I believe I have a decent digital camera. It’s a Canon PowerShot A540 that I just got this past Christmas and I actually like it a lot. It’s easy to use and takes great pictures.
Except that sometimes small blemishes appear in the picture.
Maybe I shouldn’t complain. This is the digital age, after all, and pictures can be deleted and retaken. I’m not big on taking pictures, but with this digital camera I’ve taken over 250 pictures in the past few months. Only a hand full have shown these spirit orbs - ok, dust orbs.
And the curious thing is that they’ve appeared only in pictures that include my son. Evidence of paranormal phenomenon?
The first time was when we were hiking in a local state park. I thought it had something to do with the location. But the latest occurrence is in pictures I took in our home just before he left for his senior prom. I had been taking pictures of him and his date earlier in the evening. Just before he left for the actual even he spent a few minutes hanging out at our home shooting some pool, so I decided to take some more pictures.
Again, it wasn’t until I downloaded the pictures to my computer that I noticed some more orbs - this time in multiple shots. In two of the pictures, an orb seemed to position itself in the area of his attention, on the pool table. Below is one of those shots:
Depending on your monitor and browser, you may not be able to see the orb on the table. One thing I found interesting is that on digital displays the image is more pronounced if you view at an angle rather than straight on. Is there any significance in that? Beats me. Below is a closeup where I adjusted the brightness and contrast to get the orb to be visible on a different monitor.
The most dramatic shot is where these “orbs” are actually on his person. It looks like he’s being engulfed by them. Two are on his pant leg (again, the bottom orb might not be visible on some systems), some small ones are in front of him, and then some faint, larger ones high up the wall. What gives?
I was able to find more websites dealing with these orbs and many of them maintain that they are nothing more than dust in the air, close to the lens, that get caught in the flash. Apparently it’s not that uncommon with digital cameras, and similar effects can be duplicated by throwing dust in the air and then taking pictures with the flash. But then you get a sea of dust orbs.
Whatever the cause, apparently I’ll have to get used to the fact that some of my pictures will be “marred” by the occasional orb. And unless accompanied by truly frightening phenomenon, it won’t be anything to worry about.
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This is cool. I have a few spirit orb pics. I’ll have to dig ‘em up and post ‘em
BTW: I’m cross-posting this to http://strangeandcool.blogspot.com it’s really interesting. Do you have any experience with Electronic Voice Phenomenon?
Thanks. That’d be great to see some of your orb pics. As for EVP, I’ve been intrigued by it but haven’t done any experimenting. It doesn’t seem difficult to set up, so maybe …
A friend of mine photographed what seems to be the shadow of a person in a photo. Yet, this was a nature shot taken with no people in sight. We see what we’re ready to see. Ask yourself why you choose to see spirit orbs and not something more simplistic, such as reflections of sunbeams.
It is a spirit orb…. believe it. If you ever see or hear of anything weird, keep a note of it.
hi. I have to say they are definitely orbs. I have recently noticed these in my photos, big and bright, and have tested with different cameras. i have so many pics, i have made a website. take a look see what you think? http://www.freewebs.com/orbfinder.
many thanks
sam
Hello, I have also taken photos with orbs in them. They seem to appear the most when I take events where people are celebrating. I have also captured orbs in photos taken at sacred sites. In such places “clouds” of orbs seem to appear in the photos. Recently I discovered that if I make a request for an orb to appear in a picture they usually do!
@sahee: I’ve heard of reports where the number of orbs photographed actually increases over time - as if it becomes easier to do. You may find this to be the case yourself. If so, it adds greater weight to the concept that these are real things that are not related to ‘natural’ causes.
Yes I agree with what Chris is saying…that makes sense.
I have these same pictures in my house. It seems to be in the same area. I have taken many other pictures at work and family homes, and the pictures are normal. As soon as I get home to test to see if I have the obs at home, they come right up. My son said he saw someone in the house, and I have heard and saw strange things which I blame on the cat or my crazyness. But after seeing everyone elses orbs Im starting to wonder.
Hello again,
I have photographed lots of orbs in my apartment too. They seem to be concentrated in the hall way and near my wardrobe in the bedroom. A neighbour’s cat spends quite a lot of time at my place and I think he can actually see orbs, becuase sometimes he runs across the hall way as if he is running to avoid soemthing. If I happen to take a photograph in the hall way when he does that, my expereinece is that orbs turn up in the photograph.
What does it mean when numbers appear in your pictures? I had a picture taken of me last halloween and there were 7 7’s all around me. They were even on my forehead. No one can tell me what it is or how they got there.
Any ideas?
Hi Christine, I’m not familiar with that particular phenomenon. Did the numbers look like that were printed, or were they patterns within the photo that had the shape of numbers?