In your opinion, what are those strange orbs you sometimes get on digital photographs...?

Question

Is it a trick of the light, dust particles, a digital glitch or as some people have said to me....paranormal phenomena...?

You can get them on 35mm too, but it mainly occurs on digital in my experience. Sometimes, theres loads and other times, theres just one HUGE one.

Extensive analysis and experimentation from myself indicates that sometimes, a light out of shot is involved (i do rock & roll photography mainly but also do scenic and portrait) but it is not always so when i reel off the same shot in the same position a split second later... I've tried taking pictures of disturbed dust particles and they do not create this 'orb' effect....sometimes, it appears to be totally random, like theres nothing that triggers it off.

Any suggestions or theories on this, and how I can prevent it? Thanks.

Answer 1

Oh definitely ghosts! Whenever I don't understand something/ haven't given it any thought, I jump straight to ghosts. I mean, there just no logical explanation for spots appearing on film. None at all. Must be ghosts.

Answer 2

why attempt to construct some supernatural clarification while there are a lot of regular clarification? The airborne dirt and dust and the lens flare solutions that many have given could particularly thoroughly clarify orbs. Orbs have continually been produced on action picture cameras too, yet because of the mechanical ameliorations between the two technologies orbs are greater prevalent with client digital kit. (that's why we get some many orb questions without postpone) The optical structures on the two form of digital camera are genuinely the comparable, however the taking photos area of the gadget in digital cameras, the CCD value-coupled gadget, is very nearly continually a lot smaller than that of a typical 35mm action picture physique, this blended with a prevalent difficulty of photographs noted as a Circle of misunderstanding is the reason for orbs that are so commonly considered with digital cameras. the certainly orb itself is a made of the mechanics of the cameras lensing gadget and linked CCD blended with the mirrored image of the cameras flash off of a few close by particle alongside with a water droplet or airborne dirt and dust particle. because of the fact the sunshine pondered from the flash is so close the cameras lens evidently out of concentration as a Circle of misunderstanding. client digital cameras tend to be somewhat small with the flash very close to to the lens, this motives the pondered easy coming back from any close by debris fairly bright, predisposing the gadget as an entire to the orb phenomenon. Orbs are infrequently considered on cameras, even digital cameras, the place the flash is fairly distanced from the lens.

Answer 3

I've seen these "orbs" investigated on both "UFO" shows and "Ghost-Chasing" shows.

They are demonstrably caused by dust particles in the air.

However, it's not so straightforward as just throwing a bunch of dust into the air and then taking pictures.

Angle of incidence of your light source, make-up and orientation of the dust particles, ambient light levels, etc, all play a part in whether they appear or not.

And since the particles are always in motion, you'll rarely, if ever, be able to "reproduce" an orb in two consecutive shots.

Answer 4

They are strange orbs you sometimes get on digital photographs!

They are a camera artifact, usually motes of dust or moisture. This has been exhaustively investigated and proven. Go to Csicop of Jref sites and do a search.

Answer 5

It's usually dust motes floating in the air too close to the eye of the camera, and the focus is farther thus making the dust out of focus and large and "orb-like".

Answer 6

I'm not sure what you mean. But I have those orbs when I make photos in discos, clubs, concerts, when its dark and the lasers and lights are shining, and the room is full of smoke.
I prevent them by photographing without flash but with the highest light sensitivity (speed).

Answer 7

i agree with zorg,and further you can often see these with the naken eye by using a pair of reader glasses and holding them over a pan of steaming water not fully steamed up just a droplet or two then hold them up to a bright light and look close up with your eye somewhat out of focus you will see them,and more.

there is no such thing as spirits/ghosts.
when youre dead youre dead.

Answer 8

small droplets of moisture on the lens, they dry up pretty quick, if you are taking photos in a gig atmosphere you are bound to get droplets (on Digital), stick to film for gigs, its far better

Answer 9

ghosts! spirits! dead people's souls!