Ghost Photo or Natual Phenomenon

Riamfada

I posted this on the paranormal forum but you guys might be able to give a thechnical reason for this

Hi folks

Some photos for analysis . I am really excited about this. Please have a look and tell me what you think. It was taken earlier this week by two archaeologists in a graveyard and church site in Palmerstown. Notes to accompany the photos below.

(please look at the bottom right for the image)




Two of us were wearing light blue/green coats that are of a waterproof nylon type cloth. We were both standing behind Vicky when she took the photos.

There was three of us on the site that day and only us. Because people come up to drink and do drugs we werevery careful of our surroundings and kept a lookout for anyone coming round.


Archaeologist 1

Weather was overcast all day and at times drizzly and wet. It was a gloomy day and none of us really wanted to be there. Mind you, this was the third time we had been on the site. But that Tuesday the site felt
uneasy and unwelcoming. I was one of the people crawling around measuring distances off the baseline and although I don't really believe in haunted graveyards, I felt the need to apologize to the graves as I crawled
over and around them. I had the heebie jeebies all day.

We didn't see anything and it was not until the next day when the photos were loaded onto the computer that Vicky saw the figure behind the grave stone. We discussed it and have no idea what could have caused that
figure, there is nothing in the background. That side of the church is the only one free of most debris and bushes. I was hard pressed when we had to go back to the site the following Saturday, but the feel of the site
was completely different. It was sunny most of the day and I only got the heebie jeebies from one grave that looks as though someone tried to dig it up. We took a few photos, but nothing showed up inthem. Regardless,
there is no way in hell I would be there after dark and I am not real keen on going back in daylight either.

Archaeolgist 2 (photographer)

Laura and Claire were both wearing light
coloured jackets, with reflective parts to them. I believe they both
had their hoods up as well, but you would have to double check with
them. They were both standing behind me, and to my left. There are 2
more photos with 'orbs' although I had put them down to being something
like a rain droplet. There was no one else in the area, just the three
of us. The camera in question was a Canon S3IS, set on to automatic mode. I have another photo taken shortly before which shows nothing. I also think I may have used to flash
but .

GristlyEnd

Rain droplet ftw!

majiktripp

Grimes wrote: »

(please look at the bottom right for the image)
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All I see in bottom right is what looks like a ping pong ball boucing in mid-air.
I do how ever see the shadow/silhouette that yer on about. I'd say its a trick of light by the looks of it!

ThOnda

Rain drops were fallin' on you lens...

It's not a phenomenon, it is a photographers mistake. Sorry for spoiling such story.

Mellor

majiktripp, I think you missing what she is on about.
In the lower right its a raondrop, that was said in the OP, there is a shadow in the middle that is a watermark I think

The paranormal part is the person over to the left.
I think everyone is missing because the op said to look to bottom right, misdirection at its best.


EDIT: Im took to part out and blew it up.


But, I don't think there is anything paranormal about it.
I would say it is a person with a white top on, you didn't see them as you were focused on the object you were photographing.

They are overexposed that gives them a bright glow, this is because they are wearing a pure white top in a bright area of the graveyard and you are photographing a shaded area, the exposure is based on the shaded area, hence over exposing the person and they look washed out, bright etc

Ricky91t

What is the thing behind the gravestone on the left?!?

unionman

Looks a bit like Casper!;)

Not a believer in the paranormal myself, but this is creepy in a funny way.

PopeBuckfastXVI

Open an image in ms paint.

use free select to draw a semi-gorilla looking figure

ctrl-x

voila! it's a monkey ghost!

Riamfada

Sorry guys I meant the left. Thanks for the feedback. But the grave directly infront of the figure seems in focus ish

GristlyEnd

Then as said above it's just someone in a white top blown out.

Mellor

Its not focus, its exposure. They are over exposed due to the camera baseing the exposure on the building in front. I've seen it happen before where I didnt do the exposure right and a whole building disappeared on me.

PopeBuckfastXVI

Yah... if you look the sky is completely blown out too... which is a good sign that other parts of the image will be overexposed

Stephen

Looks like a skanger in a white hoody to me.

6th

Mellor wrote: »

majiktripp, I think you missing what she is on about.

Yeah that Grimes chick gets confused sometimes.

Muineach

From looking at it, it looks to be over exposed, plust the blueish tinge to the color and blurriness could be down to chromatic aberration.
A sample shown below, it can give off a color cast and make it more blurry (well that's what I've seen)

ShakeyBlakey

its definately a figure, and if there were 3 people there, i'm sure 1 of them would see a person in a white top, especially as they were looking out for people and sound like they were a little nervous to be there in the first place.
I took a photo a few years back and still to this day cant explain something about it, i wont go into detail about it as i'll be called a nut!.
This pic could be a hoax, but i'll take the original posters word for it, that its not.
Maybe you'll never really know what it is, but its definately not a reflection of trick of light, so really I cant explain what it is, unless its a GHOST...........BOOOOOOOO

PixelTrawler

ShakeyBlakey wrote: »

I took a photo a few years back and still to this day cant explain something about it, i wont go into detail about it as i'll be called a nut!.

Ah now you cant post that and not post the picture... nut:) (see your called a nut anyway makes no difference)
(Your flicker is good too mate. Those shots in the botanic gardens are amazing. The light and colour is superb)

jtsuited

skanger in a white hoody walking the other way with his hood up ftw!

Peter Gomes

I don't think so that its a ghost. I think its something else which looks like an ghost or shadow.

DaireQuinlan

Peter Gomes wrote: »

I don't think so that its a ghost. I think its something else which looks like an ghost or shadow.

Ghosts, not zombies.

Wabbit Ears

Is it possible to get a copy of the original image in full resolution?

My guess is Its a person in a white reflective rainjacket because, you know, its raining out.

sbsquarepants

What was the previous image taken of? I've heard that sometimes the sensors don't fully flush out the previous image properly
(usually on cheaper cameras though it has to be said) leading to a "ghostly" image appearing on the next shot. Looks way too overexposed to me to be a wandering skanger/junkie that just went unnoticed in it's natural habitat.

Either that or an albino big foot - I hear palmerstown is riddled with them

.Longshanks.

Peter Gomes wrote: »

I don't think so that its a ghost. I think its something else which looks like an ghost or shadow.

I'm genuinely intrigued how the hell you managed to find a six+ year old thread!

And double well done for this being your first ever post!!

sbsquarepants

Ha, I never noticed it was 6 years old - but sure then what's that to a ghost anyway?

Wabbit Ears

araghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the thread is haunted..........Dint notice myself, for shame

Sheeps

lol

Effects

It's only someone in a white hooded top. I put the image into photoshoshop and used the section trace pen tool to localise the area you are talking about. I then used the reverse tool to show the other side of the piece in question and you can just about make out the face but you can also see he has his arm held up to his head, something you can't see because of the angle in the original photo.

Effects

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Ha, I never noticed it was 6 years old - but sure then what's that to a ghost anyway?

Ghosts actually feel time a lot more than we do. 6 months to us is actually 6 years to a ghost. It's a common misconception that ghosts don't feel time going by.

DaireQuinlan

Effects wrote: »

Ghosts actually feel time a lot more than we do. 6 months to us is actually 6 years to a ghost. It's a common misconception that ghosts don't feel time going by.

QFT

Riamfada

This thread makes me feel old.

Reoil

There are no such thing as ghosts.
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