{"id":238,"date":"2006-09-05T21:45:33","date_gmt":"2006-09-05T12:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-09-05\/238"},"modified":"2007-04-10T00:27:11","modified_gmt":"2007-04-09T15:27:11","slug":"more-cherry-blossom-desktops-with-widescreen-versions-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-09-05\/238","title":{"rendered":"More Cherry-Blossom Desktops (with Widescreen Versions, too)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\nI know it's not the season for cherry blossoms (except in the Southern\nHemisphere?), but I'm finally getting around to processing photos from last\nspring and ran across two blossom photos that make fantastic desktop\nbackgrounds. They perhaps don't look like much in the small versions shown\nhere, but follow the links to the large sizes for gorgeous, <i>delicious<\/i>\ndesktop-worthy images.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's the first one:<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\ndiv.x723 { display:block; width:720px; height:545px; background-color:black; border:solid 1px gray; margin:10px auto 5px auto; }\n<\/style>\n<div style='width:720px' class='x723'><a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014366_1600x1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/_JEF014366_sm.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\"\nborder=\"0\"\nid=\"iJEF014366\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\nstyle=\"padding: 10px\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<center>\nStandard: <small><a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014366_1600x1200.jpg\">1600 &times; 1200<\/a><\/small>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Widescreen:\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small><a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014366_1280x800.jpg\">1280 &times; 800<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014366_1440x900.jpg\">1440 &times; 900<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014366_1680x1050.jpg\">1680 &times; 1050<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014366_1920x1200.jpg\">1920 &times; 1200<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014366_2560x1600.jpg\">2560 &times; 1600<\/a><\/small><\/center>\n\n<p>\n\nThe <small>1,600&times;1,200<\/small> size is appropriate for any standard\n4&times;3 desktop (e.g. <span class='nobr'><small>1,280 &times; 960<\/small><\/span>, etc.). <span class='nobr'>A first<\/span> with this post, I've included widescreen versions in native sizes\nappropriate for Apple MacBooks and Cinema Displays, up to an expansive\n<span class='nobr'><small>2,560 &times; 1,660<\/small>.<\/span> (If someone would be so kind as to send\na <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/displays\/\" class='quiet'>30-inch Apple\nCinema HD Display<\/a> to me, <span class='nobr'>I'd be able<\/span> to test that the <span class='nobr'><small>2,560\n&times; 1,660<\/small><\/span> size is indeed <span class='nobr'>proper <b>\ud83d\ude42<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Images straight from <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-01-10\/130\" class='quiet'>my camera<\/a>\nare not the exact aspect ratio of either normal nor widescreen displays, so\n<span class='nobr'>I have<\/span> to crop them slightly in one way or another when making\ndesktop-appropriate versions. This next image presented <span class='nobr'>a challenge,<\/span> as <span class='nobr'>I\nfelt<\/span> the composition was just perfect as is, and <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a hard<\/span> time cropping\nfor <span class='nobr'>a standard<\/span> 4&times;3 display.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's the uncropped photo:<\/p>\n\n<div class='x723' style='height:489px'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_sm.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"469\"\nborder=\"0\"\nid=\"iJEF014369\"\nstyle=\"padding:10px;margin-bottom:30px;\"\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Here are two slightly different <small>1,600 &times; 1,200<\/small>\ncrops, and one uncropped version with vertical padding added to make the\nproper size. Which do you like?<\/p>\n\n<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='6' style='width:720px; background-color: #404040; padding: 10px 0px; margin-top: 15px'>\n<tr><td align='center' valign='top'>\n<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_1600x1200b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/_JEF014369b_sm.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\"\nborder=\"1\"\nid=\"iJEF014369b\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\nphotostream=\"spring\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><font color='white' size='-1'>1,600 &times; 1,200<\/font>\n<\/td><td align='center' valign='top'>\n<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_1600x1200a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/_JEF014369a_sm.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\"\nborder=\"1\"\nid=\"iJEF014369a\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><font color='white' size='-1'>1,600 &times; 1,200<\/font>\n<\/td><td align='center' valign='top'>\n<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_1600x1200c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/_JEF014369c_sm.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\"\nborder=\"1\"\nid=\"iJEF014369c\"\nnoindex=\"1\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><font color='white' size='-1'>1,600 &times; 1,200<\/font>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/table>\n\n\n<p>Widescreen versions:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<small><a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_1280x800.jpg\">1280 &times; 800<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_1440x900.jpg\">1440 &times; 900<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_1680x1050.jpg\">1680 &times; 1050<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_1920x1200.jpg\">1920 &times; 1200<\/a>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"\/i\/_JEF014369_2560x1600.jpg\">2560 &times; 1600<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n\n<p>\nThese were taken at the now-closed-for-two-years-for-renovation Takagaraike Children's Park in northern Kyoto,\nat the same time <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> some other pictures that appeared in my blog at the time:\n\n\n<span class='nobr'><small><a href=\"\/blog\/2006-04-25\/185\">Cherry-Tree Desktop Background Photo<\/a><\/small><\/span> and\n<span class='nobr'><small><a href=\"\/blog\/2006-04-23\/184\">Life Stages of the Cherry Blossom<\/a><\/small>.<\/span>\n\n<\/p><p>\n\nI tend to like darker, more muted images for <span class='nobr'>a desktop<\/span> background, which is\nwhy <span class='nobr'>I really<\/span> like these. <span class='nobr'>If you prefer<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a lighter<\/span>\/brighter background,\nconsider this <a href=\"\/blog\/2006-04-08\/175\">full-bloom\ncherry-blossom background<\/a>.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> I know it's not the season for cherry blossoms (except in the Southern Hemisphere?), but I'm finally getting around to processing photos from last spring and ran across two blossom photos that make fantastic desktop backgrounds. They perhaps don't look like much in the small versions shown here, but follow the links to the large sizes for gorgeous, delicious desktop-worthy images.<\/p> <p>Here's the first one:<\/p> Standard: 1600 &times; 1200 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Widescreen: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1280 &times; 800 &nbsp;&nbsp; - &nbsp;&nbsp;1440 &times; 900 &nbsp;&nbsp; - &nbsp;&nbsp;1680 &times; 1050 &nbsp;&nbsp; - &nbsp;&nbsp;1920 &times; 1200 &nbsp;&nbsp; - &nbsp;&nbsp;2560 &times; 1600 <p> The 1,600&times;1,200 size is appropriate [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8,2,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}