Welcome to Free Background Wallpaper

Welcome to free background wallpaper. Loads of high quality desktop wallpaper pictures of all kinds of things - patterns of nature, water ripples, bark, stones, leaves, urban textures, landscape and flower backgrounds. Basically interesting desktop backgrounds for your computer, iPad, iPhone or smart phone.

All the background wallpapers are free to use as personal desktop background - no account, no logging in, no fee. If you want use an image for other purposes please the image licensing page.


New Background Wallpapers for PC , Mac, iPads and Mobile Phones

Fresh new pictures are on the New Background Wallpapers page. There's also a very interesting collection of abstract wallpaper backgrounds - and Fractal Art Wallpapers - totally unique.

If you're looking for 'wider' pictures of nature - then please visit my other web site Natures Desktop Backgrounds. iPad uses should checkout our new site wallpaper for ipad, which has HD ipad wallpapers in both landscape and portrait formats (wide / tall image ratios).

All images can also be purchased as prints or downloaded with a royalty free license for personal or commercial use. Just find the image you like and click the buy button next to the preview picture.

Click the pictures to go to the Background Wallpaper Galleries

artistic wallpaper backgrounds

Artistic Background Wallpaper

Colorful processed photographs with and artistic 'painterly' feel. Very nice desktop wallpapers in this section.
free abstract wallpapers

Abstract Wallpaper Backgrounds

Extreme close up photographs of unusual things, producing unique and colorful desktop backgrounds.
free beautiful wallpapers

Beautiful Background Wallpaper

Scenic desktop wallpapers, all the beautiful things in nature - landscapes, waterfalls, animals and flowers.
water background wallpapers

Water Patterns Background Wallpapers

Free desktop backgrounds of Ripples, Reflections, Waves, Weirs - close ups of water patterns.
Flowers and plants close up Background Wallpapers

Plants and Flowers Background Wallpapers

Details from within flowers and plants. Close ups of petals, stamen, seeds, flower heads and pollen.
beach wallpaper backgrounds

Beach and Sand Background Wallpapers

Free desktop background wallpapers of Beaches, Sand and Shells with the odd few waves thrown in for good measure.
cloud and skies background wallpapers

Clouds and Sky Background Wallpaper

Background wallpapers of clouds and sky patterns. Everything from dark storm clouds to wispy cirrus.
Wood, Bark, leaves and tree wallpapers

Trees and Leaves Background Wallpaper

Desktop pictures of trees, lots of woody things - bark patterns, leaf textures, fallen leaves and old decaying wood.
Stones, Rock and Pebble screen wallpapers

Stones, Rocks, and Pebble Backgrounds

Desktop wallpaper backgrounds of the colors and textures revealed in stones, rocks and pebbles.
black and white wallpapers

Black and White Wallpapers

Desktop wallpaper pictures in Black and White.
outer space wallpapers

Space Wallpapers

Pictures of planets, galaxies, stars and moons.
star wallpapers

Star Wallpapers

Desktop background wallpapers of stars, galaxies, stars and nebula.
fractal art wallpaper backgrounds

Fractal Art Background Wallpapers

Computer generated fractal art patterns.


Photos may be used for FREE as web banners / backgrounds providing a link back to my site is included on your site, preferably as a credit in the footer. (see image licensing page)

The credit text is up to you, but this link must be included as is.....
<a href="http://www.free-background-wallpaper.com">Free Background Wallpaper</a>

You may not use images commercially or redistribute them on other websites.

Terms and Conditions and Copyright info.

All the desktop backgrounds and wallpapers, images / photographs on this site are copyright Dave Massey, except the images by NASA http://www.nasa.gov/Guidelines. The images can be used as desktop background pictures on personal computers free of charge. No photograph may be reproduced, copied, stored, manipulated or used whole or in part of a derivative work without the written permission of the author.Wallpapers cannot be used on other websites as downloadable desktop wallpapers. Any other use is prohibited. For any other use of the images please visit the image licensing page for more information.

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