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Orbs and Spirit Photography
Part 2
Often photographic evidence does not stand up to close scrutiny. Ghost/spirit photography has become a popular pastime, especially with the advent of affordable digital cameras. While the debate over which is better, digital or SLR cameras rages on, adventurous ghost hunters the world over are arming themselves with digital, and, or SLR, cameras, strobe lights, meters, and other equipment, in hopes of capturing an elusive apparition or two.
Many different types of ghostly phenomena show up in these photos including, swirling lights, ectoplasm, ghostly faces and orbs. What a ghost photographer usually ends up with are some seemingly unremarkable photographs marred by a few glowing spots. Look closely. These orbs, some say, are genuine photographs of ghosts. Taking the viewpoint a step further, many people hold orb photographs up as scientific proof positive of life after death existence.
Not so, say a few critics who insist there is nothing either scientific or remarkable about orb photography. They agree that it may be possible to catch an apparition on film, but stress that most orb photos are nothing more than easily explained anomalies. Dust particles, pixel displacement, insects and moisture spots have all been blamed for the majority of orbs that regularly show up on ghost hunters' photographs.
Charges of fraud and fakery are even lodged from time to time. Unfortunately many of these are justified. There are some unscrupulous individuals who perpetuate these allegations by creating "doctored" and fake photos and presenting them as real. This is especially true in photos that feature figures of smoke. Another method used by some so-called ghost photographers is the clumsy cut and paste method. These fakes are easily detectable when a photo is enlarged pixel by pixel.The ease with which fake photos can be produced has led many to question the validity of all such photos. Others dismiss "ghost" photos as fakes that cannot be considered evidential.
While I don't agree with this drastic measure, I would caution anyone who sees a spectacularly unbelievable ghost photo to consider the possibility it is a fake. There is no end to the amount of "ghosts" and other anomalies that can be rendered using a basic photo-manipulating program. I have to smile whenever I hear someone claim their photo is genuine since they have no knowledge of photo manipulating programs. Sorry! If someone can take the digital photo from a camera and upload it to a computer, chances are they can also manipulate and fake it.
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