The following images were taken into Photoshop and "cleaned up". That means only dust and scratch removal and some color balance
and contrast adjustments were made. None of these involve any more digital darkroom finesse than that. I've tried to
represent the original prints as faithfully as possible. Minor problems with the scanner has rendered some images with an artifact color band (green) at the bottom of the picture.
All pictures were taken 3 miles west of Fairbanks under various sky conditions.
Inspired from my photography work below, Canadian Artist, Glen Scrimshaw painted the following image of Comet Hale-Bopp
Nikon FM2 w/35 mm Nikkor lens at f/2.0 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 25 seconds. Comet almost lost in aurora. The northern lights resulted from a major solar flare on 8 Apr as reported in world news.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 25 seconds. This is last clear moonless night before comet fades
Nikon FM2 w/35 mm Nikkor lens at f/2.0 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 60 seconds. Temperature 10 deg F.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 25 seconds. Temperature 10 deg F.
Nikon FM2 w/35 mm Nikkor lens at f/2.0 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 30 seconds. Deep twilight under very dark skies. Temperature 4 deg F.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 30 seconds. Deep twilight under very dark skies. Temperature 4 deg F.
Nikon FM2 w/35 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 (top) and f/2.0 (bottom) on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 8 and 10 seconds, respectively. Aurora moves from nne horizon to nnw horizon.
E-MAIL from: Tom Bopp
Using an old Miranda Sensorex w/50 mm lens at f/1.4 on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film for 20 seconds (left) and 30 seconds (right). Note aurora in both images. Sorry about the scanner artifact. Temperature 3 degs F.
Using an old Miranda Sensorex w/50 mm lens at f/1.4 (left) and f/2.0 (right) on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film for10 seconds (left) and 20 seconds (right). Image on 29th contains aurora (left) and meteor streak near comet's tail. Meteor was estimated (-2 mag) and was traveling quickly. Skies on the 30th were very dark in contrast to the 29th. Temperature 3 degs F both days.
old Miranda Sensorex w/50 mm lens at f/1.4 on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film for 30 seconds. Temperature 8 degs F.
Using an old Miranda Sensorex w/50 mm lens at f/1.4 on Kodak Royal Gold 1000 film for 15 seconds. Temperature 12 degs F.
Nikon FM2 w/35 mm Nikkor lens at f/2.0 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 45 seconds. Wide angle view of previous nights images.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/2.0 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 10 seconds. Note gallaxy M31 below comet between trees as hazy patch of light.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 10 seconds. Temperature +4 degs F.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 10 seconds. Temperature -2 degs F.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 5 seconds. Under partial eclipse moonlight and some deep twilight.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 10 seconds. Under clouds plus moon light.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 15 seconds. Temperature 8 deg F under high clouds and moon light.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 30 seconds. Temperature 1 deg F.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 25 seconds.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 30 seconds.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 15 seconds.
Under some aurora and high clouds.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 15 seconds.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 20 seconds. Temperature 0 degs F.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 15 seconds.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 35 seconds.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/2.0 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 25 seconds. Facing NNW.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 30 seconds.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/1.4 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 30 seconds. Facing NNE at -9 degs F.
Nikon FM2 w/85 mm Nikkor lens at f/2.0 on Royal Gold Kodacolor 400 film for 30 seconds. Facing NNE under full moon lumination.
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