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[challenge entry] my brother the spirit attractor
when I got my first digital camera back in 2000 I took it to the pub to show friends, on the way out I tested the flash in the dark...
only gamma & contrast have been increased, the flash shows up the raindrops and the roadsign behind

larger, original unedited image from the camera

From the The Family Circus challenge. See all 98 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:38, archived)
# see now after Most Haunted and all... ghost orbs?
smoking? fog? dirty lens?
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:40, archived)
# ghost orbs
i've seen them go on about that stuff, what complete and utter bullshit they are.
(I helped save b3ta! StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:42, archived)
# orbs are easy to fake when it's raining :)
nobody was smoking, there wasn't any fog and the lens was too tiny for mist to produce something like that (one of those 3mm fixed focus ones), other pictures that night didn't have any foggyness like this one
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:42, archived)
# A combination of all above, I would presume.
I've achieved the same effects indoors with some spotlights and a dirty lens, as well as numerous "ghost" photographs of my own breath (or exhaled smoke, or fog).

Nothing supernatural about it.
(natal needs a vacation from vacationing, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:43, archived)
# lets all write to Most Haunted about this
dispell a few of their theories ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:45, archived)
# well I dunno I`ve taken pics of the same person in different locations and got that
but not with other people in other locations :\
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:57, archived)
# Were you smoking?
Was it raining? etc etc...got loads of pics like that too
EDIT: its clearly raining there so its unlikely theyre orbs :(
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:42, archived)
# I've taken quite a few pictures of rain with a flash because the dot effect is great
but other than that one none have any mist in them that wasn't there when I took the picture
(I helped save b3ta! Haku Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips., Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:44, archived)
# I was at a b3ta party and took pictures
but around one area/one person there were a lot of "weird things"

now I believe in all that spiritual stuff, but couldn`t explain what was happening there :\
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:46, archived)
# Id have to go with natal on this one occasion
The orbs look like water droplets and the ecto mist is most likely breath or cigarette smoke. Although the red orb is interesting. Were there any lights in the background or just out of shot?
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:47, archived)
# you`re teh expert :D
(I helped save b3ta! Reckless_Rik, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:58, archived)
# The red orb
is from a pedestrian crossing I reckon. The big green light is the little green man. You can see the control box on the pole underneath.
(Xybex, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 2:02, archived)
# Hmmm
The sad thing is that any photo with rain in it (even if it was raining ages before) will be debunked straight away. Anything genuine cant be picked up on then :(
(I helped save b3ta! Shuya Nanahara Sayonara, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 1:53, archived)
# Ahh...
This one has spiwit!

Spiwit! You know, a certain dewwing do.
(HeilBush Lurking since 2004, Sat 25 Dec 2004, 2:22, archived)