any ideas what the sphere is?

I was given these photos by a trustworty friend, this is what she said about them.

Thought you would be interested in this photo I took which I cannot explain. I was looking through my folder of photo which had been sitting on my external drive for months and came across this one. Have you seen anything like this before or any idea what it might be. The first photo was taken on seconds before the second one and in the same spot.

I have never seen anything like it, any ideas from some experts here in ATS.
check out the blueish sphere in the second photo.

lens flare

a reply to: ancientthunder

I have an idea....... A 'cut & paste' .........

I think your friend is pulling your leg..

PDUK

I would say it's pollen or other plant parts flying around.

a reply to: Mianeye
thats sounds like a possibilty! Im open to all ideas thanks.

I very much doubt it, not her style but if she was Im cool with that. a reply to: PurpleDog UK

a reply to: Mianeye

Good spot Mianeye!

If you look very closely at the OPs picture, you can see that within the round shape of the "object" concerned, in the top most quadrant of the shape, there is a smaller circular feature. If you look also at the image which you provided, you will see the same smaller circular feature, in the same positions within their respective "objects".

If those are indeed an example of what certain conditions of lighting, exposure, and focus can do for floating bits of pollen, then it seems reasonable to assume that the same effect has the same source, in the OP image as well!

a reply to: Mianeye

Ding Ding Ding!!!
We have a winner

Well done Mianeye..

originally posted by: Mianeye
I would say it's pollen or other plant parts flying around.

That...

Or humid air water droplets reflecting light, as seen a thousand times before in these kind of picture..







dust, humid, mold take your pick..

It´s a dead horse

a reply to: ancientthunder

Lens flare from a source of light is one possibility, too.

Is there a source of light in the picture? The water.

Link

originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: ancientthunder

Lens flare from a source of light is one possibility, too.

Is there a source of light in the picture? The water.

Link

The source is the flash of the camera or the sun and the droplets in-front of it is reflecting it

So more a reflection

Great find! Given the similar details I'd say this is solved. Stars!

Anyone still in doubt, just zoom in on the pollen pic to say the same detail as in ops pic (sphere inside the sphere, opacity, color, all match)

a reply to: Mianeye

a reply to: Spacespider

So more a reflection

Lens flare is a refraction of light, not a reflection. The light source doesn't have to be in direct view.

Could be dust or water drops, too.

originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: Spacespider

So more a reflection

Lens flare is a refraction of light, not a reflection. The light source doesn't have to be in direct view.

Could be dust or water drops, too.

Yep..

But that's not a lens flare imo
just humid air containing water droplets reflecting light back into the camera.

I done experiments of my own, recreating these "orbs" and that confirmed my theory.

a reply to: Mianeye

I like that explanation almost as much as a cloaked fairy traveling through the woods. Remember the wizzard of OZ movie?

a reply to: Spacespider
Thanks to you all in removing any doubt as to what this is, personaly I hadnt even tried to work out what it was. I knew there would be plenty of experts here in ATS.