On The Trail
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On The Trail

Back with another beauty of a guest wallpaper for you guys, this time from Brian Kennedy aka sasquatchfuzz. He sent along a few images and this one quickly jumped out at me as such a peaceful moment, straightaway I knew I seen something special that should be shared. Heres what he had to say about the scene:

“I was born and raised in Phoenix as a third-generation native. As a kid I always loved our family vacations into the wooded wilderness that differed so much from the desert scenery I was accustomed to. Trees, greenery and water seemed so foreign, and I was drawn to them like a magnet. I have such fond memories of hikes through Sequoia National Park, Yosemite, Durango, Colo., the Hoh Rainforest, Rocky Mountain National Park and many others with my parents and sister. Fast forwarding a few years, my wife and I decided to leave the Phoenix area and headed up to the PNW where we find ourselves sharing the outdoor beauty with our two young kids. This photo of our younger son was taken on a recent hike over Memorial Day weekend in Moran State Park on Orcas Island in Washington. “

The North West is one of the few areas of the U.S. that I have not yet had the opportunity to explore and scenes like this one always make me jealous of those that live in the region. I hope you enjoy the desktop as much as I have. To find more of Brian’s work you can visit his tumblr page here.

Costa Nova 1
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Costa Nova

Continuing with my Guest Desktop series I am happy to share these two beautiful images from Costa Nova, Portugal by photographer Ricardo Resende (or on instagram here). I like the understated colors that give these landscapes a chilly but somehow inviting feeling. Perfect for a contemplative wallpaper. Heres what Ricardo had to say about the above image:

“I took this photo a few months ago on a winter morning.  My girlfriend and I were exploring the beaches of Costa Nova (Portugal). It was a dew morning and while walking beside the sand dunes we could only hear the sound of the sea waves. Soon we decided to climb them up and at the top we were delighted with the wonderful view we had over the beach. A deserted and peaceful beach where there was no one and the only sound you could hear was that of the waves splashing on the shore, that rough sea. It was a unique moment recorded forever in this picture.”

He then took moment to speak of the sea to describe the second photo below which I thought was a worthy reflection of its grander.

“The sea. The sea is one of my biggest fears. I’ve been afraid of it since I was a kid. At the same time it’s one of the things I appreciate the most. Every wave, every texture, every color, they’re different. It fascinates me to see how something so simple can also be so complex and beautiful at the same time.”

And with that I will leave you with the images, links below and if you missed it above, you can follow along with more of Ricardo’s work on his Tumblr or Instagram feeds.

Costa Nova 2

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Dee
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Dew

My life is still moving at lightning speed and leaving me struggling to find time to connect with the photographic side of my passions. In the mean time, however, I decided to reach out on twitter to find others to contribute to 50ft as guest photographers while I get my creative act back together. This week if all goes according to plan I will have a few new wallpapers brought to you by readers of the site. It’s something I have always loved doing and wanted to do more often so why not catch up and feature some others photographers work among these pages for a while? (If you have something to share then by all means, reach out.)

First up is a friend of mine, Alex MacK from up north in Canada who inadvertently kickstarted the idea of asking for guest submissions while I get settled into this next big phase in my life. He sent me a photograph that he thought would help calm my busy mind and sure enough, it managed to do just that. I always like to share a few thoughts on photos posted here and guest desktops are no different so in Alex’s own words:

“I don’t have a name for the photo. I looked out my basement window this week one morning to see something I honestly don’t know that I had ever noticed before. It was like every blade of grass had its own bead of dew resting on its back. This likely happens all of the time – but being in the basement – the grass was at eye hight, so my perspective was vastly different than a mere glance down from above. I zipped outside, and pressed my whole body down on the ground while still wearing my slippers. It can be really quite awkward to look through the view finder when it is closer to the ground than you can have your eye while still operating the camera with two hands. “

After doing my fair share of awkward poses to frame the image I was after I know exactly what he means. To find more photography by Alex be sure to follow along on his stellar instagram stream here.

Enjoy the new desktop and keep an eye out for more soon from other guest photographers! As always, thanks for stopping by.

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