Hello, I took some pictures that some say are ghosts. I would really like any opinions on what it might be, also if you see something point it out, I may have missed something. Any comments are welcome, camera malfuntion? Real? Fake? Light and Shadow? Well check them out at
http://www.pbase.com/bryan1979/ghost_hunts
Thanks
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Fri Nov 05, 2004 5:42 am
ok, at least someone said something, by the way nice lightning shots, but you misspelled lightning.
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Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:36 am
Yeah, ghosts! Dust particles and spots on your lens's = orbs / ghosts. Give me a break.
A couple of these pics I don't even see what your talking about.
A couple of these pics I don't even see what your talking about.
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Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:43 pm
Hey I got an idea... be as mean as you can about it. :/
Looks like dust to me man. Sorry
Danny
Looks like dust to me man. Sorry
Danny
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Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:35 pm
jc5066 wrote:Yeah, ghosts! Dust particles and spots on your lens's = orbs / ghosts. Give me a break.
A couple of these pics I don't even see what your talking about.
Well thanks for that in depth analysis, I am fully aware of the dust issue, I myself believe that the first few pics are of dust and thats it. If anyone would take the time to look at the last few pics though, you will notice some pretty wierd stuff in them. I did have to shrink the pictures down a bit to put them up here. Plus look at my other pictures, I would call myself a semi pro and I keep my camera's and lenses clean, lol thats a joke in itself. I am really looking for a analysis on these. Did you even see the little girl in the window, no I did not think so. You probably didn't even click on the pictures to make them bigger.
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Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:34 pm
I did look at all of them. Girl in the window, reflection? I don't see anything in the tv. The 2 before that I see some dust. Hearthstone? Am I missing something. What am I supposed to be seeing mister ghost buster?
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Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:33 pm
I am not a ghost buster and I never claimed that, lol. Unfortunately there is no way to make you see what I see, but then again that was the point of this post, see what you guys saw. Look I am not trying to suggest that ghosts exist or not, all I wanted are some opinions on what it might be.
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 2:16 am
There is one advantage, you didn't really tell us what you saw so that makes it more likely that anything would possibly leap out as either a techical issue, not be seen at all, or not be readily explained, etc. Telling us what to expect biases the examination, although you circled one spot. Having plunked around some "ghost" sites, it's clear that there are a wide variety of levels of technical sophistication when it comes to photography when it comes to examining and analyzing these kinds of things. Unfortunately, that usually means some rather explainable technical things are not recognized for what they are.
FWIW, the Whaley House window appears to be a matter of a variety of reflections and interior objects. Hard to resolve at a later point or without having been able to see what's actually in the room or outside the window. It might simply be an interior decoration with some light from the little lamp with leaf reflections (like in other parts of the window) superimposed.
The Hearthstone Inn blur of light in the left is likely something close to the camera, like a strap, etc. One of the problems with that image is that's the kind of result that does come from procedure problems and why you often see at the ghost photo sites, an emphasis on being careful about camera straps, loose clothing, or other objects which might enter the flash zone. Again, looking at it after the fact, one would need to be able to positively eliminate the potential that there was a physical reflection before you could try to move forward. Again, it's hard to do that now. It doesn't look too different from known natural results.
Orange Face: Can't tell. We don't know what was off over there so we can't really tell what might or might not have given a reflection (assuming you are thinking of the thing in the right side and not orange grass). That's one of the problems with using flash, you'll get reflections from objects you might not have seen, light reflects back onto the objects from the side or bright objects in the field of the flash, etc. If it was a crystal clear night and there was nothing for hundreds of yards, maybe?? interesting. As it is, there isn't the info to rule out natural issues. slow reflection and unknown background.
The deerorb appears to be a fairly typical close reflecting object.
Beforemist? I don't see anything unusual here - which is I think meant as a before and after comparison.
Mist1? Some dust/orb spots. If it's the rectangular light spot in the dormer, I'd be completely inclined to believe it's a flash reflection from one of several rectangular, shiny objects present in the area. Like the pictures on the wall and the other camera, etc. I mean you could play games measuring angles and the like but that square corner would almost have to be man-made.
TV1: nothing leaps out here.
I think flash "caused" most of the seeming phenomenon, the others could probably be (or more acurrately have been) resolved by working to strict protocols and being clear about conditions, etc.
FWIW, the Whaley House window appears to be a matter of a variety of reflections and interior objects. Hard to resolve at a later point or without having been able to see what's actually in the room or outside the window. It might simply be an interior decoration with some light from the little lamp with leaf reflections (like in other parts of the window) superimposed.
The Hearthstone Inn blur of light in the left is likely something close to the camera, like a strap, etc. One of the problems with that image is that's the kind of result that does come from procedure problems and why you often see at the ghost photo sites, an emphasis on being careful about camera straps, loose clothing, or other objects which might enter the flash zone. Again, looking at it after the fact, one would need to be able to positively eliminate the potential that there was a physical reflection before you could try to move forward. Again, it's hard to do that now. It doesn't look too different from known natural results.
Orange Face: Can't tell. We don't know what was off over there so we can't really tell what might or might not have given a reflection (assuming you are thinking of the thing in the right side and not orange grass). That's one of the problems with using flash, you'll get reflections from objects you might not have seen, light reflects back onto the objects from the side or bright objects in the field of the flash, etc. If it was a crystal clear night and there was nothing for hundreds of yards, maybe?? interesting. As it is, there isn't the info to rule out natural issues. slow reflection and unknown background.
The deerorb appears to be a fairly typical close reflecting object.
Beforemist? I don't see anything unusual here - which is I think meant as a before and after comparison.
Mist1? Some dust/orb spots. If it's the rectangular light spot in the dormer, I'd be completely inclined to believe it's a flash reflection from one of several rectangular, shiny objects present in the area. Like the pictures on the wall and the other camera, etc. I mean you could play games measuring angles and the like but that square corner would almost have to be man-made.
TV1: nothing leaps out here.
I think flash "caused" most of the seeming phenomenon, the others could probably be (or more acurrately have been) resolved by working to strict protocols and being clear about conditions, etc.
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Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:14 am
Thank you gillettecraig, this is what I was looking for. That is the exact reason I did not tell anyone what to look for, as for camera straps and such I have none or will I ever put one on a camera for that reason. I do believe that the girl in the window is a light and shadow effect, this is a room that is blocked off from the public and nobody was standing behind me. As for the reflection idea, thats what I had thought at first, but reflections are uniform although I can't rule out reflection either. The tv one seems to be the hardest, takes quite a bit of imagination to see it, also it would help to have a before and after picture there too. Thanks again.
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