Where did this picture come from?

A good place to start might be Google images.

All I can say is... good luck.

Shiny.....

Um, you shouldn't be displaying someone else's image unobscured due to copyright.

There's no copyright notice on the image Kinda hard to ask if someone knows what it is without showing it.

No copyright notice is required. For all we know the site you got it from had a disclaimer on it and most likely did. You can reduce the size or obscure large portions of it. Posting it full size is disrespectful in the least and illegal in the worst.  

depending how long had this picture, it can be anywhere now... well if it was recent, I suggest you check your browser history. The probably with google is that you can't search the keywords that might be associated with the picture, however, if you remember that you found it google it might be easier

Fine i doodeld on it, and resized it, all i wanted to do was find the original image location, so i could download a hires version of it

The original name of the file is just Abstract. and there is no other information in it.

any ideas now that i got the legal mumbojumbo under controll?

Here is a lead for you... look at the 2nd image

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&um=1&q=abstract+wallpaper+blue&sa=N&start=36&ndsp=18

I'm gonna say www.digitalblasphemy.com.

Don't know at all though.

18 hits on Tineye.com (Tineye is a moderator's best friend)

http://tineye.com/search/3468be43cacd3dbc96e1c49ba222f37bd155ecf2

Nice, ty Lantec although the best match was  the same size as mine, i was hoping that there was a hires v. of it but seems there isnt, anyway Thanks for good help.

If you click on the Link http://www.2desktop.com/download_Abstract_Abstract_free_quality_desktop_wallpaper_800_600_resolution_8430.html

You can select either 800x600, 1024x768 or 1152x864 sizes