Img22 (Windows Vista)

img22 is a wallpaper included in Windows Vista. It was taken by Microsoft employee Steve Fu in 2003. It depicts a part of the Enchantment Lakes Basin in Cascade Range, Washington, USA at dawn. Although it did not appear in the official Vista Beta 2 build, it was included as the default wallpaper of builds 5469 to 5840.16384; build 5840.16389 onwards changed the default wallpaper to an abstract aurora, while reallocating the previous one to img22.

History
Due to a reservation cancellation, Fu was allowed to access the park, where he took the photo sometime in 2003 at 5am. He used a Nikon D100, with an 18-35 millimeter lens. Three years on in January 2006, he submitted the photo to Microsoft while they were picking Vista's RTM wallpapers. They paid him $1000, although he was not bothered by how much money he got paid and even claimed he would have done it for free. He also stated that the photo would be "immortal for the next decade". It is also possible that he submitted other photos to Microsoft for Vista, with the original filename SteveFu_2 hinting this was the second shot of his that was being considered.

There is also an alternate shot of img22, which shows more of the rocks and trees on the left. It was most likely taken from his website, which is no longer online and the Internet Archive has been unable to archive the image files there.

Legacy
In July 2009, Microsoft employee Bala Sivakumar, whose photography later featured in Windows 8, took a photo at the same location. He also took shots of his friend, Brandon Hoff, standing at the lake, although they were not posted online.