Anomalous Photographs
How easy is it to take a photograph that appears to have a ghost or anomalous effect upon it? I think fully understanding how these photographs can be taken is the key to help identifying natural causes for many strange pictures, assuming there are natural causes.
How easy is it to take a photograph that appears to have a ghost or anomalous effect upon it? I think fully understanding how these photographs can be taken is the key to help identifying natural causes for many strange pictures, assuming there are natural causes.
Easy
It’s relatively easy. Long exposures are a clear danger. Many cameras have a ‘night mode’ that produces a flash followed by a long exposure. A lot of ‘ghost’ photos these days are simply shapes suggestive of human figures at, or beyond, the limit of resolution of the photo.
Its really easy with the
Its really easy with the help of computers but you can fake them without.
You can also get accidental photos that look a bit "weird". I think if you really want to get something on film and you get a slightly odd photo you’ll put it down as such without really thinking about it.
I haven’t done a great deal of ghost hunting but i guess if you take a picture and people say its faked but it isn’t then its their loss.
As i said in the introduction forum, if anyone has a site they want to investigate and they need or want a photographer let me know because i’d love to help out (i feel like i have to mention i don’t charge)
Anomalous Photographs
We have experimented with a number or reconstructions which Kim has posted some of elsewhere on this forum although there is a fakery section on our website where we have recreated some classic pictures. This does not mean to say the originals ARE fake (thats down to the individual) as we are purely showing that we can recreate it easily.
The easiest were a series we did with long exposure with no flash and the camera mounted on a tripod. Whatever the set exposure the stooge was in the frame for half of the exposure which resulted in a clear crisp yet transparent image.
Anomalous Photographs
I think that photoshop is the friend of anybody who wants to fake a photograph as it’s such a powerful package. However anomalous photographs can be taken by pure chance as we found on the original site when we were sent a photograph that appeared to show an apparition at the bottom of a garden. This has appeared on an older forum, but I am sure Ian or Neil can help me out with an image post?
Taken with an ancient Canon
Taken with an ancient Canon EOS10 SLR 35mm.
sorry can resize help??
sorry can resize help??
whoops!!!
Dave you know,
whoops!!!
Dave you know, big is beautiful ;o)
He he good job too Kim 🙂
He he good job too Kim 🙂
I’ve condensed it a little
I’ve condensed it a little for you, Dave. 🙂
Thanks Neil
Thanks Neil
Skeleton?
A lot of the photographs we are sent in showing anomalies are taken by accident. I have shown this picture before on our other forum but it is a favourite of mine.
It turned out, much to the relief of the person who took it to be reflection of a snooker trophy.
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Skeleton?
I would like to think they spotted that quickly for themselves. Although it makes my mind boggle as to what else they were trying to photograph as there doesn’t appear to be much else in the picture occurring.
Skeleton
The story was that the mother just took a picture of her garden, saw the image and got immediately worried. She didn’t realise what it was to begin with and stopped her children playing outside whilst she sought help. She sent the piscture in and we asked her to look for what it could be a relection of, hence she then discovered the answer for herself. However, it is a good example of genuine accidental photograph that led to some very real worry.
Skeleton?
I think you may have been fitted up Ian. This picture shows nothing worthy of taking a picture of the garden for. There is only the fence in shot. In any case if you were going to seriously take a photo of your garden you would probably go outside to take it not take it through a window with the sun glaring at it. Given that and that the ‘tin man’ isperfectly poised in the right position to look like a midget in the garden hoeing I recon it was a set up which, quite rightly, you saw through.
You can’t always believe peoples accounts when they send stuff. Frequently an examination of the exif data will show that their accounts are lies as we have found with some we have been sent.
Dave wrote: I think you may
[quote=Dave]
I think you may have been fitted up Ian. This picture shows nothing worthy of taking a picture of the garden for. There is only the fence in shot. In any case if you were going to seriously take a photo of your garden you would probably go outside to take it not take it through a window with the sun glaring at it. Given that and that the ‘tin man’ isperfectly poised in the right position to look like a midget in the garden hoeing I recon it was a set up which, quite rightly, you saw through.
You can’t always believe peoples accounts when they send stuff. Frequently an examination of the exif data will show that their accounts are lies as we have found with some we have been sent.[/quote]
Excellent point Dave, but in this case no harm was done as we never believed it was anything more than a reflection. Rather than accuse anyone of hoaxing we just accepeted it as a great picture.
I have come across pictures that are bare faced lies in the past and supposed video footage of apparitions so I do understand your point and it is something we all have to consider when reviewing submitted pictures.
Dave wrote:
I think you may
[quote=Dave]I think you may have been fitted up Ian. This picture shows nothing worthy of taking a picture of the garden for. There is only the fence in shot. In any case if you were going to seriously take a photo of your garden you would probably go outside to take it not take it through a window with the sun glaring at it. Given that and that the ‘tin man’ isperfectly poised in the right position to look like a midget in the garden hoeing I recon it was a set up which, quite rightly, you saw through.[/quote]
On the contrary, people frequently take photos of ‘nothing special’, to other peoples’ eyes. I’m sure if you saw some of my photos you’d ask, ‘what is it of?’. We all take a different of the world and it is reflected in the photos we take. I certainluy can’t see the point of many otgher people’s photos! I wouldn’t use apparent ‘aimlessness’ as pointing to anything in particular when analysing photos.
Minor Addition
Also, let us not forget that occasionally images are taken of ghosts that are not deliberate fakes. Take, for example, the early box type cameras that were notorious for having light ‘leaks’ that would create ‘ghosts’ on the final image.
One does not need long exposures to have malfunctioning equipment give you a ghost.
BaronIveagh wrote:
Also,
[quote=BaronIveagh]Also, let us not forget that occasionally images are taken of ghosts that are not deliberate fakes. Take, for example, the early box type cameras that were notorious for having light ‘leaks’ that would create ‘ghosts’ on the final image. One does not need long exposures to have malfunctioning equipment give you a ghost.
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I’ve examined thousands of anomalous photos and only one or two were deliberate fakes. In the vast majority of cases they are photographic artefacts, like long exposures or orbs. Another large category is people seeing things that are not there in the detail of photos (at or beyond the resolution of the shot).
Re: Anomalous Photographs
Great picture. Thanks for posting it here.
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