This screensaver self installs by clicking on the Install Icon and simply
following the prompts. Select this as
your ‘Default’ screensaver.
The screensaver can be
viewed in several different ways depending on the settings you choose in the
'Settings' box. To access the 'Settings' box: follow this path: Desktop>My
Computer>Control Panel>Display>Screensaver. This opens a window in
which at the left center you find a drop down box in which you may pick the
screensaver of your choice. If the box shows
”Cool Waters”, (as it will if you have designated this screensaver as
your 'Default' screensaver during the set-up procedure,) then next to this
drop-down window appears a 'settings' check box. Click on this.
In this window you’ll see
“General,” “Image” and “Transitions.”
Start with “General.” Decide whether you want
the images to show small titles or not. If you do want titles, choose placement at the top of the image. (If you
choose the placement at the bottom, they will be superimposed on the Photographer’s
logo, which has been embedded randomly at left or right bottom of each image.)
Under “Order” choose sequential or random. The screensaver images
have been loaded in a specific sequence to give optimal visual transitions. If
you select 'Random' order, this built-in selection is lost, with unpredictable
(but possibly exciting) outcomes.
Under “Image” we suggest you check box # 2: “enlarge to fit current screen size.“ The
image will fill the screen.
Under “Transitions” there are some 40 different transition effects to
choose from.
When you open the
screensaver for the first time, only these transition-effects operate randomly: Sweeping Blinds
Wipe, Venetian Blinds Wipe, Dissolve Wipe, Sparkle Wipe. These are the effects the Photographer finds pleasing. However, you
can experiment with different effects if you like. To select these effects, start by checking the “Select None” box
and then check the individual boxes of your choice back on. Do not just highlight the names - make sure
you leave a check-mark in the white square box.
To see more of Peter Van
Rhijn's images or to order prints, digital print files or other
screensavers: please visit Peter's
website at www.naturephotos.com
Other screensavers
available are: Wildflowers, Deserts, Mountain Magic, Shoreline Dreams, and
Intimate Plantscapes (close up Photography.)
Future projects include Autumn Scenery and Forests.
System Requirements for Screensavers
Windows
95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP
Video Display of 256 or
more colours (24 bit colour recommended)
Minimum 800x600 Display
Setting (1024 x 768 preferred)
Please respect the Photographer’s
copyright by refraining from attempts to copy, multiply or resell images
contained in this screensaver.
Some Information About “Cool Waters”
The title and the idea behind the Cool Waters
screensaver were not my own.
In the spring of 2002 I was approached by
101marketing.com to submit images for a screensaver based on the images the art
director had seen on my website www.naturephotos.com. I gladly obliged as I was promised enough
income to retire and do nothing but photograph for the rest of my life…I even
spent some money on quality professional scans.
When the screensaver went on line, it turned
out it was positioned next to another screensaver featuring scantily clad
“Babettes” and another one featuring Sexy Lingerie. Fortunately and somewhat predictably, 101marketing.com vanished
from cyberspace a short time after.
However, the screensaver software they had used was available for sale
and I was impressed with its quality and versatility. I therefore decided to continue the Cool Waters project, and to
create some additional screensavers, on my own.
The images featured in Cool Waters are from all
over North and South America, taken during various photographic expeditions
over the last ten years.
In South America, Iguazu Falls was
a fertile subject, as was the “Parque de Los Glaciares” in southern Patagonia
where the Perito
Moreno Glacier is the big attraction. This remarkable glacier intermittently
creates an ice dam between two lakes, causing the water level in the upstream
lake to rise until, in a cataclysmic event, the ice dam breaks and an entire
lake suddenly drains into the lower lake.
The glacier is located in a rather scenic location and makes a great
photographic subject.
“La
Leona River” is also in Southern Patagonia. The river’s bright turquoise water is its
main claim to fame.
The “Tea Lake” and “Ragged Lake” images were taken in Algonquin Park, Ontario from a canoe. Northern
Ontario lakes tend to be foggy in late summer and autumn on clear mornings when
the air temperature dips and the waters are still quite warm.
“Autumn
Flow,” a reflection of bright fall colours in the
flowing waters of the Oxtongue river,
near Dwight, Ontario.
Haliburton is an area in central Ontario’s cottage country.
“Kejimkujik
Morning” and “Grasses” were taken in Kejimkujik Park, located in south central Nova Scotia.
“Havasu
Falls” is a famous and scenic waterfall located on
Indian Reservation territory in a side canyon of the Grand Canyon in
Arizona. The area is an incredible
paradise-like sanctuary, which is (deliberately?) not accessible by road. The
hike in is long, and the hike out is long and also very uphill. When we hiked
in, the snow was flying where we parked our car, but deep in the canyon spring
had sprung and the birds were singing.
“La
Push” and “Deerpark Sunrise”
were taken in the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State. La Push is a town along the west coast where
a hike on the beach produced this 35-mm shot.
Deerpark is a campground further east along the Olympic northern shoreline,
located at quite an elevation in the alpine meadows. Breakfast that morning was quite exciting.