EL CAPITAN
WORLD RECORD GIGAPIXEL CAPTURE OF MAJOR CLIMBING ROUTES
BEHIND THE SCENES
SHOOTING THE DAWN WALL IN RECORD SETTING 228,000 PIXEL RESOLUTION
Erik Sloan, a longtime friend, valley author and holder of over one hundred El Cap climbs, has long utilized our images to lay routes over in his climbing guidebooks.
In 2016, we hatched a plan to shoot El Cap in record-setting 228,000 pixel resolution using an 800mm Canon L prime with a robotic Rodeon head.
Early one morning, we followed Erik and Roger Putnam, shooting 2,000 images of constant moves up theNose route, with Erik and Roger finishing in 7 hours. The following day, we then shot the entire width of El Cap with 2,000 images to comprise the base image.
A massive post-production stitching job then began, taking over 2 years of off-hours to finalize. Boulder, CO Sender Films then utilized sections of the image to help describe the Dawn Wall routes in their film, “The Dawn Wall”.
Finally, the full image was completed, as shown interactively below (at one third of the full resolution).
A limited edition 60″ wide print with all popular route lines and significant features marked by Erik Sloan can be ordered from Yosemitebigwall.com.
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