Maroon Bells in Fall Regalia

Maroon Lake, Aspen, Colorado

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Sept. 28, 2023. 10:00am. — While the Maroon Bells are touted as the most photographed place in Colorado, pictures simply don’t do the peaks justice. Having lived in Colorado since 1980, I had never been to this location. Because it is so often photographed, I had never had much interest in doing another “me too” photograph of this popular location. My wife had seen photos of the Bells online and kept encouraging me to shoot one of my wall mural photos here. After some research I found that nobody had ever shot a gigapixel image of the Bells. So because of it’s close proximity to Hanging Lake I booked an RV park near both locations for our fall 2023 photo tour. For this image I waited until later in the morning when the light was nearly filling the valley to better capture the fall colors which were nearly at the peak for the season.

This is an focus stacked image shot with a Canon R5, Canon 300mm lens at f/11, 1/200th sec. exposure, ISO 400. It is made up of 1603 images with the majority of the the images being Focus Bracketed images processed to yield 180 individual Focus Stacked images, 6 rows x 30 columns 30% overlap in portrait orientation.

The original image is:

  • 3.42 Giga-pixels
  • 30,000 x 90,000 pixels
  • 120″ x 300″ 300 PPI (10 ft. X 25 ft.) un-cropped image size
  • Available in 1:2.5 ratio (slightly cropped) from 10″ x 25″ to 38″ x 96 ” as Print, Standard Plaque, AlumiPress or PlexiPlaq.
  • Wall Murals as large as 10 ft. x 25 ft. (300PPI). Call for price quote.
  • Wall Murals as large as 20 ft. x 50 (150PPI). Call for price quote

Click here to purchase this image as one of our VAST Photos Museum Quality prints.

Duraplaq Mounting Options

Our DuraPlaq mounting options offer a higher quality, wider range of sizes and materials. Especially for the HD Metal AlumiPress products. Consult Price List for 1:3 ratio size options and cost details. Contact us for a quote on your specific size and mounting options needs.

  • Standard Plaque prints are available in four Finish Choices. Finishes are acid-free and ultra violet (UV) light protected, shielding it against fading and deterioration and can be wiped down with water or any ammonia-free cleaners.
  • We highly recommend the Metalized Paper for prints, plaques and PlexiPlaq products. This special paper does an excellent job of bringing out the detail of the photos.
  • All of our plaques are produced by Duraplaq on photo quality High Density boards. Numerous Mounting Styles are available along with many Edge Treatments.
  • Approximate lead time for shipping of Prints is 1 week. Plaque mounts and other options 2 weeks.

The above sizes and mounting options are a small subset of the overall mounting options we have. We offer all of our photos on a variety of mounting options from just prints, framed, plaque mounting, Aluminum Prints, or Plexiplaq. We also offer Tri-Panel, Quad-Panel or Wall Clusters & Splits. Most of our Gigaramas are available as wall murals. We also license our photos for various commercial applications.

Contact us for a quote on any of these options.