Img10 (Windows Vista)
img10 img30 (widescreen) | |
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| Image information | |
| Original title | Orange gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii), detail |
| Licensed from | Getty Images |
| Originates from | Tony Stone Images |
| Photographer | Rosemary Calvert |
| Taken | 1997-2000 |
| Location | Bramley, Surrey, England |
| License type | Rights-managed Royalty free (2020-present) |
| Windows information | |
| Software | Windows Vista |
| Type | Wallpaper |
| Theme | Textures |
| Original filename | 427930-001 (img11; builds 5355 to 5840.16384) 427930-001_WS (img31; builds 5355 to 5840.16384) |
| Resolution | 1920x1440 1920x1200 (img30) 1600x1200 (img11; builds 5355 to 5840.16384) 1600x900 (img31; builds 5355 to 5840.16384) |
| File type | JPEG (.jpg) |
img10, originally known as Orange gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii), detail, is a wallpaper included in Windows Vista, licensed from Getty Images. It was taken by Rosemary Calvert. It is a studio shot of an orange (although red in appearance) gerbera on a red background. There is also a widescreen variant, img30.
History
Calvert took the photo between 1997 and 2000, at her then-home in Bramley, Surrey, England. She used a Canon EOS 10, 35 mm slide camera, with Fuji Velvia film, and a 100 mm 2.8 macro lens.[1] This was one of her first flower photos, as she had started to work as a professional photographer in 1996. Her flower photography collection currently includes thousands of photos she has taken since then. While she photographs a variety of subjects, she has a particular focus on capturing close-ups of flowers, including this photo.
I particularly enjoy photographing flowers in close-up. Macro shots reveal beautiful detail of flowers which is not normally appreciated with the naked eye.[1]
—Rosemary Calvert, 2021
By January 2002, the image had already been licensed 27 times, and generated US$6,945.60 in net payment from Getty. Microsoft did not contact Calvert when choosing and licensing it, but only dealt with Getty, which was the case with most stock photos they licensed. It was also her best-selling rights-managed image in November 2011, having been licensed by a Czech company for a beauty/personal care product.[2] It was briefly taken down from Getty in January 2020, along with many other photos, due to Getty discontinuing rights-managed licenses, although it later returned as a royalty free image. Calvert has stated she is delighted to see the image appreciated and used as a wallpaper by many people that used Vista.[1]
Usage
Orange flowers make numerous other appearances in Windows Vista: both img10 and Garden are given much prominence in the illustration of Vista's features (for example, both images are used by Windows Movie Maker 6.0 to demonstrate effects and transitions, and in Windows DVD Maker's menu theme icons, and the icon for wallpapers in the control panel features img10 at a small size). In addition, an orange gerbera designed by Iconfactory appears as the default user account picture, User, along with in the icons of Windows Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, DVD Maker, Mail, Calendar and Sidebar. This is probably to provide optimal contrast with the mostly teal and blue elements of Vista's user interface, while the flower could symbolise beauty and optimism. It also appears on Windows DVD Maker's start page along with Garden and Forest.
The "5346" icon in imageres.dll in Windows 10 (the resources are embedded in %SystemRoot%\SystemResources\imageres.dll.mun in version 1903 onwards) features a flat gerbera similar to the one depicted in this photo, as the previous icon used from Vista to 8.1 used it.
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The image as seen on effects previews in Windows Movie Maker 6.0.
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The image as seen on Windows DVD Maker's start page.
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imageres.dll(5346) in Windows 10
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Correspondence between Rosemary Calvert and a user here in 2021.
- ↑ Calvert, Rosemary. "News and Events". Rosemary Calvert's Photography.