From my third roll of Hale-Bopp shots:

Note that all of these images are 120 dpi scans made from 4"x6" prints, saved as quality-factor 100 JPEGs. That means each is about 250K, and rather slow to download. Those of you using modem connections will want to use the "smaller filesize" image links at the right side of the list. These smaller files are each 20-25K and retain nearly all of the larger JPEGs detail and shading.

The best of the shots are 16a and 12a. The former looks better as scanned, whilst the latter looks better in the flesh. Especially look at the closeup of 16a down below. 6a-11a show the comet high above a Pacific sunset (the hill I shot these from looks down on both Silicon Valley and the Pacific Ocean). Of the sunset shots, 11a is the best and 9a is runner-up.

The telephoto shots (frames 17a-23a, taken with my 135mm lens) are unfortunately disappointing, due to the fact that they were shot through a hazy cloud which I didn't see till after the fact. (See frames 33a and 35a for both a nice, wide view of the sky in which I was shooting, and a clear view of the aforementioned cloud.) Of the telephoto shots, 23a then 22a are the best looking as scanned images. 33a has the most visible ion tail (in blue) except for the closeup scan of 16a.

35a is a nice, wide-angle view of the nighttime sky with the comet, though it looks uch better in the print than in the scan.

Frame
No		 Lens f time
6a 20-30mm 11 30s smaller image file
7a 20-30mm 5.6 30s smaller image file
8a 20-30mm 5.6 30s smaller image file
9a 20-30mm 5.6 30s smaller image file
10a 20-30mm 3.5 30s smaller image file
11a 20-30mm 3.5 30s smaller image file
12a 50mm 2.8 10s smaller image file
13a 50mm 2.8 10s smaller image file
14a 50mm 1.8 8s smaller image file
15a 50mm 1.8 6s smaller image file
16a 50mm 1.8 10s smaller image file
17a 135mm 2.8 10s smaller image file
18a 135mm 2.8 8s smaller image file
21a 135mm 4 15s smaller image file
22a 135mm 4 20s smaller image file
23a 135mm 2.8 20s smaller image file
33a 50mm 1.9 10s smaller image file
34a 20-35mm 3.5 15s smaller image file
35a 20-35mm 3.5 30s smaller image file


There are also 300 dpi close-ups of the comet from frames 13a, 16a, and 17a.

Finally, there are three other versions of frame 6, demonstrating JPEG quality-factors 95 (84 KB) , 90 (41 KB) , and 75 (22 KB) . These demonstrate what a difference in filesize accepting a little image degradation can mean.