Ghost photos

[pez]

Here is a typical "orb" shot. Perhaps 'dust particles' explain 100% of these things, but they do seem to crop up at the darndest times...

false color "enhancement"

(it was a fun party )

BTW in this case it was pouring down rain- everything was damp, 100% humidity- so maybe these are droplets?
Lens was clean.​

 

[manaheim]

OMFG this is the funniest goddamned thread I've ever seen in my life.



ghosts...

BAHAHAHAHAH....

 

[anthony.grimes]

Normally I just lurk around this forum however, this topic is quite unique I feel that I must comment...

Don't ghosts make the room colder when they enter, if so you should get a thermo graphic camera and look for cold spots.

 

[manaheim]

But the science is there to prove it beyond fact!

You see, you cant even list a possibilaty of what could have caused these occurances i listed!

Failed logical constructs, too. This is fantastic.

I -never- expected to come across a discussion like this on TPF.

I would whip out my discrete logic book and start pointing out all the MASSIVE GAPING HOLES in some of the logic being lobbed around here, but as I see from Drewski's attempts... it's probably not worth it.

Good try, though, Drew... Yogurt. Loved that one.

God I gotta stop reading this. I'm laughing so hard my sides hurt.

 

[johngpt]

Failed logical constructs, too. This is fantastic.

I -never- expected to come across a discussion like this on TPF.

I would whip out my discrete logic book and start pointing out all the MASSIVE GAPING HOLES in some of the logic being lobbed around here, but as I see from Drewski's attempts... it's probably not worth it.

Good try, though, Drew... Yogurt. Loved that one.

God I gotta stop reading this. I'm laughing so hard my sides hurt.

You know, we probably need a Bigfoot thread! :mrgreen:

 

[UtahsRebel]

While trying to figure out how to shoot a night photo, I found out that the horses had a ghost of their own.

I'm thinking this is probably the headless horseman.

 

[pez]

Cool shot. Do you have a bigger photo so we can get a close up?

I'll try and dig up a print and re-scan it. I actually have the negative but no longer print my own b&w stuff as in years past...

 

[Syndac]

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if anybody knows on what type of camera you will be able to pick up a ghost in the photo.

Sofar ive had alot of different responses... some people say only film cameras picks them up, other says only IR cameras, other say any digital camera picks them up....

And instead of replying in a mature manner we have 5 pages making fun of the OP. :thumbdown:

None of this has anything to do with the question asked.

 

[dklod]

My wife has had several experiences, one of which she and a girlfriend witnessed together (no alcohol or funny grass involved) when a young boy was seen in their apartment. He had been shot in the head. Turned out he found his dads loaded gun in a bedroom many years ago. They packed and tipped the fcuk out the door. I believe them 100%. Whats to gain from making it up, really...this directed at the fact that most believe there is nothing to capture. Extremely close minded.

What you use?? I dont think it matters....right place, right time, nothing else..

 

[pez]

As per post one, "ghost" images have appeared on all media, from tintype to dig. Given that the rare example is an actual anomalous effect caused by something external other than some freak "natural" stimulus in line with physics and chem as we know it- or the common hoaxer/prankster, for instance- it really doesn't seem to matter what media or equipment you use. But it's a random event and therefore not readily available to purely scientific verification- you can't repeat it over and over. Just like the UFO thing, the water is so muddied by hoaxers of every ilk, true believers, nutcases, and overly-enthusiastic skeptics (who are really true believers in their own right), that any underlying phase-shift in our understanding of the world is sort of unlikely to manifest, other than on a purely personal basis. But it sure is fun to delve into...
Some paranormal researchers are convinced that the photographer causes the effect via unintended telekinesis- alas, another nearly unprovable concept, LOL.

 

[Mitica100]

I am seeing more and more pictures of 'orbs' here. They are not ghosts, nor do they have anything in common with spirits, ghosts or whatever else you want to call them. They are simply specs of dust floating in the air near the picture taker and they are always visible in pictures taken with flash.

That's not to say that there are no ghosts/spirits photos out there. I have seen a picture recently, at a trip to the Vulture Mine (Wickenburg, AZ) where there seems to be a male figure, or to be more precise the upper part of a male's torso, with head and facial features looking at the camera, while the lower part of the body/legs were transparent. It did not look like the figure was moving and the picture was taken on a PS digital camera by some lonely tourists. I have no explanation for that one.

 

[pez]

Always visible?? Not in my flash photos, and only since the digital age- I do not recall ever having a single "orb" thingy in all my many 1000's of 35mm SLR flash photos. They occur far less often than "always"... Perhaps the faster flash sync of modern cameras is the reason?

 

[Mitica100]

Well, I didn't mean to say 'always' as in always when the flash is used but only when the conditions are met, such a dusty place or with dust flying through the air at the moment of shooting. I have duplicated a photo with 'orbs' by taking the picture in a dust rich environment and using the flash.

Sorry about the confusion.

 

[Big Bully]

It seems like we have a mass difference of opinions here. I do believe that there are ghosts out there, and that there is a slight possibility that you can photograph one. But, I also think that it is a rare occassion that you can do so.
And what is an orb anyways? Is it an electromagnetic force, or what?

 

[Mitica100]

Here is a simple explanation for the photographic orb:

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