Img37 (Windows Vista)

img37, originally known as The Shire of "Middle-Earth", is a wallpaper that is installed with Windows Vista's Ultimate Extras pack. It was taken by Hamad Darwish on March 12, 2006, who also took Vista's img18 and img21. It depicts a ranch at the south end of Brookings, Oregon, USA. It was taken with a Canon EOS 20D, using a polarizer and Cokin blue filter, as Darwish wanted a distinct blue appearance to the sky. While it was one of the 6000 photos taken on Darwish's photo shoot for Microsoft, it was not one of the 15 photos he submitted to them, so it is likely he submitted this later on.

The wallpaper is also at 1920x1255 as opposed to 1920x1440 or 1920x1200; it retains the original aspect ratio of the image. On the left hand corner an "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" watermark is present. While Microsoft are credited for copyright in the metadata, the watermark could imply that Darwish claims its copyright.

Trivia

 * The title in the metadata is "Hamad Darwish - Kuwait", which can mislead people to believe it was taken in Kuwait.