Calling all photographers!
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 01:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanThe photograph below was taken by my niece, Hayley on her mobile phone last week on Mothers' Day. The event was the baptism of her friend's baby, both pictured.
It is not the best of photos even for a phone camera: it is shaky and not well focused. What is interesting though, is the background. There appears to be the blurred image of a the head and shoulder of a man, possibly an old man, wearing glasses between the camera lens and the plaque on the church wall. My first thought was that it was a reflection on the plaque, but it is too large and seems to partially obscure the wreath below.
Apart from downloading it from my phone to my computer and uploading to Photobucket, all I have done is rotate the picture ninety degrees.
Do any of the fair number of photographers on my friends list have any thoughts as to how the image might have got on to the picture and what it may be? I am informed that there was no-one there behind the woman and baby when the picture was taken.
It is not the best of photos even for a phone camera: it is shaky and not well focused. What is interesting though, is the background. There appears to be the blurred image of a the head and shoulder of a man, possibly an old man, wearing glasses between the camera lens and the plaque on the church wall. My first thought was that it was a reflection on the plaque, but it is too large and seems to partially obscure the wreath below.
Apart from downloading it from my phone to my computer and uploading to Photobucket, all I have done is rotate the picture ninety degrees.
Do any of the fair number of photographers on my friends list have any thoughts as to how the image might have got on to the picture and what it may be? I am informed that there was no-one there behind the woman and baby when the picture was taken.
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Date: 2008-03-09 01:34 am (UTC)This is a photo taken using something that is not really a camera.
Assuming spirits, and assuming they frequent events that are of interest to them, and assuming that they are (somehow) visible on camera when not to the naked eye, why are not ALL the photographs taken at funerals/weddings/baptisms/whatever chock full of them? I have photographed many events over many years, and never spotted anything odd that can not be identified as due to my bad photography.
I don't wish to be critical of your faith - but my understanding is that one's faith does not need anything - least of all ambiguous photos - to support it.
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Date: 2008-03-09 02:11 am (UTC)you can believe or not. Either way I am content.
While I believe in spirit my 'faith' is a completely separate thing.