
The Avenue of Flags commemorates all 50 states and the US Territories. I had seen several shots from this location with the flags and had always thought it would make a great Gigapixel image if one could be there at a time with few people and no wind.
This particular morning I was waiting at the gate at 5am when they opened the gate. I first shoot a sunrise panorama at the far end of the avenue. As I was packing up to leave I noticed that there was almost no breeze and very few people. I quickly sat my camera rig up at a location I could capture the entire avenue.
I had to take several pauses during the shooting to wait for people to get out of my frame or an occasional breeze that would set the flags to waving. A total of 767 images went into creating 90 focus stacked images that were then stitched to create the final 2,607 megapixel panorama.
Date & Time | June 23, 2021: 6:43am - 6:57am |
Location | Mt. Rushmore National Monument, South Dakota |
Coordinates | 43.877181, -103.456179 |
Focal Length | 300mm |
Aperture | f/14 |
Shutter Speed | 1/60 |
ISO | 125 |
Number of Exposures | 767 |
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Total Pixels | 2,607,276,484 |
Horizontal Pixels | 79,804 |
Vertical Pixels | 32,671 |
Aspect Ratio | 2.44 : 1 |
File Size | 14,899 MB |
Width @ 300ppi (perfect) | 22.17 feet |
Height @ 300ppi | 9.08 feet |
Width @ 150ppi (near-perfect) | 44.34 feet |
Height @ 150ppi | 18.15 feet |
Date & Time | June 23, 2021: 6:43am - 6:57am |
Location | Mt. Rushmore National Monument, South Dakota |
Coordinates | 43.877181, -103.456179 |
Focal Length | 300mm |
Aperture | f/14 |
Shutter Speed | 1/60 |
ISO | 125 |
Number of Exposures | 767 |
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