Tuesday, January 27, 2015

A Blue Orb Among the Commuters

Photo date: December 8, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Lurking among the commuters at Grand Central Station in New York, we see here a bright blue orb.

Grand Central Station orb

A Big Pink Orb

Photo date: October 15, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

Not much movement here, just a great big pink orb photographed indoors. I used the IrfanView "Auto-adjust colors" menu command to bring out the color a bit.

pink orb
Nearby reflective surfaces: none. No orbs shown in photos taken at same location from same angle soon before and soon after this photo was taken, which argues against any dust explanation.

Big Orbs in Grand Central Station

Photo Date: December 20, 2014.  Photographer: Mark Mahin.

 Below is a photo taken in Grand Central Station in New York.



 Below is a closeup cropped from the photo above, and then rotated. We seem to see a faint face that includes an eye looking to the left.

orb face



Orbs Seem to Look Rightward

Photo date: December 27, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

In this water drop photo, we seem to see at least two orbs that are looking to the right. What is it that could have interested them?

orb faces

A Fast Moving Air Orb

Photo date: November 6, 2014

In this indoor photo of a wall, we see what photographers call
a "ghosting" effect that is a sign of rapid movement. Given my camera's shutter speed of  1/2000 of a second, an effect like this would never be produced by something like the movement of an insect. The orb was apparently moving  much faster than any insect does. No insect was seen at this location during the previous 60 days.




Dust level: 190/0 (Fair).  Reflective objects nearby: none. The orb was about 10% of the height of the full picture. No orbs shown in photos taken at same location from same angle soon before and soon after this photo was taken, which argues against any dust explanation.


Speeding Blue Orb in Grand Central Station

Photo date: December 8, 2014.

In this photo we see a blue orb that appears to be moving very fast. Here is the larger photo:

moving orb

Here is a closeup cropped from the above photo. Note the "triple displacement" effect, an effect which photographers call ghosting. It is caused when the speed of an object exceeds the shutter speed of a camera. Since the camera had a very fast effective shutter speed of about 1/1000 of a second, this orb was probably moving very fast, much faster than any insect would move.

moving air orb
Contrary to assertions of skeptics, this type of effect is not a very rare effect, but instead a very common effect when photographing orbs.

Monday, January 26, 2015

The Gang's All Here in a Water Drop

Photo date: December 30, 2014. Photographer: Mark Mahin.

In this water drop photo, we see a bunch of happy-looking orbs huddling closely together.

orb face