On Microsoft’s research site you can view photos several gigapixels in size, allowing incredible zoom levels (browser plugin required). Another high definition example here (this one uses Flash).

Impressive collection of computer desktop wallpaper images from photographer Mike Swanson here.

Found this little chap sitting on the window sill. I think it’s a Zebra (jumping) spider, showing two of his four pairs of eyes (and you can just see another one toward the back on the right). It was only around 4mm across.

This famous photograph was taken by Stuart Franklin during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. The anonymous man stood in front of the advancing tanks bringing them to a halt. He then climbed onto the lead tank and spoke to the driver, before crowd members pulled him away. There are conflicting stories of the mans identity and his fate after the incident which was also caught on film. Franklin won a World Press Award for the photograph.

Photograph by Stuart Franklin

Photography hobbyist Hamad Darwish was commissioned by Microsoft to take desktop wallpaper photos for inclusion with Windows Vista. Here you can download a complete set including those that didn’t make it into the operating system. The “Aurora” image chosen as the default was created by Vista graphics designer Jenny Lam. Article here.

The Windows XP default wallpaper “Bliss” showing green hillside with blue sky and clouds was photographed by Charles O’Rear, contributor to National Geographic Magazine. The shot was taken at Napa Valley, California.

Photograph by Charles O’Rear

Large collection of Beatles photos from 1964 to 1969 here.

I quite like the effect of over-enhancing the contrast here. It gives a grainy industrial look to these structures in London. I used a similar effect with the building below which suggests urban decay and dereliction.

Convert a photo into Polaroid style at www.instantizer.com.

Turn your photo into a magazine cover at www.magmypic.com.

Added some shots taken at the London museum ship HMS Belfast to my main gallery here.