Img0 (Windows 8 Release Preview)

img0, originally known as Shorty, is the default wallpaper included as part of the Windows 8 Release Preview. It was taken by Microsoft employee Bala Sivakumar in 2009, who also took the photograph for Seascape Initiation, which is one of the wallpapers included as part of Windows 8's Earth theme. It depicts a large row of red tulips spread across a field in Skagit Valley, Washington, United States.

History
The photograph was taken at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival in Washington, United States on 19 April 2009, using a Nikon D40 camera at ISO 200, 1/320th sec exposure time, f/8 F-stop, with 70mm zoom. A horizontally-flipped variant of the photograph was later added in builds of Windows 8 leading up to the Release Preview from build 8375 onwards, with modifications such as a higher color temperature and saturation. The final variant of the wallpaper (introduced in build 8382) later reduced the overall color temperature and saturation.