The grassland that became the wallpaper of Windows XP now looks like this
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The desktop background displayed by default in Windows XP was taken by a photographer named Charles O'Rear in a landscape of a wine farm in California, and Microsoft bought the photo. O'Rear, who shot Bliss, looks back on his memories of the time and reveals the current state of the place where the desktop background was shot.
It's Bliss: behind the iconic Windows XP photo
https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/its-bliss-behind-the-iconic-windows-xp-photo/
The photo, named Bliss, was taken in 1996 on the way to see her then dating O'Rear. The image below is an actual photograph taken, and the contrast between the clouds scattered in the blue sky and the green is wonderful.
The place where Bliss was taken as of 2014 looks like this, and the scenery is quite different from when Mr. O'Rear took the picture.
You can also check the location where Bliss was taken on Google Maps.
According to O'Rear, when Bliss was posted to Corbis, a group company of Microsoft, Microsoft offered to buy Bliss. One of Microsoft's engineers contacted O'Rear, who said, 'The person who contacted me was very surprised to find out that Bliss wasn't processed in Photoshop. I look back on those days. After purchasing Bliss, Microsoft processed it and adopted it as the background image of Windows XP.
O'Rear has created an image that reproduces Bliss in Photoshop and is publishing it on the official blog. As a matter of fact, O'Rear is a Mac user, so he hasn't seen much of Bliss's desktop background.
In addition, Windows XP, which Bliss is displayed by default, has been decided to end support as of April 8, 2014.
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