View source for Img0 (Windows 8 Release Preview)

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{{Infobox image
|image = img0 (Windows 8 Release Preview).jpg
|image_size = 200px
|name = img0
|original_title = Shorty
|originates_from = [[Microsoft]]
|photographer = [[Bala Sivakumar]]
|taken = April 19, 2009
|location = [[w:Skagit Valley|Skagit Valley]], [[w:Washington (state)|Washington]], [[w:United States|USA]]
|type = Wallpaper
|software = [[Windows 8 Previews|Windows 8 Release Preview]]
|theme = Windows
|resolution = 1920x1200
|file_type = JPEG (.jpg)
}}

'''img0''', originally known as '''''Shorty''''', is the default wallpaper included as part of the [[Windows 8 Previews|Windows 8 Release Preview]]. It was taken by [[Microsoft]] employee [[Bala Sivakumar]] in 2009, who also took the photograph [[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 [[w:Skagit Valley|Skagit Valley]], [[w:Washington (state)|Washington]], [[w:United States|United States]].

== History ==
The photograph was taken at the [[w:Skagit Valley Tulip Festival|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.<ref name="SkagitShorty">Sivakumar, Bala. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bala_/4090892547 Shorty], ''Flickr''. 19 April 2009.</ref> A horizontally-flipped variant of the photograph was later added in builds of [[Windows 8]] leading up to the Release Preview from [https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_8_build_8375 build 8375] onwards, with modifications such as a higher color temperature and saturation. The final variant of the wallpaper (introduced in [https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_8_build_8382 build 8382]) later reduced the overall color temperature and saturation.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Shorty.jpg|Original photograph<ref name="SkagitShorty"/>
img0 (Windows 8 build 8375).jpg|Variant from build 8375
</gallery>

== References ==
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