Many might know me for wise *** questions, But I was off today, and watched a LOT of "ghost" stuff on the web. I don't know anything about photoshop, but I am good with an slr. I can duplicate everything there.
With todays technology, how can you justify photographs as evidence.
2007-08-21 11:41:27 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Alternative ➔ Paranormal Phenomena
If a person believes in ghosts.How can you expect them to make sense?
2007-08-21 13:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. NG 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I also am good with an SLR, and photoshop, but most photographs offered as evidence dont require photoshopping. Most of the photographs I have seen offered as evidence are whats called orbs and vortexes, neither of which are spirits.
-orbs being dust
-vortexs being caused by a number of things, such as the strap across the lens.
-Another popular phenomena is the smoke face. At night in a cemetary you take a picture, it helps if someone is smoking, because cigarette smoke makes interesting twists and turns. When the flash reflects off the smoke it sometimes looks like an illuminated face. If you dont get a face, you can always claim its a vortex.
-Finally, shadows and colors and imagination can make something look like a person or face. I love these ones, they are fun, not ghosts, but fun.
To get to the point, photographs and videos distributed over the internet are not evidence at all. Many people believe they actually caught a spirit on film, they arent fakes.
Yes, there are a few fakes who photoshop pics, but the vast majority just have cheap cameras and an imagination.
2007-08-22 09:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Back nearly 150 years ago when the first "spirit photographs" came out, it was easy then to create fraudulent photographs. How much more so it is today with digital photography and Photoshop!
Because of this, photographs aren't evidence at all. They are little better than hearsay, in my opinion. But they are still all the rage because believers can share them amongst themselves and share experiences and build their beliefs. And when everyday phenomena can be interpreted as ghost activity (i.e., "orbs"), such photographs can really inspire the true believer. Who wants to come away from a ghost hunt with nothing to show for it?
EDIT: One can download an image, modify it, then re-upload it to the camera, so having an image on camera doesn't make a difference.
2007-08-21 18:58:11 · answer #3 · answered by John 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You can't. I have played with camera from age 9. Worked as a photographer in collage, work in photo labs in newspapers after I got out of school. Trust me on this, you can fake anything, or at least I can. Photoshop just makes it easier. If I wanted to fake a picture I would use a double exposure on my large format camera, add some darkroom work, make a new negative and then scan it in to my Mac at about 100mb file size. If you play with that in photoshop, then rescan the print no one ever be able to tell if it is a fake.
You can't prove anything with a photo. About.paranormal.com has been running a fake photo contest, check it out.
2007-08-21 19:52:18 · answer #4 · answered by John S 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mostly I take the pictures for my own benefit because while I can "see" the spirits in a manner of speaking (my brain picks up the image but my eyes don't process it) when I take the photos it is more of my own personal confirmation.
I never expect anybody to "believe" that any of my photos are real unless they were actually there when I took them and they watch me download them.
Actually, once I borrowed my brothers camera and took it to him and he downloaded the photos and HE was the one who discovered some things that were captured.
I've also duplicated a couple of things as simply as using cigarette smoke...mostly for the fact that I can usually "just tell" when its fake and I needed to prove it.
2007-08-23 22:16:25 · answer #5 · answered by Malachi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photography isn't definitive evidence. At most it can be supporting evidence. This really has been the case since the outset of photography.
2007-08-22 14:11:11 · answer #6 · answered by Peter D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep a copy of the negative. Keep original copies of the picture. Make sure you have witnesses. Look for people trying to learn not make a name for themselves
2007-08-22 04:15:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Here is the trust issue. Do u trust the person taking the picture when they say I have not altered the picture at all?
2007-08-22 13:35:55 · answer #8 · answered by mrsstring50 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's no way...
only the people who were there when you took the picture would believe you that it's a ghost.
2007-08-21 22:59:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only through negatives i am afraid. You cannot say for sure if they are authentic through the prints.
2007-08-21 23:04:20 · answer #10 · answered by Trinity 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋