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The funniest orb article ever

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Humm, rats, are you sure? I thought about that for a little while. I would think that a translucent sphere would be just like a clear hanging lamp globe - There's no halo there when it is illuminated from the outside(?)...
Maybe an experiment would be better, I'm going to go look for myself before I say I'm completely wrong. (Its so distasteful to do).

I did actually run a quick Photoshop filter enhancement on the orb and it has some very what I'd call 'two dimensional' partial halos inside the globe. I'm not very good at that stuff though, maybe someone (anyone) else could take a look.

Shadows very unlike a ball anyway and much like a flat disk.
 
Like I said, I don't believe it's anything either, simply trying to stretch the brain a bit and think of ways to play devil's advocate.

Think of something a little clearer than a frosted lamp globe. Even a clear glass globe might work. There is a definate change in light "texture" towards the edges, and it is possible that this could produce some sort of halo effect. Think of a hollow sphere where the sphere itself gives off light, not light from within or behind it, and you'll be more in line with my train of thought. I'll have to look around and see if I can find something to test that myself...maybe spraying a clear glass lamp globe with a luminescent paint?

Of course, I agree it otherwise does not look much like a sphere. I was simply pointing out that a 3 dimensional object could possibly have an outer edge halo :)
 
That orb looks very very much like what I see when I collimate (align the optical elements of) a telescope using an out of focus star. The concetric ring is a diffraction effect. That it is so small means the lens (I'm betting lens and not mirror) is well collimated.

Funny thing is they could have made this way spookier. If you hold your hand in front of the telescope while doing this you'll see a silhouette of your hand with the convection currents of your body heat rising eeriely.
 
Fidelio said:
That orb looks very very much like what I see when I collimate (align the optical elements of) a telescope using an out of focus star. The concetric ring is a diffraction effect. That it is so small means the lens (I'm betting lens and not mirror) is well collimated.

Funny thing is they could have made this way spookier. If you hold your hand in front of the telescope while doing this you'll see a silhouette of your hand with the convection currents of your body heat rising eeriely.
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What does this tell you about the effect on the diffraction index of the surrounding air of an angel's head? OK you see a halo even if the angel appears in the dark, but then the light is coming from the angel itself.

Perhaps there is some anecdotal evidence that needs to be investigated and pinned down, as to the angle of the angel with respect to the halo, depending on the level of ambient light.

As for orbs, perhaps the halo is merely the aura of the photographer. :D
 
If you look closely, the orb appears to be behind the fence. Yet the fella holding his recorder out for the orb to 'speak into'...is clearly in front of the fence with the grave.

Leads me to ask, what have they used to create the orb effect?
 
HenDralux said:
If you look closely, the orb appears to be behind the fence. Yet the fella holding his recorder out for the orb to 'speak into'...is clearly in front of the fence with the grave.

Leads me to ask, what have they used to create the orb effect?
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It sure wasn't Photoshop I can tell ya
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I confess, I'm actually a little intrigued to what that actually is.

If they filled the object in later, why would they put it behind the fence?

I'm sure it's some kind of camera/light anomaly, but how would that have occured, with the fence still being visible, and the 'orb' behind it?
 
HenDralux said:
I confess, I'm actually a little intrigued to what that actually is.

If they filled the object in later, why would they put it behind the fence?

I'm sure it's some kind of camera/light anomaly, but how would that have occured, with the fence still being visible, and the 'orb' behind it?
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I obviously do not know this to the point of absolute certainty but this looks like a Photoshop effect and a bad one at that. It is simple - circular selection filled with white on its own layer. Add a little noise and then add a solid white border of 2 or 3 pixels. Add an emboss filter and Gaussian blur and then make the layer with the "orb" semi-transparent. Real spooky.

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Yes, I see what you mean.

It's just, I can't work out why they would 'put it' behind the fence. Doesn't fit in with the story. Also, nobody else seems to have commented on the fact it was behind the fence, so if it was important for them to to do it.....why did nobody mention that?

hehe...just picking over useless bones aren't I.

Bit curious though.
 
This seems like ancient history now, but I really did go over to a local hardware store and check out various glass globes used for lamps. (I tried not to attract too many suspicious looks from the salesperson).

A self lighted globe looks most like I imagined: a smooth globe with no 'rings around the edges.
A clear glass globe displayed something similar to 'ring' (not a perfect ring though) around the circumference, BUT there were other reflections on the surface of the globe.

Go try it: if you illuminate the surface of a glass ball there is always a small bright reflection on the surface that faces you.

So if the orb was lit from within, it would appear different, if it was lit from the camera lamp, it would appear different.

Combined with a tasteful claim of being able to say: 'I swear on my mother's grave this is an orb I'm interviewing', AND being convincing enough to get onto C2C, I say "a fine hoax". :D
 
HenDralux said:
Yes, I see what you mean.

It's just, I can't work out why they would 'put it' behind the fence. Doesn't fit in with the story. Also, nobody else seems to have commented on the fact it was behind the fence, so if it was important for them to to do it.....why did nobody mention that?

hehe...just picking over useless bones aren't I.

Bit curious though.
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I don't think it is behind the fence, Hen.

I agree with NightG1 - it's an emboss filter, or something similar, which has incorporated the fence into the embossing.
 
Someone remind me to film the camera reflection "orb" in the glass. I'm going to do that as soon as I'm done with all these documentaries.
 
Assuming:
1) This "orb" is a ghost
2) Ghosts are extradimensional creatures

Why is the orb 2D? It looks like a coaster. If I'm going to die and come back to talk to you, I don't want to come back as a floating coaster.

I think they need to use the 3D Cutout, and Spherize Photoshop filters next time. Give it a little more spherical effect.
 
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