Interesting and odd pic I snapped

[Mzor203]

I got a really interesting and weird pic today... I was going around my house taking pics to see if we had ghosts (I found other weird stuff too, but that's a different matter.)

The most interesting thing I got was this:

http://i37.tinypic.com/2cgot2p.jpg

I don't know what those things are lol... at first I thought they might be the flash reflecting off the drops of rain, but I tried about 10 times to get the same effect, but nothing...

Anyways, I thought it looked cool.

[The Batman]

Were you moving the cam down while you were snapping? because it looks like those things are going up.

[Θάνατος]

It is cool. It could be rain drops on your camera lens.

[iJack]

Wow, rex, seen a horror movie lately? A little paranoid?

That is cool tho.

[The Resurrected One]

Did I make you think this up last night, Rex?

[Mzor203]

No, I was out of the rain when I snapped it, looking out the front door. And I said, I tried to get the same effect again. I was holding it as still as I could, and I have a steady hand. The odd thing is, you'd expect rain to be going downwards, not up.

I dunno...

Yes Johnny, you did.

Oh,and you can see I wasn't moving the camera because nothing else is particularly blurry.

[Neverender]

Were you moving the cam down while you were snapping? because it looks like those things are going up.

they look like they're going up because they are going so fast downwards when the camera snaps, it captures the raindrop, but the flash is long enough for it to fall slightly further, and only some of it is captured. giving it an uppwards illusion

[Mzor203]

Why would they be angled downwards at the bottom then? Something tells me that's not exactly the answer.

Oh, and the other thing is, I doubt they are the raindrops, because it was pouring spectacularly out there... you just couldn't see it in the dark. The flash would have hit more raindrops than that.

[Neverender]

Why would they be angled downwards at the bottom then? Something tells me that's not exactly the answer.

Oh, and the other thing is, I doubt they are the raindrops, because it was pouring spectacularly out there... you just couldn't see it in the dark. The flash would have hit more raindrops than that.

they would be angled downward because of a shifting of light.

-but-

and is it possible it's hail? or it could be somthing else entirely.

[Rutherford The Brave]

It's possible it isn't rain but it's nothing paranormal or anything out of the ordinary. Probably dust or if your camera is strong then your own skin flakes. Sorry, but it one of three things here rex, rain, dust or little bits 'o' you.

http://www.whatsonwiltshire.co.uk/hauntedpubsorbs/image/pubs-fireplace-orbs4.jpg

Some people think this is, an orb is a sign of paranormal activity. Although it is believed it's highly disregarded as it is easily disproven.

[Techno Monster]

Rain, dust, little munchkins running around with shopping bag kites... Who knows?!?

Did you see any other orbs in the other parts of the house? If you did, than it is more likely paranormal.

[Mzor203]

Yeah, I have. And I've cleaned the camera lens and taken pictures of the same spot twice with the camera.

Interestingly enough, there always have been weird things that go on around our house... doors randomly closing and opening.


I'll get some of these pictures later, but there are ones where the "orbs" are too bright and solid to be something on the lens... and on a surface that isn't normally illuminated by light.

BTW, I don't believe myself that this particular pic is of anything paranormal, but there is weird stuff in my house. Anyways, I just like the pic, it's cool.

[chickyhannah]

ohhhhhhhhh ghostys are coming to get you whooooo. lol but seriously it sounds like the paranormal to me. :)

[Rutherford The Brave]

Did you not read what he said. It's not paranormal, in fact its far from anything paranormal. It's normal..... It's most likely rain, read this.

Lately, my email inbox has been inundated with mail from excited investigators, both experienced and amateur, who believe they have captured a paranormal anomaly on film. While their excitement is exhilarating, more often than not, I find when I open the attachment and look at the picture, I am immediately let down. It seems that recently, we have all become a little too eager to capture evidence on film and, in our haste to substantiate, we overlook some of the most basic factors when analyzing our own images.

So, it is in this light that we decided to run a series of articles based on how to debunk your own images so that when you present them to the public you are not only providing REAL evidence, you are also maintaining your credibility.

Ok, with that said, we will start off by talking about some basic things to look for when you are looking at a picture with an orb/globule in it. There are 4 possible causes for an orb to appear in your image and they are as follows:

1. Refraction of a dust particle.

Oftentimes the tiniest particle of dust will reflect the flash of your camera or the infrared light of a digital camera producing a stunning orb that most investigators would drool over. Now, the most popular excuse for claiming that it is not dust is; "But, all the other images had no orbs in it. Only this one". Well, that is because it was only one particle of dust and it is most likely still there in the other photos but it is just not at the right position or angle to reflect the light of the camera flash again.

So, the question remains, how do we know when it is dust and when it is a true orb? Dust tends to refract in a perfect circle with little "noise" in it and no border. By this we mean that the orb does not look like a cell under a microscope. Its make-up is pretty much a solid color without a defined border to it.

2. Refraction of moisture.

This is a little bit easier to spot. An orb caused by moisture will tend to have angular sides to it and its make-up tends to fade from solid to transparent. Once again it has no border. And like the dust particle, moisture can appear in one photo and not in another that was taken immediately afterwards.

The larger the moisture the less angular it will look. A picture of rain drops will yield very little angularity at all. In fact it will produce small solid looking object that can easily be mistaken for orbs. A fine mist will produce angular sides.

3. Reflection of an object.

Ok, I must say that this is the most common mistake made and usually the easiest to spot. If you have an image with multiple orbs in it and one is more intense than the other, then, chances are, you have a reflection.

Here is why. When light reflects off of an object it produces many circular "flares" in an image. These vary in intensity and are usually located within a straight line emanating from the source, which is usually some small object in the background that is overlooked by the investigator when reviewing the image. The objects can range from a small ring on a nightstand to the varnish on a table or door.

If you have Adobe PhotoShop, you can take an image like this, run its gamma to near max and you will see that the orb will have the same gamma signature as the object from which they are emanating.

4. True paranormal energy.

Now we're talking. Once you have eliminated the above possibilities, it is time to take a good, long, close look at the orb itself. What you are looking for in "orb" activity is a solid object that emits its own light. It will usually show up on film looking like someone just threw a ping-pong ball across the screen. If the orb has signs of movement, such as a blurred trail behind it, then you've got some rather solid evidence.

The other characteristic of orb activity that we consider is the coloration of the orb. True orbs are colored in the "cool" end of the spectrum, namely white, blue, or green. Any orb activity that shows up as red, orange, or yellow, it typical of dust, light refraction, or processing error.

But remember, and orb is just a collection of energy not the manifestation of a ghost. While orbs are usually present during paranormal activity, you can have orbs show up without paranormal activity.

"Orbs" are a natural phenomenon and can be witnessed with little difficulty in parts of up-state New York as well as other regions around the globe.

So, next time you are flipping through your case pics and find a big white orb staring you down, take the time to really analyze the picture, find the orb's true origins and then present it to the world and be confident that your credibility will remain intact.

Rock on,

-Grant (TAPS)



http://www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/articles/general/photo-orbs.html

[Sunshine Girl]

oooh cool. You should try taking a picture when its snowing hard. It looks amazing :) [with flash on]

[Zazu]

Looks like dust to me.

[Meth]

My friend's mom is really into this paranormal shit, and they went into these woods that were completely secluded. Absolutely no visible light whatsoever, and they captured white orbs just like those ones using their camera.
I'm not really sure what to think about that.

But that still looks kinda cool.

[Rutherford The Brave]

Once, again NOT PARANORMAL GAH! ><. Orbs are the kind of things you throw out, if your in the woods there are probably bugs, dust, pollen, stuff like that floating around so there you go I already debunked your claim.