The secret behind the infamous Windows XP wallpaper

[fourthirds]

The best thing is it was shot on film.

[Baco Noir]

What a great story! That would be so cool for a photographer. I always assumed it was a digitally produced image.

[fourthirds]

I think the winding road he was talking about we drove there a few times during the summer and fall.

He took the picture with the medium format camera , and he mentioned that he doesn't think he could've got the same picture with the 35mm camera. I wonder what he meant by that could be the Dof ?

But yeah awesome picture ! I wonder how much $$ he got from that image from Microsoft?

[CHIP]

That's really cool. I too thought it was digital art.

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[Baco Noir]

Although the 69-year-old photographer signed a confidentiality agreement so he can’t say how much he got paid – it is reportedly the second most expensive photo licence ever purchased.

But unlike many PC users, he doesn’t get to see his XP photo every day – because he uses a Mac.

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