I have an open mind so I'll enquire as to how I can do my own orb investigation.

Can I just visit a cemetry with my 5megpixel camera at night, take some shots, load them into photoshop to brighten them up and look for orbs? or is there more to it than that?

I think your first pic is a bush, imo. especialy if you cut off the lower half of the pic like this.

Slow shutter speeds by the camera to compensate for the lack of light as well as dust on the lens and in the air cause these orbs. Sorry to be so "negative" and point out what you are really seeing. Also, the first pic is just one of your friends standing in front of you.

Ghost radar? I can't tell if you're serious or not. An app that detects ghosts for only .99 cents? I, honestly, wish I had thought of that so I could make bundles off the ignorance of others.

Originally posted by PhantomLimb
Slow shutter speeds by the camera to compensate for the lack of light as well as dust on the lens and in the air cause these orbs. Sorry to be so "negative" and point out what you are really seeing. Also, the first pic is just one of your friends standing in front of you.

You are mistaken. Slow shutter speeds cause sources of light to become blurred and create trails.

These "orbs" that people talk about are usually one of three things. 1) Lens aberrations. 2) Light hitting dried water or dust on the outside of the lens. 3) Dust, pollen, or any other kind of particle floating in front of a camera flash. This third reason is why so many "orbs" are seen around fires.

You can also have dust on the camera sensor that will result in dark specks or lines, but those are black and not white like the infamous "orb."

You can always tell if it is part of the camera by seeing if there are "circles within circles" inside the orb. This is an example of light diffraction.

Judging by the varying sizes of the "orbs" in the last photo, as well as the use of flash, I would say the flash illuminated dust or pollen floating close to the camera causing it to create white spots in the shot. My buddy who has dandruff has a bad habit of ruining his own photos by scratching his head and then using flash. His airborne dandruff creates these "orbs" in the pictures when they float in front of the flash.

As an ex pro photographer I can tell you that any editing you do with software programs can add their own errors to your finished product intended or not. Your photos are interesting for discussion purposes but beyond that may be seriously challenged by others.

I would suggest that if you want to continue your investigations and be highly credible you set up a high resolution DSLR for infra red photography. Also, newer thermal imagers are coming out with video capability and are quite good. My best,

Sorry but, is this a joke? In the first pic, looks like you just took a pic of the back of someones head.

Thanks for posting these photos. I think they're very interesting...and can vouch for your honesty and the truth of your story, as I was there.

Originally posted by ArcAngel
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Thanks for the pre-emptive strike here, but there is nothing particularly noteworthy about these photographs. So-called "orbs" prove nothing but amateurish camera technique. There's nothing here to write home about, nothing proved, nothing to get excited about. Meh? Sorry.

Although I have recently read somewhere "proof" that ALL orbs are just dust particles, I personally, have to disagree with that due to all the eye-witness accounts of people saying they have had colored orbs appear in the room with them, seeing them with the naked eye.

In the third picture one of the orbs seems to have a greenish hue to it. Green aura represents healing. This must have been a good soul, if it was truly the real deal.