lads!

WINDY MILLER
WA, 3183 posts
14 Jun 2008 12:59AM
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one of my better ones...don't think i'll get a vantage point like this again....

can't remember the name of the kid, he was from a small town on the brand highway,,think its called Enneba and he was ripping the wave to shreds.



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