Friday, May 3, 2013

the xp picture


this picture is the most famous and pricious on the whole world ???,,,

this photographer who took that picture , his name is Chuck O'Rear 69 years old ,a previous photographer
 for nat geo

one day he was going to his friend and he didn't know that he will capture the pic that will be the highest viewed pic in the world...

while he was walking in sonoma in north California he found the view of the green grass and the blue sky with some clouds a charming view to be captured,,then he took that picture which be known after that by ( the bless) tht pic was taken at 1996 before Microsoft make the new xp windows by 5 years and while Microsoft launching the commercial campaign they choose Chuck's photo . that photo cost 200 million
which was unknown price when microsoft bought that photo copyrights from Chuck . 

4 comments:

  1. i thought it was a painting.i didn't know it was captured by someone..

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    1. :) it's famous picture,,he even came back to try take the same pic but the place changed badly

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  2. Yesterday, I came up with the question why Microsoft choose this picture and today I got the answer. thanks for d info.

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    1. you are welcome any time ,,glad that i could help ^_^

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