Img7 (Windows Vista)

img7, originally known as Round Stones is a wallpaper included in Windows Vista, licensed from Corbis. It was taken by Darrell Gulin, who also took several other images used in Windows, such as Vista's Forest sample picture. It depicts several round blue, purple and white round stones together at Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington, United States.

History
Darrell Gulin was doing a photoshoot with his wife and friends along the coast near Forks, Washington, United States. He took the photo using Kodak VS slide film, as he was working with Kodak to develop and test it. He used a Canon camera and lens, although he does not remember which model. While he does not remember the date, the uploads on Corbis and Getty Images specify it as being taken during the 1990s. He enjoys the exposure he gets from the image being sold on Getty and Corbis.

Microsoft licensed the image from Corbis, as a wallpaper for Vista. During beta 2, it appears close to the original image. The version that appears in the RTM release is cropped slightly differently (showing more of the left) and features a more dim appearance.

It was briefly taken down from Getty in January 2020, along with many other photos, due to Getty Images discontinuing rights-managed licenses; it later returned as a royalty free image, oddly being placed in The Image Bank collection. It is worth noting that the Getty version appears brighter than the Corbis version and features a black border, so it is very likely to be a rescanned version with the colors having faded over the years.