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5,493 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of the Dancing Aspens, a grove of aspen trees in Ophir, Colorado; nature photograph created by John Freeman.
5,493 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of the Dancing Aspens, a grove of aspen trees in Ophir, Colorado; nature photograph created by John Freeman.
5,493 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of the Dancing Aspens, a grove of aspen trees in Ophir, Colorado; nature photograph created by John Freeman.
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The Dancing Aspens of Ophir Colorado

5,493 MEGAPIXELS
5,493 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of the Dancing Aspens, a grove of aspen trees in Ophir, Colorado; nature photograph created by John Freeman.
This photo is 26,060% higher resolution than a typical photo.
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The Dancing Aspens of Ophir Colorado

5,493 MEGAPIXEL VAST PHOTO
This photo is
26,060% higher resolution
than a typical photo.
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The Dancing Aspens of Ophir Colorado

5,493 MEGAPIXEL VAST PHOTO
Ophir, Colorado
Nature  
Trees/Forests  
Portrait photo of John Freeman, a VAST photographer creating extremely high resolution photographs
John Freeman

Back in July 2011, my wife Jean & I were Jeeping with our friends Bill and Dianna on the Ophir Pass Road when I noticed some bent Aspen trees along the road apparently bent by avalanches cascading down the sides of the mountains. At the time I found it interesting but didn't give photographing them much thought. In 2022 while researching photo locations in SW Colorado I saw photos of these trees and recalled having seen them in 2011. I did some more research and soon discovered that the exact location was a well kept secret with the closest location description as being east of Ophir on the Ophir Pass Road. Because I had a general idea where to look for them, I made plans to find them and shoot a gigapixel wall mural of them during our fall photo tour for 2023. Jean and I drove to Ophir Pass Road on our first day in the area. After a good bit of wandering up and down the road in the area I had seen bent trees in 2011, I noticed a fellow photographer with her tripod setup some 30 yards off to the side of the road. When I looked to see what she was photographing I immediately spotted the trees. Known as the Bent Aspens or the Dancing Aspens they make for a very interesting composition. I parked the Jeep and took my gear down to where the other photographer was setup. I setup my tripod and began trying to shoot a set of photos. But that afternoon getting a gigapixel shot was not in the cards. Rapidly changing light caused by lots of clouds drifting overhead and a strong breeze that kept the Aspen trees waving in the breeze making shooting a focus stacked set of images impossible. I decided to bag it for the day and come back on another day. Five days later we went back and we had mostly clear skis with few pesky clouds. I setup my gear and spent the next hour and 45 minutes shooting the set of images that went into creating this mural.

This is a focus bracketed/stacked & stitched image. It is made up of 9724 images with all of the images being Focus Bracketed images processed to yield 299 individual Focus Stacked images, 13 rows x 23 columns

Date & TimeOctober 4, 2023:  4:47pm - 5:38pm
LocationOphir, Colorado
Coordinates37.856979, -107.834624
Focal Length300mm
Aperturef/11
Shutter1/640 sec
ISO400
Num of Exposures9715
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Produced using a specialty, large-format fine art printer operating at 300ppi resolution—the gold standard for sharpness
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Handmade by award-winning master printmakers with over 4 decades of experience
Optionally accompanied by your choice of elegant floater frame available in a variety of trims
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5,493 megapixels! A very high resolution, large-format VAST photo print of the Dancing Aspens, a grove of aspen trees in Ophir, Colorado; nature photograph created by John Freeman.
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Total Pixels5,493,463,266 px
Width84,306 px
Height65,161 px
Aspect Ratio1.29 : 1
Date & TimeOctober 4, 2023:  4:47pm - 5:38pm
LocationOphir, Colorado
Coordinates37.856979, -107.834624
Focal Length300mm
Aperturef/11
Shutter1/640 sec
ISO400
Num of Exposures9715

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  • Use on webpages at sizes smaller than full‑screen
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250 megapixels
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  • Marketing prints < 120x93 in
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  • Massive murals viewed from > 15 ft
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  • Fine art prints < 120x93 in
  • Marketing prints < 240x185 in
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  • Massive murals viewed from > 8 ft
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5493 megapixels
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  • Marketing prints < 562x434 in
  • Large murals viewed from > 2 ft
  • Massive murals viewed from > 3 ft
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prints
(300ppi)		 Marketing
prints
(150ppi)		 Large
murals
(~20x8 ft)		 Massive
murals
(~40x16 ft)		 Use on
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device
wallpapers
small
2 megapixels
 < 5x4 in < 11x8 in less than
full-screen use		 low-resolution
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medium
10 megapixels
 < 12x9 in < 24x19 in full-screen use high-resolution
screens
large
50 megapixels
 < 27x21 in < 54x41 in if viewers will be
> 17 ft away		 if viewers will be
> 34 ft away
huge
250 megapixels
 < 60x46 in < 120x93 in if viewers will be
> 8 ft away		 if viewers will be
> 15 ft away
colossal
1,000 megapixels
 < 120x93 in < 240x185 in if viewers will be
> 4 ft away		 if viewers will be
> 8 ft away
full file
5,493 megapixels
 < 281x217 in < 562x434 in if viewers will be
> 2 ft away		 if viewers will be
> 3 ft away
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