help analyze my pictures...

schingeck · Orb Joined: Oct 27, 2008 Posts: 12

I had two strange pictures taken from an old civil war battlefield in Georgia on Saturday night. This was my first time out ghost hunting so I'm very curious at what I am seeing so I can learn how to better interpret these things.

What puzzles me is the large mist photo... As soon as I and a friend I sent it to, looked at it we can see a clearly, distinct horse with straps around the face, rearing.... If you zoom in on the face you can see a line of white teeth, what appears to be an eye, detailed straps, and hair. I went ahead and traced out some of these in the photo. Also, you can some sort of figure to the right.

Even if it is our breath, you think it could have helped us to see this? Or is all just ours mind playing tricks on us.

Here are the links:

Photo with traced objects: http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c72/rs13141/horse.jpg
Original Photo for reference: http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c72/rs13141/allatoona2.jpg

Below is another weird photo with a mist... I posted on another forum and people think it's a strap or a finger?? But I don't really see how it could have caused that. Upon zooming into it I can see a face but I'm not sure what that is?

Here is a traced photo: http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c72/rs13141/face.jpg
and here is the original: http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c72/rs13141/allatoona1.jpg

We are probably going again in about 2 weeks, just wondering what kind of camera would work best in the dark like this? I heard disposable...

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

Clydesmom · Orb Joined: Sep 15, 2008 Posts: 37

Let me start by saying much like "4 out of 5 dentists recommend a toothpaste with flouride" I don't think you will ever get a 100% consensus on what a photo reveals or an EVP says in the paranormal community.

That said here are my thoughts on your photos:

I looked at all four and I think what you have a case of is matrixing. Your mind WANTS to see distinct shapes and therefore your sub conscious analyzes every detail with that premise.

What the mist is? Couldn't say but it could very well be the breath of the camera person if it was a cold night. In the second set of pictures I would say it could be IR reflection. It is too tough to call since the picture isn't focused anyway.

In the paranormal world if you can't rule out all possible "earthly" natural causes then you generally should toss the evidence. It is only when you rule everything out and are left with something you can't explain that it should be deemed paranormal. I think there are too many unknowns about your photos to say they are definitely paranormal.

As to what kind of camera to take: the latest trend is digital cameras. I have a 6.0 megapixel Canon that I take that shoots like a 35mm film. It also has IR photography settings that Patrick programmed for me. IR photography is supposed to be slightly better at yielding paranormal phenonmena.

The other question I would have would be were there any EMF spikes around the mist? Temperature changes? Knowing this would add to the ruling out things list.

Those are my thoughts. They are worth about 3 cents.

The Wave!

schingeck · Orb Joined: Oct 27, 2008 Posts: 12

Thanks a lot for your help. Since it was my first time I didn't really record any information nor did we take any EMFs since we didn't have a good recorder. We are planning to go in about 2 weeks again and I'm going to use a disposable camera and make note of everything that is going on at the time.

I can say this place had A LOT of temperature drops. Upon entering the road it immediately drops... Their are lots of cold spots, warm spots, freezing spots, and light breezy spots where the leafs on trees barely moved when the winds seemed stronger...

One of the most noticeable things were the smells of gun powder and rotten flesh. We experienced almost everything that the place was famous for. Even remember hearing a caravan wheel "squeaking" on top of the cliff as we were walking back (it was following).

It was an old battlefield/railroad way. The road though had cliffs on both sides (it was like a big ditch) which could have caused the temperature changes/winds?

Oh BTW I was using my girlfriends camera which was a very expensive, photography camera. It wasn't the best for shooting in the dark, I had to adjust the brightness on the photos a lot.

Epictetus · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 8:46 pm Post subject:

as far as the face goes.. it just seems like the leaves are in the right position to look that way.. kinda like seeing faces in the carpet from one angle and not the other..

the mist in general.. could be several things i guess.. it seems pretty thick to be breath.. though i guess that could be affected by how bright you had to make the picture..

i guess as a future rule.. think of taking photos like being a sniper.. hold your breath for that split second so that nothing gets in the way and exhale after the shot is taken.

bimmy · Orb Joined: Jun 05, 2007 Posts: 85 Location: kennesaw, ga.

I am with Clydesmom on this one.
it is hard to see much, but think about this, from the time we are babies, we are trained to facial recognition. so, our eyes are most likely going to try and "find" a face to see. We are not trying to make it up, but it is what our eyes do, and send the info to our brains, and it can play tricks on us. I have done that with pictures I took when I was first ghost hunting. It is always good to get opinions, and see what others think, as more eyes are better, the mists are cool, though! I have never caught any mist at all! lol, so that in itself is good. Can you try to recreate it, and "make a mist" like breath or something, as you are going back now that would be cool! Kim/Bimmy

Bort · Orb Joined: Oct 31, 2008 Posts: 15

I agree with Clydesmom and Bimmy also. It's just like "seeing" a bunny in the clouds. It's definitely not a rabbit we're seeing. We know this because a rabbit can not possibly be up there. I'm not trying to burst your bubble nor am I saying these are definitely not apparitions. You have to rule absolutely everything else out first before allowing yourself to believe you see, or saw, a ghost.