Ghost pics, anyone?

by Pleasuredome 36 Replies latest members adult

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  rem

  I'm not sure why people would think that photographic film would pick up anything they human eye couldn't. If anything, the human eye is far superior in its ability to pick up light. What is the supposed mechanism that these ghost figures get transfered to the film, if not by photons being focused onto the film's surface?

  The problem is that there is no theory for how such a ghost image could be transferred to the film, but there is much evidence of fraud and accidental double exposures over the years. There was a time when spirit photos were quite fashionable. Remember that there were many people who though for sure the fairie pictures were real too, but it was finally proven, as all skeptics were sure, that they were just simple pranks. So many people are fooled because of their desire to believe.

  rem
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  nilfun

  There was a time when spirit photos were quite fashionable

  The Ghost in the Stereoscope

  

  

  The first ghosts in photographs were the result of accidents. During a long exposure--such as those required in photography's infancy--a person who stood still would register as clearly as a building. But a person who moved out of camera range after only a portion of the exposure was completed would instead appear as a see-through blur. It happened with the lamplighter in this detail from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company.

  To the right, another figure can be seen--a gawker who did not stay around long enough to be immortalized by the camera.
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  nilfun

  Love ghost pics...

  Here's another:

  The Ghost in the Burning Building

  

  On November 19, 1995, Wem Town Hall in Shropshire, England burned to the ground. Many spectators gathered to watch the old building, built in 1905, as it was being consumed by the flames. Tony O'Rahilly, a local resident, was one of those onlookers and took photos of the spectacle with a 200mm telephoto lens from across the street. One of those photos shows what looks like a small, partially transparent girl standing in the doorway. Nether O'Rahilly nor any of the other onlookers or firefighters recalled seeing the girl there.

  O'Rahilly submitted the photo to the Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena which, in turn, presented it for analysis to Dr. Vernon Harrison, a photographic expert and former president of the Royal Photographic Society. Harrison carefully examined both the print and the original negative, and concluded that it was genuine. "The negative is a straightforward piece of black-and-white work and shows no sign of having been tampered with," Harrison said.

  But who is the little girl? Wem, a quiet market town in northern Shropshire, had been ravaged by fire in the past. In 1677, historical records note, a fire destroyed many of the town's old timber houses. A young girl named Jane Churm, the legends say, accidentally set fire to a thatched roof with a candle. Many believed her ghost haunted the area and had been seen on a few other occasions.
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  Mulan

  I'm not sure why people would think that photographic film would pick up anything they human eye couldn't.

  Auras? They can be photographed in great detail, that most people cannot see.
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  rem

  What is an aura? Why have I never seen an aura on any of my thousands of pictures of myself? Is the mechanism for an aura transferring itself to film the same as when it allegedly transfers itself to digital media? Is the aura measurable?

  rem
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  pr_capone

  Look at the following link. Its a picture of a room but if you look real closely by the window you can see the ghost. It tool most of the people I know more than a minute to spot it but when they did it was clear as day. Check it out.

  http://home.attbi.com/~n9ivo/whatswrong.swf
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  funkyderek

  Auras? They can be photographed in great detail, that most people cannot see.

  Auras are a phenomenon of the electric field used in Kirlian photography and surround any conductive material. There does not appear to be anything paranormal at work.

  See http://www.skepdic.com/auras.html
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  Robdar

  I'm not sure why people would think that photographic film would pick up anything they human eye couldn't. If anything, the human eye is far superior in its ability to pick up light.

  Rem,

  Good point. However, most of us do not expect to see ghosts, therefore we do not see them. The camera has no such pre-existing expectations.

  Robyn
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  Robdar

  There does not appear to be anything paranormal at work.

  Auras are normal everyday electrical fields. Nothing metaphysical or paranormal about it.

  Robyn
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  funkyderek

  Auras are normal everyday electrical fields. Nothing metaphysical or paranormal about it

  Correct, but the fields only appear due to the electric field created in Kirlian photography. Normally they don't exist (or at least can't be detected by any known means).