The image in question may be taken for granted, particularly by those who have had access to computers or laptops.
This is because it is an image that has been sighted so many times that its presence may be barely noticed.
Yes, the subject of this article is that image – a plain green field married against a blue sky and fluffy clouds, featured as a default Windows XP background for many years.
The image, according to Historical Pictures, is called ‘Bliss,’ and was shot by Charles O’Rear, an American photographer, in 1996.
In an April 8, 2014, report by mid-day.com, it said that Charles O’Rear told said, “There was absolutely no Photoshop or any editing involved. I live 60 miles north of San Francisco in a wine region of Napa Valley. I took the photograph in an area called Carneros.”
The report added that O’Rear spent his career with National Geographic magazine as a photographer till 1995.
From then on, he has devoted his time to capturing wine regions of the world for wine magazines, and for photo archive website Corbis, which is owned by Microsoft owner, Bill Gates.
Corbis was the reason Microsoft engineers found ‘Bliss’.