Andy and I are currently collecting a variety of wallpapers for each category. We're picking ones that demonstrate artistic depth and have good technical quality.

I like several of those as art pieces but as wallpapers I’m not sure they will work. In this task there doesn’t seem to be any mention of scanned artwork either, so I think we should focus of photographic images instead. I appreciate your culling efforts though.

Sure, the main thing to understand is that not all sharpness is created equal.

In T10220#291057, @linuxpusher wrote:

A new consideration that wasn't present when this task was introduced is the presence of wallpaper-based accent colour tinting. Default wallpapers prolly should also help showcase that feature, by having prominent colours that Plasma will pick up well.

All I'm saying is that it may (hard emphasis on may) be worth investing in these wallpapers if they'll be around for a while.

In T10220#291037, @pinheiro wrote:

Yeap this usually works, talk to the original author ask him to do the edits himself if he desires and tell him millions will use it... That usually does it...

Perhaps if we absolutely decide one a specific image we can source the RAW file from the original creator. This would be ideal as I could edit the image with far more granularity.

In T10220#291034, @linuxpusher wrote:

It should be noted that the base photo of the default Plasma 5.27 wallpaper was published on the 7th of January 2017, which is before the Unsplash licensing change occurred (5th of June 2017).

In T10220#291031, @linuxpusher wrote:

Where would space photography fall under these categories?

In T10220#291028, @linuxpusher wrote:

Wikimedia Commons has a collection of CC0-licensed images from Unsplash before the licensing change:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Images_from_Unsplash

Sourcing images from Wikimedia Commons instead of Unsplash directly could be a viable way of finding wallpapers with no potential for legal problems.

Let's nail down this; how many wallpapers do we need? There are currently 13.

Unsplash License

Tips and opinions about wallpapers from a former photographer: