I found a picture at my sister's house that was taken about a year ago, and we noticed that there are 4 distinct kind of see through circles and 2 more that you can't see very well, and I just wanted to know if these things could possibly be something from a different realm? Could they be orbs, and what are orbs? I've heard that term used before but I don't really remember exactly what it meant. If anyone wants to see the picture, I'll put it up if someone can tell me how to do that.

I would very much like to see the pic MoonBaby.

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the pic's posted here

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OK, it's posted on the web. I gave up trying to put it on this site

orbs

Look at it ant tell me what you think

I checked the picture out. Nice deer heads:)

Yes they are peculiar, but the first step in trying to figure if they are in fact paranormal and not normal is to start trying to eliminate natural causes.

Look for anything round that may put of a round reflection, like a round clockface, old fashioned barometer, or something of that nature. You have to remmember that the camera lens is round so any direct light on the lens could very well set off a round reflection.

The whole reason why things show up on film is because they have mass, so anything that has mass has the potential to reflect light. So dust particles,bugs or anything else airborne could reflect the light as well.

Try taking a few pics from different angles of the same scene and see what happens, then take a pic or two somewhere else but with the same lighting as to eliminate or validate the uniquesness of this particular photo.

Also you could look through old photos and see if there are some you missed, especially those taken with the same camera. This could eliminate or validate that the pic was unique or it could also give corroborating evidence as to the orbs being attracted to a single person.

Most of all enjoy your pics, enjoy the artistic value of the orbs and the mystery they invoke

Yeah, lovly deer heads, huh? They're my inlaws. I love 'em though so I have to look past some things. I've looked through other pictures that were taken the same night by the same camera just outside, and they don't have any of the little orb things. I'll try what you said and take some more someday. What is an orb supposed to be anyway?

Here's me with an orb. (ignore the hair...)

Oops, not coming up. ?Porque? (This is what I'm no expert in...)

Those arent orbs, In the process of developing photos, they use a variety of different paints/dyes/colours, to create the photo. Sometimes the machine, gets run down, and 'drippy' and it drips little blotches on photos that slightly discolour the photo in little drop like patterns. This happens sometimes when printing photos with a printer. Youll see it in alot of photos.

Venom, shut your mouth or I'll get the guns !!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding . No I'm serious . No, but seriously, where did you get that information from, por favor? Just so you know, I like the other story better about spirits and ghosts and what-not. It's happier.

I don't know where Venom got his info, but heres a site that explains orbs pretty well..

Linky

Where'd you get this? A guy you paid to take it at your house?

Okay, I thought you wanted the most rational and probable explanation. Actually,even most Paranormal Researchers are reluctant to say they know what Orbs are or even if they're anything to do with Ghosts at all. You'll have a hard time finding any that claim they can definitely explain them..
It goes against my better judgement to give out info that's probably false, but I have a soft spot for your avatar,since it looks almost exactly like one of my ex-girlfriends..
Here's a link with a more "Supernatural" look at Orbs..

Abra-Cadabra

And now that Orbs have been debunked once and for all, let's all go get roaring drunk!!

I have a feeling this STILL ain't over yet...

Rex-
Thank you very much. Both of those were very informative. If you know anymore site feel free to post them. I like to hear all different theories so I can be well informed, so anything that you have, feel free to bring it on . But if you're too busy getting drunk... I'll understand . And then I'll steal your liquor.

Anybody else...

"the Orbmaster" says that he's seen orbs without the aid of cameras. He also says that they manifest right before thunder storms. Oh, and like I said, he took my pic for free!

Hey gufzoo-
I just e-mailed you

Okay, I'll send you the pic now.

did you get it?

Here's a couple more.

Loony

Less Loony

And you can stop waving your guns around. They have no effect on us Horsemen...

orbs are just specks of dust. People trying to say they're ghosts are kiddin themselves. Before anyone knew of orbs, they'd see a speck of dust. But now, it is not a speck of dust, it is a ghost...

have you taken multiple pictures of that room inparticularily?

try getting different angles and maybe a few from the same angle as the one you showed us, see if they are still there.

also, was this picture taken at night?

Nope, I haven't been back there to take any more pictures. But I'm going to. And yeah, it was taken at night. Why?

well, in that link that was given, it said alot of times orbs appear sometimes at night.

the speculation is, at nighttime, mist and water particles form when the air cools down, and the orbes could be water particles inside your house, probably caught in their when the door opened and closed a few times.

mainly curiosity, that's all.

Curiosity is not acceptable in here . Anyways, I can buy that to a point, but I just don't think that every picture that has ever been taken that has orbs in it is just that. Maybe it's the poor deer spirits .

Lol

I agree Chauncy. However, it irks me sometimes when people are too quick to try to find a logical explanation for things.

Open your minds! Consider ALL possibilities. There's a heck of a lot more about this universe that we DON'T know than what we DO. The universe isn't going to conform itself to our silly laws and principles. No matter what laws we establish, the universe will continue to defy them. Does this mean that orbs are not dust particles? How should I know? Maybe they are, and maybe they aren't. My philosophy - keep an open mind, and consider anything possible!

I hope I'm not one of the skeptics that bum you guys out too much. I try to keep my mind open, just not so far open that anything can fall in..
It just seems to me that almost everything out there can be explained within the Parameters of what we already know about the World..
Almost everything..

Let's see what this picture does to you, Falco. The Orbmaster took it. (He got that rep from a guy who pointed out to him once that in a picture he got of himself standing surrounded by orbs, a particularly bright one posed over his ring finger!) He says he thinks the pic is of a portal through which orbs enter our world. This was the first of three fast frame shots, or whatever you call it. In the second shot he says it turned distorted, like a plume of smoke, and was completely gone in the third.
Here's the webpage in case my computer non-geekiness strikes again:
http://www.unknowncountry.com/img/news/012...02/avport-1.jpg
and the page before it:
http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=1131

(posted twice - oops!) hey, look, i've achieved computer geekitude!

I'm not going to come right out and say it's fake because there's things I'd have to know first..One is if that streetlight is a Halogen or Mercury Vapor lamp. Another is if he used a digital or regular camera( If he mentioned it on his page I didn't see it). The two questions kind of work together. Digital Cameras can take weird pictures depending on what light is around..
You know the little bulb on your TV Remote? Well if you change the channel while taking a picture with your digital camera you can get a weird light effect just like the one in that picture..
So depending on what type of bulb is in that street-light and what type of camera he used, the same might have happened in this picture..
See, I don't automatically rule out Paranormal happenings, I just try to cover every base before I make up my mind..

I took this picture across the street from my house, there was obvious climate reasons for the appirition , but non-the-less people interpretate things as per their wishes.......sometimes.

Proof of this is the fact my picture found its place on this website.
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page411.html

I wonder who sent it there??

Falco - does distance make a difference? He sent me a copy of the whole picture, which is copyrighted, so I won't post it here. The "portal" looks really close, while the lamp is really far away. Plus, notice the cufflink-like orbs flanking the portal where the orange section meets the smoky section. It's a lot more convincing in its entirety as opposed to what I posted.

Chauncy - cool pic! Did you see it in real life as you were taking the picture?

Well, what can you say? Most probably it can be explained by some natural phenomenon--moisture on the lens, something on the film or in the development process. "Wonder on till truth make all things plain."

What is interesting is your reaction to the photograph and your wonderings about what these "anomolies" could be? Does this reflect a longing to connect to something greater than yourself? Is there a desire of affirmation from a supernatural realm concerning "your life" or what is going on in your life?

I am a fiction writer, and in my current story a pulse of light comes crashing through the oculus (the open tip of a domed ceiling--in a dream sequence with the main character and his dead brother). It comes crashing through as if it were some sort of guided meteor and lands on a Greek pedestal (on of twelve in the room). In the story, the whole idea of the orb represents open possibility and manifestation--divine possibility if you like. I have not read about orbs per se. From my own memory of ramdom readings and movies etc., the orb can be many things: a crystals ball, as in what we see in the Christ image of a man holding a sphere in one hand and a raised open hand in the other. In a cosmic sense orbs are manifestations of energy--from the model of an atom (albeit dated) to stars and other spherical phenomenon we observe in the universe. And in a more mythical or allegorical sense they are like nymphs or cherubims etc.

I personally think that the orb is an architypal symbol born out of what we see as humans (spheres, suns, moons, earth, planets, bubbles--an amazing geometry that we could wonder is true or not--meaning is it a product of how we are made and how the senses, especially the eyes ((of course interpreted by the mind)) see things. The sphere can also be looked at as the extention of a series of infinite trianges which is also an arcitipal symbol we live with.

In wondering how the mind and the spirit work, I am then more curious as to your subjective interpretations as to what you think you are seeing then the actual objective verification of the phenomenon.

Anyway, just some thoughts. This is my first post.

RS

Welcome . I'm pretty new to this crap too.

There's really not any longing. Me and my husband used to live in that house and we used to have weird things happen occasionally a lot. I found that picture, thought that those little things were kinda weird, and posted it just to see what other people thought it was . Plus, I wanted to know more background on this orb stuff.

MB: Welcome . I'm pretty new to this crap too.

RS: You are funny! I laughed my way all the way into the kitchen (sorry, I had to use the word way twice in that sentence)--I'm still laughtng. Wish I had a recording. I sould like I'm either happy or a madman.

MB: There's really not any longing. Me and my husband used to live in that house and we used to have weird things happen occasionally a lot. I found that picture, thought that those little things were kinda weird, and posted it just to see what other people thought it was . Plus, I wanted to know more background on this orb stuff.

RS: Well, longing was perhaps the wrong word and just a projection. I write very quickly. Now I see more of the story, I get the reason it was attracted to your mind or vice versa, however that goes. "Weird things happening occasionally, a lot." Hmm. That sounds a bit weird actually. So, what? You were thinking that the camera might have been capturing an image of what might have been causing this occasionally weird stuff, a lot ?
You might want to talk about the weird stuff. I just hope you qualifiy anything that is fact and anything that is fiction. Memory can do strange things. But serioiusly, if you have some weird stuff, I want to hear it. I just want you to tell me when it is fiction or not. I'm not meaning to sound like a naysayer skeptic (well, I am in some ways). I like the goods going both ways, whether fact or fiction.
RS

If I was to put a rational explanation to what you photographed there MoonBaby, I would say it's an internal reflection inside your camera's lens and/or the camera body.

But I would not rule out any other explanation, offhand.