‘Orbs’ ( odd anomalies on photos )

[BrundanBianchi]

For as long as I can remember, if someone took a photo of me, these ‘orbs’ appeared. Always very bright green in colour, usually more than one. Then a couple of years ago, it seemed to stop. Until today.



There’s an absolute beauty in this picture I took today. This is one of the clearest ones I’ve ever seen. Strange sorts of people I encounter from time to time have tried to give me their take on it, What say you?

[MethylatedSpirit]

It's dust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_(photogr...

[BrundanBianchi]

MethylatedSpirit said:

It's dust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_(photogr...

Only this was taken in bright sunlight, with no flash...

[fourfoldroot]

Mine are iris shaped. Or are these just into the sun reflections.
Olympus OM2 28mm lens.

[ChocolateFrog]

These threads always bring out the weirdos

Orbs! Listen to yourselves, do you play the lottery based on what the palm reader tells you?

[MonkeyBusiness]

They are the spirits of the dead.

[rxtx]

First photo is lens flare.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Seen them by eye as well. No sunlight

[rxtx]

Floaters.

There is no such thing as supernatural orbs.

[davhill]

They're a hint - to get a good lens hood.

[Simpo Two]

Lens flare; it happens when the sun is in the photo or close to the edge, and worse with wde angle. Each flare is an internal reflection from an element in the lens and the angularity is from the iris. Move the camera around and you'll see the flare/s move too. If the sun is out of shot you can cure it with a lens hood or hand; if the sun is in shot, you're stuck with it.

If you take a flash photo in a room with airborne dust that's when you get 'orbs' - just brightly lit, out of focus specks of dust.

Edited by Simpo Two on Sunday 13th December 19:45

[Tony1963]

An ex sent me some photos a few months ago of her with lens flare spots etc. She insisted they were the presence of her recently deceased father, but got angrily upset when I told her what I thought they were.

“There are things we just don’t understand!” Etc.