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DAY 58 | PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITIES |
Ghost Photography
SHOOTING SPECTERS, AVOIDING FALSE APPARITIONS
Those who dismiss the very idea of “ghost photography” as superstitious nonsense would be surprised to learn that devoted paranormal investigators spend most of their time seeking natural explanations and ruling out “false positives.”
Some of the most common ones include a person’s breath on a cold day, electrical charges from static in the air, lens flares caused by sunlight, motion blur from a jarred camera, or something as simple as cigarette smoke or a finger on a lens. According to ghost photographer Jim Eaton, “very few orbs are true ...
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