Ghost pictures
Sep 25, 2011 11:54:23 #
I pasted it into the Paint Program in Windows and INVERTED the colors. I still see the same outline of a head in that area as in the other pic.
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Sep 25, 2011 12:00:40 #
ZeeGadget wrote:
I pasted it into the Paint Program in Windows and INVERTED the colors. I still see the same outline of a head in that area as in the other pic.
Oh...kay! I'm just insensitive, I guess.
Sep 25, 2011 12:08:08 #
JacLee... I got caught up in finding something in that bridge pic. After reading more I see you want to do something like this. This was done with a FULL moon out. I guess you could use a place with a dim light also. Put the camera on a tripod and lock the shutter open. Stay in one place for 10, 15 or 20 seconds and then get out of the picture and close the shutter of your camera. 8-)
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Sep 25, 2011 12:28:06 #
ZeeGadget wrote:
JacLee... I got caught up in finding something in that bridge pic. After reading more I see you want to do something like this. This was done with a FULL moon out. I guess you could use a place with a dim light also. Put the camera on a tripod and lock the shutter open. Stay in one place for 10, 15 or 20 seconds and then get out of the picture and close the shutter of your camera. 8-)
:) That's good. I started lookin' for ghosts back when I was about 3, thanks to an older brother, and I "saw" 'em everywhere 'til I got a little older. Haven't seen one in a lot of years now, since I was about in the 4th grade.
Sep 25, 2011 12:37:35 #
Hi All and Many Fellow photographers,
This is my first post. I hope their will be many more.
My name is Bo, a nickname given me at my birth by my father, because he did not like our given names. Any way I digress. He was a photographer the last 9 years of 20 in the USAF. I spent many hours in the studio and dark room with him. I got my first camera when I was 25 until then I used his Pentax SLR and Maymia portrait camera. My first was a Minolta with a 50 and 300 zoom. Of all the cameras I've used it had the best color rendition and saturation in both print and slides(my own opinion).
I've been following your post for a few weeks. Then this post came up about ghost pictures, and I just had to jump in. I have found all of this site most open and welcoming. I've been a member at DPChallenge for a few years now and never wanted to join in like I do with this site. You guys just seem more open and welcoming.
I've included 5 pics from an evening teaching my friend Tony about long exposures in the dark. The first thing we did was to go out into the wild of S Central Florida to a canal and set up the site before dark. We where on a small levee about 15 feet above the adjacent road beside a canal. I placed two pieces of paper on the ground
as references to walk between in the dark. They mark the edges in the frame of the camera. We set our cameras up on the levee with them set on Auto using the power of the modern camera and exposure set to B. The shots are about 30 secs long. When all is setup I go down in the dark with a small flash light and my speed light. I open the shutter with a remote and walk between the paper on the ground I used the flash in the first pic to expose my face in the others I use the flash light to write in light. In the fourth one I used PS to boost the exposure to show the ground in the dark, you can see the canal in the background. The yellow bits are the rocks on the edge of the far side of the canal. The paper can also be seen on the ground. The last one is a shot of the sugar mill in Clewiston from ten miles away with a 300 mm with VR.
There is so many things you can do with this technique. Play with it, digital pics are so cheep compared to what I had to spend on film processing. I hope these help, I don't know if these are what your group is looking for but it will be fun for a future project. I will join in when I feel I can be of some help.
Thanks for being you.
Unclebo1257
Bo Harrell ;-{)
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain."
"Boy is it storming now and my feet can't keep up !!!!"
This is my first post. I hope their will be many more.
My name is Bo, a nickname given me at my birth by my father, because he did not like our given names. Any way I digress. He was a photographer the last 9 years of 20 in the USAF. I spent many hours in the studio and dark room with him. I got my first camera when I was 25 until then I used his Pentax SLR and Maymia portrait camera. My first was a Minolta with a 50 and 300 zoom. Of all the cameras I've used it had the best color rendition and saturation in both print and slides(my own opinion).
I've been following your post for a few weeks. Then this post came up about ghost pictures, and I just had to jump in. I have found all of this site most open and welcoming. I've been a member at DPChallenge for a few years now and never wanted to join in like I do with this site. You guys just seem more open and welcoming.
I've included 5 pics from an evening teaching my friend Tony about long exposures in the dark. The first thing we did was to go out into the wild of S Central Florida to a canal and set up the site before dark. We where on a small levee about 15 feet above the adjacent road beside a canal. I placed two pieces of paper on the ground
as references to walk between in the dark. They mark the edges in the frame of the camera. We set our cameras up on the levee with them set on Auto using the power of the modern camera and exposure set to B. The shots are about 30 secs long. When all is setup I go down in the dark with a small flash light and my speed light. I open the shutter with a remote and walk between the paper on the ground I used the flash in the first pic to expose my face in the others I use the flash light to write in light. In the fourth one I used PS to boost the exposure to show the ground in the dark, you can see the canal in the background. The yellow bits are the rocks on the edge of the far side of the canal. The paper can also be seen on the ground. The last one is a shot of the sugar mill in Clewiston from ten miles away with a 300 mm with VR.
There is so many things you can do with this technique. Play with it, digital pics are so cheep compared to what I had to spend on film processing. I hope these help, I don't know if these are what your group is looking for but it will be fun for a future project. I will join in when I feel I can be of some help.
Thanks for being you.
Unclebo1257
Bo Harrell ;-{)
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain."
"Boy is it storming now and my feet can't keep up !!!!"
Sep 25, 2011 12:38:13 #
Sep 25, 2011 12:40:08 #
Thank you. You are right. If I had worded it correctly - but then---All of the "ghost" replies were interesting.
Sep 25, 2011 12:44:31 #
Is that you?? It is exactly what I hope to do. By the way real ghosts are an interesting study too.
Sep 25, 2011 12:47:56 #
Well, consider me just plain dull but I've been able to find just about enough real stuff to photograph in the daylight to suit me. This is interesting stuff though.
Sep 25, 2011 12:52:59 #
UncleBo, Believe me, I am not doubting you, but are you saying those are real activities shown? It has slipped my mind what that is called but many years ago I got one of them in my daughters kitchen. If I could find it I will post it also. Thank you.
Sep 25, 2011 12:56:22 #
You posted my favorite saying (guide line)
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass
but learning how to dance in the rain.
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass
but learning how to dance in the rain.
Sep 25, 2011 12:56:30 #
Yes JacLee they are real. If I push them alot you can see me in the results. Thanks for the reply. when I get some time I will try to show this.
Sep 25, 2011 12:58:25 #
Sep 25, 2011 13:08:21 #
Ghost Photo:
Set your camera on a tripod. Have someone stand in a doorway of a darkened room. Shoot with flash, 2 stops under-make sure the flash is two stops under.
Then shoot again without the subject in the doorway, again two stops under. If shooting with a film camera, recock without advancing the film. If shooting with digital, combine the two images (flatten as layers in Photoshop). Adjust the scene light and the person in the doorway will appear as a specter.
I did this with my kids 30 years ago using a manual film camera.
Glenn
Set your camera on a tripod. Have someone stand in a doorway of a darkened room. Shoot with flash, 2 stops under-make sure the flash is two stops under.
Then shoot again without the subject in the doorway, again two stops under. If shooting with a film camera, recock without advancing the film. If shooting with digital, combine the two images (flatten as layers in Photoshop). Adjust the scene light and the person in the doorway will appear as a specter.
I did this with my kids 30 years ago using a manual film camera.
Glenn
Sep 25, 2011 15:03:51 #
DragonCrest
Loc: Texas
Thought you might want to check this one out! There were only two guys out there feeding their horses when they killed a rattlesnake. One of them stepped up to put it into the back of his pickup and the other one snapped this shot. The ghost in this one is obvious! If you have an explanation for this one I'd love to hear it. This shot was taken with his phone and sent to me within minutes.
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