Orbs

malico

Have read this very interesting article.

Hope you like it.

http://www.assap.org/newsite/articles/Paranormal orbs.html

Sephiroth_dude

very interesting.............on the topic of orbs I was in berlin in germany last auguest,went to the sachenhausen concentration camp,took some photos.couple months ago I decided to have a look at them again and lo behold i noiticed there was orbs in some of the pics,it strange though cuz i never noiticed them before that.

shadowatching

I caught an Orb on my camera, didnt see it untill i saw my pictures. I should put it on the internet to show you all.


-ponders-

Fajitas!

Q: Some people get orbs on many photos while others never get any. How is that explained?
Q: I never get photos of orbs. How can I take some?

A: Some photographers gets lots of pictures of orbs because, whether consciously or not, they often take photos in conditions conducive to producing orbs. If people want, or expect, to get orb pictures they will discover, through trial and error, how to maximise their orb count. Here are some of the most important factors:

* use a camera with a small physical sensor (so a small compact rather than a DSLR)
* take photos in a dusty place or during rain (but protect your camera from water damage!)
* choose a dark background (more orbs show up this way)
* always use flash (you can get orbs without flash but it isn't easy)
* make sure there is no nearby subject to reflect back the flash (this maximises the flash duration)

So, the 'ideal' set up to produce lots of orbs would be taking flash pictures of nothing, outside on a dark, wet night. Just about any camera should produce orbs in that situation. If you get rain or water droplets on your camera lens you may also get photos with weird glowing shapes.

Lol, that's like a list of "how to take a bad photograph"

magnumlady

I see orbs quite often, haven't managed to get many of them on camera though.

mattfender

Took some pic of napoleons tomb yesterday in paris...no "orbs" anywhere else but around his tomb...one really bright blue in one pic

Here's one of the pics...these the "orbs" everyones on about?

Ziycon

mattfender wrote: »

Took some pic of napoleons tomb yesterday in paris...no "orbs" anywhere else but around his tomb...one really bright blue in one pic

Here's one of the pics...these the "orbs" everyones on about?

Them seem to be light anomilies caused by the camera, dont seem to be orbs!

edelgkgeraghty

Ziycon wrote: »

Them seem to be light anomilies caused by the camera, dont seem to be orbs!

From what i know that is an orb. They say if you zoom in on the centre of it, that you might be able to make some image out of it. The more activity in the circle of the orb the more it is an orb rather than a spec of dust!

ghosthunter73

magnumlady wrote: »

I see orbs quite often, haven't managed to get many of them on camera though.

It is actually quite easy, turn off all the lights shake a door mat around and take a picture with the flash on. Hey presto "orbs"

ChewChew

hi guys, sorry for bumping this thread, but did'nt want to start a new one!!

I was in Paris at the weekend, and took plenty of snaps. Have always been interested in Orbs so I keep an eye on every photo I take, so I noticed that most of my photo's have Orbs in them but this one is the clearest as far as I can see. . .

I'd love to know your thoughts. . .

Ostrom

Its fairly noisy so it looks like it was shot at high ISO, that will render any dirt or dust on your lens / sensor more prominent, particularly so in this image where they have been exposed at high sensitivity onto a relatively (in terms of the tone of your overall shot) light background.

The alternative, if you are using a point and shoot is a low pixel res setting

The spots arent bright enough for flash refelection from dust, I would say since it was shot at night time and there were artificial lights around that you caught a bit of lens flare. Its very common on SLRs if used under certain conditions without a lens hood (bright lighting, off camera light source), and even more so on digital compacts with unshielded convex lens elements

Just going through the exif file for your photo, it was taken on a Compact shot at 1/60 F3 ISO 400 which is a standard for auto settings, and the flash was fired. With those settings you can probably put the spots down to flare or dust. Low depth of field will also accentuate them

DANNY22XX

its insects..ie fly,setc,,,
the smaller the insects the duller the orb,,,,,lol
plus when you are far away can cause it to look dull,,,

Ostrom

I doubt it is an insect, they dont produce that uniform a reflection from flash (the tones and colours of the spots are similar). A compact flash is only effective up to about five metres, and an insect will tend to absord rather than reflect if close enough. For those to be insects, they would have to be at the same distance within the flashes effective range which is unlikely.

Sorry op, I'm a great believer, but I just dont know about orbs. You will pick them up under every and any condition with all kinds of camera, and they are easy to reproduce. Those shots with visible faces are also easy to produce in a few seconds, even before digital with sandwiched negatives (and even more so now with editing tools). And I think kirlian photography, which has done more damage to the validity of the camera as a fieldwork tool should be included here too,

I think the camera is far too unreliable to produce anything valid in this context. Comments welcome?

DANNY22XX

efla wrote: »

I doubt it is an insect, they dont produce that uniform a reflection from flash (the tones and colours of the spots are similar). A compact flash is only effective up to about five metres, and an insect will tend to absord rather than reflect if close enough. For those to be insects, they would have to be at the same distance within the flashes effective range which is unlikely

the wings on flies are very reflective,,,its outside aswell,,