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[–]Sels 181 points182 points ago*

Wallpapers! (All 1920x1200) The green was a little harsh, so I made a B&W version.

Green || Green, Desaturated

BW || BW w/ Orange Tiger

BW2 || BW2 w/ Orange Tiger

Yellow/Blue/Green (fix) I'm quite partial to this one.

Yellow/Purple Neat!

An Elephant

Pink/Hot Pink || Hotter Pink

Blue || Snow & Ice || Snow & Ice w/ Orange Tiger

Mike Tyson

[–]blue-dream 4 points5 points ago

nice job! what other colors do you think would work besides the green?

[–]LoveAndDoubt 9 points10 points ago

neon pink

[–]Sels 11 points12 points ago*

[–]LoveAndDoubt 2 points3 points ago

I was sincerely hoping for this. Thank you.

[–]matphoto 1 point2 points ago

[–]Xaevier 13 points14 points ago

Tiger swims through a sea of pepto-bismol

[–]WyldeKat 9 points10 points ago

That's a great color, but it's got a weird blob/smudge/watermark looking thing that kind of throws it off.

[–]islaydragons 2 points3 points ago

How about keep the green, just tone it down* a bit?

[–]Sels 3 points4 points ago

Added!

[–]islaydragons 3 points4 points ago

And my new background, thank ya much.

[–]Sels 6 points7 points ago

Glad it worked for you.

[–]BoizeID 0 points1 point ago

Pink!

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

I really like these. But can you make another "Green" one with a much bigger tiger in it? I'd like one where it takes up about 1/4 or 1/3 of the screen.

[–]Sels 8 points9 points ago

Thanks!

As reluctant as I was for the sake of the image quality, I made it larger.

Here you go! If you can live with it, so can I.

[–]dublzz 0 points1 point ago

I think the snow one with an orange tiger would look nice.

You know, complementary colours and all...

[–]relephantpic 4 points5 points ago

I would ask for a wallpaper for this: http://i.imgur.com/SvZOX.png

as it is way more magestic and stunning than a tiger. But I know it would be hard cause elephants go hard.

Also: Nice wallpaper. I dig it. You should sign it at the bottom right.

OrigSource

[–]Sels 16 points17 points ago

Here you go!

I was originally going to tell you it couldn't happen because your image was way too small, but I realized I could use a challenge. It's still kinda small because any larger and that image would look awful, and I had to recreate 1/3 of it to make it work.

Also, I'm glad you like them, but they still belong to the photographer. I'm not really doing anything.

[–]waxcrayonical 1 point2 points ago

These are great! Thanks!!

[–]maxvphillips 0 points1 point ago

Made an iPhone version if anyone wants it: http://i.imgur.com/aWNZv.png

[–]celerystix 0 points1 point ago

You're the best.

[–]Gibson_88 0 points1 point ago

Would it be possible to have have blue in 1280x1024 too? I have no idea how to do these things. It would be much appreciated!

[–]Sels 0 points1 point ago

[–]Gibson_88 0 points1 point ago

blue?

[–]Sels 1 point2 points ago

Certainly! I hope you like it. I also made an ice themed version.

[–]JoeDiggity 90 points91 points ago

[–]cnash6 11 points12 points ago

repost to /r/trees for max karma

[–]n27k 0 points1 point ago

Is this album art from the 70s

[–]I_wwebsite 306 points307 points ago

Charlie Sheen's blood under a microscope

Sincerely,

2011

[–]smusername 172 points173 points ago*

A tiger that failed the physical challenge and got slimed.

Sincerely,

1990's

[–]I_REMOVE_COCKS 98 points99 points ago

A tiger wading through a river covered in agent orange.

Sincerely,

1960's

[–][deleted] 91 points92 points ago

The new background image on my 4 dimensional holo-dick.

Sincerely,

2075

[–]SpermWhale[!] 78 points79 points ago

A close look on Rocky Balboa's eyes.

Sincerely

1980's

[–]valoopy 68 points69 points ago

A picture I'm looking at.

Sincerely,

2012.

[–]RussianFedora 49 points50 points ago

RAWR, RRRUURRRR GRAAAAAURGH

Sincerely,

The Cretaceous Era.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

KABOOM

Sincerely,

The Big Bang.

[–]silverscreemer 6 points7 points ago

dnner'

Regards,

Dolan

[–]zaper002 6 points7 points ago

acculy is raep vctum

[–]mathmat 0 points1 point ago

boink

Sincerely,

The real Big Bang

[–]Perryn 43 points44 points ago

The opening scene of Teenage Mutant Ninja Tigers.

Sincerely,

Alternate 1980's

[–]Osvalt 3 points4 points ago

These two last usernames just go together well.

[–]seagramsextradrygin 1 point2 points ago

Why do you think he's going to need a holo-dick?

[–]LethalAtheist 8 points9 points ago

A potential new rug for my living room.

Sincerely,

1910

[–]asdf7890 1 point2 points ago

a river covered in agent orange

Agent Orange, stop doing that you dirty fool. That is an order. -- Captain Scarlet

[–]braomius 2 points3 points ago

This is fucking amazing, I came here to say something like this and then decided not to because I'd figure noone would get it. Then I saw this at the top :')

[–]Hypersapien -1 points0 points ago

A tiger that said "I don't know" and got slimed

Sincerely,

1980's

[–]sinfulcolors 11 points12 points ago

TIL cocaine use turns your blood into a green swamp full of tigers ಠ_ಠ

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points ago

No, cocaine doesn't do that, being born as Charlie Sheen does that

[–]jonquille 7 points8 points ago

being born as Carlos Irwin Estevez does that

FTFY

[–]plasteredmaster 1 point2 points ago

you may say that, but we both know that he was always destined to be charlie sheen

[–]RaptorJesusDesu 7 points8 points ago

Damn this cocaine is good

Sincerely, 1970's

[–]BlackGhostPanda 3 points4 points ago

Cocaines a hell of a drug.

[–]thegoldminer 0 points1 point ago

A tiger auditioning for The Hangover. Sincerely, 2009

[–]sigaven 19 points20 points ago

[–]Reddit-Hivemind 4 points5 points ago

I literally have no unique knowledge on reddit. I clicked this, Ctrl+F's for "von karman" and knew it would have already been noted (sad for me but good for spreading knowledge!)

[–]greytrench 1 point2 points ago

Famously described in the literature by physicist Tiger von Kármán.

[–]misleadingweatherman 1 point2 points ago

This was literally the first thing I noticed about this picture.

[–]Realworld 2 points3 points ago

Aeronautics background and immediately noticed the same thing.

[–]Volitans86 0 points1 point ago

As someone who studies fluid dynamics - this is the first thing I saw

[–]VoteJewbama 33 points34 points ago

[–]xPurpleDragon 0 points1 point ago

I like this one better! Wasn't there a whole album of these somewhere?

[–]Sinaasappelschil 0 points1 point ago

Imagine this one with the green changing colors. Next, being the tiger.

[–]HansReich 46 points47 points ago

"EW EW EW EW GROSS ARE MY FEET TOUCHING THE BOTTOM? EW EW THERE ARE BUGS I FEEL THEM MOVING. GET ME OUT OF HERE"

[–]FishNChimps 7 points8 points ago

Waiter, there's a tiny tiger in my soup.

[–]drmarado 2 points3 points ago

That'll cost you extra. And it took over 50 comments to get here? People are slipping.

[–]ksunwoo6 33 points34 points ago

..... Eutrophication. It may look nice, but it ain't a pretty thing for the environment.

[–]Caligineus 15 points16 points ago

my google is sick, what's eutrophication?

[–]ksunwoo6 40 points41 points ago*

It's when farmers put too much fertilizers, which, because of rain etc goes into bodies of water. Since these fertilizers have potassium + phosphorus + nitrogen etc and other nutrients for plant growth, it promotes algae growth. This blocks the sunlight for the aquatic plants, so no photosynthesis, which limit the oxygen inside the body of water; this kills the plant, the fish, and the whole lot, making the lake or other bodies of water smelly piece of shit.

[–]alarindris 2 points3 points ago

That's not algae though, it's duckweed.

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[–]AxiomNor 7 points8 points ago

For anybody confused as to why more plants = less O2. Due to the way they grow, they end up all dead at the same time, decompose and absorb more O2 than they produce. (Dissolved O2)

[–]gardenpool 6 points7 points ago

This is duckweed. It purifies water and inhibits algae growth.

[–]made_your_day 0 points1 point ago

I'd like to add that many species of algal bloom produce neurotoxins. When you see signs that say "Don't let your pets swim in or drink the water", it's because of this.

Edit: Irrelevant, this species in this picture (duck weed) is not toxic.

[–]Pravusmentis 2 points3 points ago

according to my google dictionay add on

Excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen

[–]Caligineus 0 points1 point ago

oh :\

[–]gardenpool 14 points15 points ago

This is duckweed. Duckweed purifies water.

[–]ckenney108 4 points5 points ago

Exactly what I came here to say. Duckweed not only purifies water, but is a great food-source for water-fowl.

[–]gardenpool 6 points7 points ago

Duckweed prevents eutrophication because it inhibits the growth of algae. We grow it to feed our chickens and tilapia, to control algae blooms, and to purify our aquaponic water. We've also eaten it. It is high in protein and tastes like lettuce. It is an evasive plant that can take over lakes, but it is great for our little ecosystem.

[–]Silly_Hats_Only 0 points1 point ago

How can you tell? The clarity in this photo leaves something to be desired.

[–]gardenpool 7 points8 points ago

Algae does not float on top of the water like duckweed. If that was algae, it would be more soupy and not be dispersed in the wake of the tiger's movement. Duckweed makes ponds look like putting greens. Tiny pieces of duckweed would also stick to you if you wade in a pond with it as happened to the tiger. I grow both algae and duckweed.

[–]Silly_Hats_Only 0 points1 point ago

Awesome. Thanks!

[–]Shitty_Watercolour 109 points110 points ago

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[–]relig_study 10 points11 points ago

I wouldn't bid thousands, but shitty_watercolour has done quite a few recently that I'd be willing to pay a bit of money to stick on my wall :)

[–]HungryMoblin 22 points23 points ago

I wouldn't bid thousands

YET.

[–]InspectorChallenge 1 point2 points ago

I think it would be more interesting if he got really good, then the watercolors start getting darker and more bleak and abstract and all of reddit watches as he slowly loses his mind and spirals into insanity.

[–]insertgerbil 14 points15 points ago

Calling your own work shitty is a defense mechanism against critisism and rejection.

[–]CookieDoughCooter 4 points5 points ago

Or just a way to enjoy a hobby that would otherwise be filled with negative comments.

Or a meme evolving from a meme (Isn't there a Shitty MS Paint user?)

[–]SUPERsharpcheddar 5 points6 points ago

nice try freud

[–]squeakyL 4 points5 points ago

not bad.......

[–]ComplimentsWaterClr 5 points6 points ago

That's actually pretty realistic.

[–]Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 14 points15 points ago

I think he's actually becoming pretty good by drawing all these shitty watercolours...

[–]nibbl 6 points7 points ago

It goes in cycles, he was shitty, then over time he got pretty good. Now every so often he starts slipping until he gets called on it and reins it in for a while.

[–]MartinGlow 2 points3 points ago

I'm sorry to tell you, but you're not that shitty anymore.

[–]shark_eat_your_face 0 points1 point ago

Is that Bruce Lee in there?

[–]aldraek 5 points6 points ago

Ashame that Tigers seem to be going extinct.

Also, I am a Tiger, roar.

[–]ritzy67 2 points3 points ago

They are advancing as well, good to see a tiger on reddit!

[–]helpfuldan 4 points5 points ago

The person taking the picture should have set his digital camera to "large/x-large" instead of THE "SMALLEST FUCKING RESOLUTION POSSIBLE".

[–]OutOfTheLimits 1 point2 points ago

Probably did.. to the magazine or wherever this was published. Photogs don't go around giving everyone the highest resolution original RAW file straight from the camera.

[–]helpfuldan 0 points1 point ago

I was mostly joking. I wish there was a bigger version pretty amazing picture.

[–]pistol_piet 3 points4 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/bil7Q.jpg

Made a lockscreen for my iPhone if anyone else wants it.

[–]AsAChemicalEngineer 4 points5 points ago

[–]opticsxpress 0 points1 point ago

came here for this

[–]moogle516 6 points7 points ago

can some one turn this into a workable wallpaper ?

[–]FORVICTORY 13 points14 points ago

Centering it would look weird, so Here

[–]raptorraptor[!] 5 points6 points ago

Protip: And this is better for 16:10 monitors.

[–]FORVICTORY 1 point2 points ago

I just did it for my screen since I hate it when they not big enough. Something like this you can just crop down to your screen size since it's just the corner and an extremely mellow gradient.

[–]ToHoBa 10 points11 points ago

[–]raptorraptor[!] 6 points7 points ago

Protip: this is better for 4:3 monitors.

[–]psymunn 0 points1 point ago

Protip: eye dropper tool lets it work for any monitor size

[–]onowahoo 9 points10 points ago

What is that alge?

[–]aaabballo 13 points14 points ago

duckweed

[–]Saladtoes 7 points8 points ago

sad part is that duckweed usually grows like that only in water that is contaminated with excess fertilizer. Poor tiger :(

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

I don't think the tiger gives a fuck.

[–]eggs_101 4 points5 points ago

I thought duckweed grows on bodies of water with high nutrient content, not necessarily limited to fertilizer. Happen to have a source for this?

Bonus: TIL the flower of duckweed genus Wolffia is the smallest known flower in the world!

[–]made_your_day 1 point2 points ago

[–]eggs_101 0 points1 point ago

That, sir, is an algae bloom, not duckweed.

[–]made_your_day 1 point2 points ago

It's exactly what you and Saladtoes are describing. Read the article.

[–]eggs_101 0 points1 point ago

Eureka! At first glance I thought eutrophication was just the process of a more specific species of bacterial growth.

[–]gardenpool 1 point2 points ago

Duckweed is a water-purifying plant. It is also edible. If my dog was swimming in this he would be eating it.

[–]GlassHatter 0 points1 point ago

so sad :(

[–]happy_otter 1 point2 points ago

Possibly something like http://www.umaine.edu/waterresearch/fieldguide/onthewater.htm#dots , but don't take my word for it.

Also, *algae

[–]murdochmoss 0 points1 point ago

I saw this in a place called Deer Park in New Delhi. They had a big lake there were men in there all day with net trying to fish it out. but I don't know what i, I just know where to find it, and this tiger

[–]F0REM4N 2 points3 points ago

I was absolutely sure I was looking at the carcass of a cat that some how had it's bottoms ground off. Possibly a nasty cheese grating accident.

I may need to adjust the colors on my monitor.

[–]kuzniap 2 points3 points ago

Hope that isn't due to one of China's crazy algae blooms.

[–]nullibicity 3 points4 points ago*

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/hnk5p/here_is_a_tiger_i_was_pretty_confused_at_first/

http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/j3s8t/algae_pic/

EDIT: veron101 points out that this one is the highest quality of the three. I should've checked before posting this comment.

[–]veron101 3 points4 points ago

this is the highest quality one.

[–]nullibicity 2 points3 points ago

Huh, you're right that this one is larger. I think I karmadecayed it, saw 100% match, and assumed it was the same size.

[–]veron101 0 points1 point ago

Though it really doesn't matter that it's larger. It's still a repost, the op just didn't see it here.

[–]veron101 0 points1 point ago

also by looking with this , It seems that the pic posted is the highest quality google can find.

[–]nancylikestoreddit 1 point2 points ago

Here, kitty kitty.

[–]LiterallyTheWorstOne 1 point2 points ago

I find it stunning also, but complicatedly so.

[–]FoKFill 1 point2 points ago

[–]DownXLaw 1 point2 points ago

Like a motherfucker apparently!

[–]drphenol 1 point2 points ago

HOLY SHIT ANYONE ELSE SEE THAT EXCESS NITROGEN RUNOFF?

[–]Faithii 1 point2 points ago

That is some Chinese shit right thur.

[–]amitnagpal1985 1 point2 points ago

The first thing that came to my mind when i read the title was the oxymoron fight scene in extremely loud and incredibly close.

[–]jndorst 1 point2 points ago

Great nature photo, allthough it looks like hes swimming in radioactive water

[–]BrittyLynnB 1 point2 points ago

Tigers love water they like to keep their dens next to a water source so they can spend the hot parts of the day lazin around in the pools of water. =)

[–]phanboy 0 points1 point ago

So cats do like water...

[–]smokey44 0 points1 point ago

You didn't embellish the title enough for r/pics.

[–]tallerThanYouAre 0 points1 point ago

Land Shark

[–]Leeroythezombie 0 points1 point ago

The tiger's stripes are falling off!

[–]imafunghi 0 points1 point ago

Where are you going Mr. Tiger?

[–]Compumerk 0 points1 point ago

WHOA! ..hehe, he's not kidding there's a tiger in there!

[–]AREYOUSauRuS 0 points1 point ago

there's something wrong with your frosted flakes

[–]raginmund 0 points1 point ago

That Tiger Slug is leaving quite the black snail trail.

[–]cuda123 0 points1 point ago

"Tony the tiger wasn't having a good time at the nickelodeon kca's."

[–]water4free 0 points1 point ago

Save the tigers.

[–]Featherbeard 0 points1 point ago

While this a very beautiful image, I would have preferred a little bit more saturation; it seems a little washed out.

[–]Eretan 0 points1 point ago

Is there a 1368x720 full image of this? I'd like to make it my desktop.

[–]kidd00 0 points1 point ago

only in China?

[–]istilldrinkpbr 0 points1 point ago

Just like the other times this was reposted............

[–]cookiesandmilk 0 points1 point ago

Yay, a low res national geographic picture, more elbow grease please

[–]charm__quark 0 points1 point ago

And then you learn that green colour is actually cause by pollution.

[–]APiousCultist 0 points1 point ago

The green stuff is algae so it being green has nothing to do with polution. But the algae is likely caused by fertiliser running off into the water. China had a big issue with it on its coast a few years back.

[–]ramar642 0 points1 point ago

If you didn't know that was water it looks like the tiger of death

[–]GupNasty 0 points1 point ago

Nickelodeon slime!

[–]ravia 0 points1 point ago

Well that green water was neat until the tiger pooped in it.

[–]Andynym 0 points1 point ago

What is that tiger doing in the Chicago river on St. Paddy's day?

[–]Lunker 0 points1 point ago

I hope the ooze turns him into a TMNTiger

[–]VideoGamePhotoMosaic 0 points1 point ago

[–]MicFury 0 points1 point ago

Simply stunning(relevant)

[–]kandis101 0 points1 point ago

damn algae, always getting in the water worth crossing...

[–]Gozerchristo 0 points1 point ago

And so, the first teenage alien ninja tiger was born to the joy of Michael Bay.

[–]ivantowerz 0 points1 point ago

Tiger!, Tiger uppercut!

[–]CogBlocker 0 points1 point ago

Someone replaced the cherry with a tiger in my Shamrock Shake!

[–]CoachingPikachu 0 points1 point ago

Swim through the green water they said, You'll be a badass they said. Stop my balls from growing i begged ಠ_ಠ

[–]johnny_appletits 0 points1 point ago

Eat the old gazelle, they said. It won't give you green tiger poo, they said.

[–]ThislsWholAm 0 points1 point ago

Ain't that some shit.

[–]misanthropist1 0 points1 point ago

does the tiger have diarrhoea?

[–]Wrym 0 points1 point ago

An Algaerian tiger.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

mmmm pea soup

[–]gufcfan 0 points1 point ago

"This fucking shit every fucking Paddy's Day."

[–]cmd_iii 0 points1 point ago

Man...you've got way too much algae in your pool!

Also, a tiger.

[–]bzdelta 0 points1 point ago

Sudden Zabumafu flashback...

[–]GerrigMAX 0 points1 point ago

Anti Nyan Cat.

[–]vnkid 0 points1 point ago

Will algae give you rashes?

[–]ratherbewinedrunk 0 points1 point ago

If it weren't for the water underneath, I'd think this tiger was swimming through a giant pool of melted green tea ice cream. In which case I would be extremely jealous of the tiger.

[–]der_tek_er_jerbs 0 points1 point ago

Silly tiger get out of there, you're not a hippo you don't even kill 2,900 people each year.

[–]ZiggityHuff 0 points1 point ago

Is the tiger supposed to be in a "sea of jade" ?

[–]marc_occa 0 points1 point ago

noooo.... that liquid is washing out the stripes.

[–]codegreenspace 0 points1 point ago

It's official...Tiger Blood is green!

[–]ossirhc 0 points1 point ago

damn you TGRI now we're gonna have teenage mutant ninja tigers

[–]Suburbian 0 points1 point ago

I kayaked through a patch of those, pretty, yes,but after a while they get REALLY GOD DAMN ANNOYING

[–]Unmoved 0 points1 point ago

Dayum! That tiger is fuckin dirty!

[–]buckygrad 0 points1 point ago

That word. I don't think it means what you think it means.

[–]yellowcushion 0 points1 point ago

Can someone please give credit to the photographer?

[–]eleshnorn1 0 points1 point ago

Isn't that tiger swimming in algae that is the result of severely polluted water?

[–]conversatile 0 points1 point ago

mmm eutrophication...

[–]zriv123 0 points1 point ago

Tiget sayz... fuck yuor background photoshop color

[–]IVIoosh -1 points0 points ago

[–]bobandgeorge 0 points1 point ago

That's a funny way of spelling "gross"