What are orbs and why do you see them in photos and not in the flesh?

Question

some photos have been taken in a pitch black room with no flash on the camera

Answer 1

The orbs in photographs are nothing more than dust particles on the camera lense.

Answer 2

Orbs are nothing more than dust particles from the surrounding area or clothing being worn by the person taking the photograph.

What you need to consider is that Orbs did not come to note until 2000 when the digital camera for affordable to the general public. Oh and of course "Most haunted - saying orbs are the first manifestation of spirit" "total crap"

The problem lies with the placement of the flash unit in conjunction with the lens. The dust particles passing in front of the lens are only milometers away - the flash illuminates them, though because of their very near distance to the lens they are flared up into an orb - if the lens of a camera was square - we would be calling them cubes.

When viewing an orb in a photograph you should bear in mind that the orb is only milometers in front of the lens and not where we imagine it to be in the photograph - we are viewing a 2 dimensional object and applying 3 dimensional aspects to it.

Fuji - one of the worlds largest producers of digital cameras have the process involved in orb creation on their web, a good explanation.

Answer 3

Note to Gimlet
Orbs have been seen in pictures long before Digital photography even to the days of the Box camera.
Some orbs are dust, light refractions,etc but others are Spiritual Energy

Answer 4

Orbs are supposed to be the energy of a spirit, your not supposed to be able to catch images of them on a digital camera, but you can, non believers will find a reason to explain what the orb is in a picture, but i believe that they are spirits.

Some people can see them, but they are more easily seen in photos

Answer 5

most orbs in photos are dust particles or moisture
they are captured more often than previously due to the high speed lenses on modern cameras

occasionaly a spirit orb can be seen .. but this would be visible to the naked eye and also be caught on regular film

if it is only through digital or high speed cameras
you can bet it is only dust or moisture

Answer 6

Orbs are just dust motes reflecting the camera flash. Nothing supernatural about them.

Answer 7

They are no more than reflections picked up by photographic equipment. I place more confidence in results of changes in electrical fields and temperature than in film. The existance of the soul, or spirit, can rarely be proven through the senses we presently posess. You communicate with spirits through meditation and prayer. This is when you open your soul to others. You must clear your mind of all earthly distractions, the eyes are a huge distraction to the effectiveness of prayer. The brain is where the soul is stored while in this cocoon we call a body. This is why modern science has so much trouble explaining exactly how the brain works, they leave out the spiritual existance while trying to reach conclusions. Through prayer, common to all religions, is learning accomplished by our spiritual guide, whom I call God. Try this method and see what surprises you are given.

Answer 8

I like looking at pictures of orbs! Especially when there's a pretty face to go with them!

Of course I like looking at orbs in the flesh too.

Answer 9

Do you mean light refractions in photographs?

Re: additional details
In a dark room, the camera lens stays open longer to let in what light there is to take a picture. Even a "dark" room may be generally photographed to some degree...

Answer 10

They are dust or pollen particles that catch the camera flash and flare in a photograph.