IF it pays enough though, one could fake it in photoshop. :-) --- On Fri, 12/12/08, editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Looking for photos of ORBS and related "parrranormal" subjects > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 9:57 PM > I don't have any photos, but only have the following > story to relate. > > When my daughter was about three years old, my wife noticed > that sometimes Megan would suddenly straighten up and even > have a look of alarm on her face. When queried, Megan > responded that she saw "ghost bubbles". My wife > wanted to get to the bottom of this but Megan was insistant > that they were real and in fact was surprised that we > couldn't see them. Megan was even able to describe them > fairly accurately and consitently. This would happen again a > few time over the next few years but eventually the > phenonmenon went away. A few year later my wife saw an > article in the paper or magazine about paranormal > "orbs" and showed Megan the photograph -- Megan > non-chalantly stated "that's them!" > > Anyway, just thought you'd like the ponder the concept > that perhaps such orbs are not "photographicable" > in the normal sense of the word. > > Michael > > > ' > -----Original Message----- > From: ADavidhazy [mailto:andpph@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 04:02 PM > To: 'List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - > Students' > Subject: Looking for photos of ORBS and related > "paranormal" subjects > > Dear PF members, I was contacted by a free-lance writer for > a photo magazine about debunking claims of extraterrestrial > or force field nature of things widely known on the Internet > as "orbs" and "mists", etc. - as well as > any other possible manifestations of paranormal (whatever > _that_ is!) activity captured by a camera but not seen by > human eyes. If you have some examples of such images and > would not mind sharing I'd be interested in them. I > don't think there is any payment involved (just to be up > front about this) buy maybe. thank you, andy