I've looked around the web a bit, but can't find anything conclusive. help me explain the white swirl seen at the top of this photo, it's unedited (well only sized). this is the artist house in key west (home of robert the doll... the haunted doll of key west), taken last week, no flash.
Our ghost hunter was banned from this site several years ago, although she has appeared here every now and then since. It's bad luck to mention her name so I won't.
Anyway, I'm not superstitious and I don't think that camera's will catch something that we couldn't see in the first place. So that leaves something that you weren't aware of in the view of the lens or something wrong within the lens or camera.
I've only seen something like that when I am painting with light, but you were good enough to post your shutter speed so that's ruled out.
no flash. i admit i take lots of pictures of "haunted" spots when i go to key west, but this is the first time i saw anything like this in the capture.
Bah... There was a flash... It may not have been yours, but there WAS a flash.. Look at the plate on the motorcycle on the left and the reflectors on the car. Smoke + Flash = a bunch of baffled DPC'ers. ;)
ETA: Hey, wait, what was the prize for winning this game? ;)
I think that reflector light may be from the Canon's autofocus assist light.
Originally posted by Cory:
Bah... There was a flash... It may not have been yours, but there WAS a flash.. Look at the plate on the motorcycle on the left and the reflectors on the car. Smoke + Flash = a bunch of baffled DPC'ers. ;)
ETA: Hey, wait, what was the prize for winning this game? ;)
I think that reflector light may be from the Canon's autofocus assist light.
Originally posted by Cory:
Bah... There was a flash... It may not have been yours, but there WAS a flash.. Look at the plate on the motorcycle on the left and the reflectors on the car. Smoke + Flash = a bunch of baffled DPC'ers. ;)
ETA: Hey, wait, what was the prize for winning this game? ;)
I did some extreme sharpening and edge work....even more strange !
Dust + Smoke + Flash, notice the fall off? Notice how the spots get brighter and bigger as they are closer? That's because those ones are very OOF and the flash hit them the hardest...
Small bugs, like sandflies, can cause the little dots when they are pretty close to the camera. I'm not sure about the smoke. If this was a second or third exposure within a few seconds, there may have been some moisture on the flash that was steaming off when you shot this one.
Have a look at the exif and see if the flash was on. It certainly appears that way in the photo. I notice also that the building on the left is closer and is brighter in the image.
It's a unique and very cool image, just as it is, because of the old victorian home, and the anomalies.
Small bugs, like sandflies, can cause the little dots when they are pretty close to the camera. I'm not sure about the smoke. If this was a second or third exposure within a few seconds, there may have been some moisture on the flash that was steaming off when you shot this one.
Have a look at the exif and see if the flash was on. It certainly appears that way in the photo. I notice also that the building on the left is closer and is brighter in the image.
It's a unique and very cool image, just as it is, because of the old victorian home, and the anomalies.
I honestly don't think it was his flash, the shadow from the wire is cast in the wrong direction for it to be his flash. The light source really is to his left by a few feet.
I did some extreme sharpening and edge work....even more strange !
That's the way the sky looks in the Keys at night. There are an amazing number of stars visible if you are on one of the darker islands. It's almost like the sky in the desert on clear nights.
I don't see any shadow from the trunks of the palms. That may just be two wires and one is too dark to see until it gets in front of the lighter part of the house.
