Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

#1

Post by hawktheslayer » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 6:07 PM UTC

Any good recommendations for downloading desktop backgrounds? I'm looking for pictures or artwork to use for my dual screen monitors. But I find it difficult to find high res downloads from safe sources.

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

#2

Post by fbnlsr » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

If you're on Windows, I quite like Splash![0], it's an app that automatically loads pictures from Unsplash depending on keywords you choose.

[0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/splash-unsplash-wallpaper/...

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

#3

Post by hawktheslayer » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 7:01 PM UTC

fbnlsr wrote: post #2

If you're on Windows, I quite like Splash![0], it's an app that automatically loads pictures from Unsplash depending on keywords you choose. [0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/splash-unsplash-wallpaper/...

Thanks, I didn't know about Splash, and I like it! Too bad my system admin disabled the Microsoft store.

Re: Ask HN: Best Source for Desktop Backgrounds

#4

Post by emsign » Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 7:24 PM UTC

I love to browse the website of the Library of Congress, it has a lot of expressive historical photographs and you can download the high-res scans of the original plates. Of course, I have to process the images in an editor a bit, but I love the process. Generally I like "crafting" my desktop backgrounds myself.

I also like to have photos I've taken as my background.