One of them is actually June's calendar wallpaper. Springtime usually signals the start of the commercial whitewater rafting season out here in California, so that's the inspiration for these two desktop wallpapers. Both are created from photos that I took many springs ago and gussied up with Paint Shop Pro 7 or PSP and Virtual Painter.
A little more information about the photos: These show whitewater rafters from two different companies on the North Fork Yuba River near Downieville, California. This is the class IV lower section below Son of Maytag rapid (IV) that's run from Goodyears Bar to the Fiddle Creek campground. (Maytag rapid is the only class V rapid on this run.) The river runs next to the highway for the most part and that's where I was standing while I took these photos with my trusty little Pentax ME Super film camera with zoom lens.
The set, "Kayaker's Delight," is on the same river, but I used only the photos of the kayakers who were going down the same time as the rafters to create the set.
Go to the fourth wallpapers page to download the desktop wallpapers in one of four available sizes.
For more information about rafting California rivers:
California Whitewater Rafting
RaftInfo.com
Total Escape
Whitewater rafting companies featured in the wallpapers:
Beyond Limits
Whitewater Voyages
I've rafted with both of these companies and they are great!
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