I know usually everyone in this specific area of the board we post EVP's or PN pics, but I wanna show some of these pics just to show what ice and freezing rain look like. Also, I did see some odd things in the pics, so please take a look. We had a terrible ice storm in west central Ohio on Wednesday. More than 85,000 people were without power. I was one of the lucky ones and power came back on after about 5 hours. Thank God cause I have a 2.5 yr old lil' boy who'd been going to a shelter or hotel to stay warm, luckily power is on and is stayin on - hence I'm on the net posting this. Many lines and trees are down. Please pray for those in need in Ohio right now please. I have what people call the touch, and i did take a walk around the town to see what was up. There has already been several deaths (mostly elderly) and 2 fires due to lines falling. I get that shiver up my spine everytime I pass a certain house, it was dark so bear with me, and so I took a pic, nuttin came up but this is a good example of Non-Orbs!!! Thanks All For Putting up with me!
Brandi - Links are below -
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*NOTE* The bright image in the second pic - I have no idea what it is - no strap (cause i didn't have one on the camera) No light in that spot - and street lamp is orange spot in the tree? Anybody got any ideas? I think it may be due to the ice.
http://www.members.aol.com/KagneyDeLacey/treedown.jpg[/URL]
*NOTE* This is the pic I took the morning after - that is my wonderful Chinese Elm tree that has had a mishap on our house (don't worry the only thing that was damaged was the fence that keeps our weenie dogs in check) But if you look in the window you can see a face in it??? What do you guys think??? I just noticed it while posting!
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*NOTE - These are lines that caused the power outages - Please don't pics like this unless you know the real danger of electricity! The lines I was near were dead and I was in a vehicle (which has rubber tires) - this not always the case again please be careful when lines are down - not all of them are dead lines and cause cause serious and or deadly outcomes!

Hi Barauva

I have been watching the coverage of the many terrible storms that have hit several areas these past few days. I will be keeping all those affected in my prayers. I have experienced many terrible winter storms myself and know how awful it can be when you are without power and those in need can't be easily reached.

Thanks for sharing those pictures with us. I will try and take a closer peek at them tomorrow. It's getting late and I need to call it a night but I wanted to give you a quick reply before I did.

Hugs, Cat =)

The reflectiom from all the ice is ok, i wanted to show what ice did when there was a flash involved. The next one you have is not reflection of my finger, I took another pic right after that to make sure my fingers weren't in the way this is what I got -
http://www.members.aol.com/KagneyDeLacey/darkice3.jpg[/URL] - Since I have a digi cam I was able to see the pic as it was downloaded into the memory. So I did try to see if the light was part of my hand.
The 3rd pic in question-I did go to the window and look at it, then came to the front door to take the pic. The window on the top was not fogged up at all. The only thing I can think of is reflection, but when I blow it up to see if that's what it is the pixels get screwy.
Thanks for the feedback!
Brandi

Hi Brandi,

I zoomed on the window pic and even played with the contrast a bit to get a different view of what I was seeing. With all the branches and ice etc. reflecting in the window it is harder to tell for certain what we are looking at, at first glance. I do see what appears to be a face but when I study it closer I can see how certain small branch pieces and ice formations may be creating this image. These are the more tricky pictures to examine due to the many factors that can create images. Pics with trees/leaves or stone formations which have shadows and light reflecting can trick the eyes. Not saying we can't get faces within them we just need to look closely and rule out all factors. It does seem to be the way the trees and ice are reflecting in the window that gives the image of a face that I see. I live in an area that gets some cold winter climate and I know that the elements can give windows a cloudy look, especially during a storm where the temp changes dramaticaly and suddenly. Very tiny ice crystals and/or light condensation do form during cold temps, that can go even be undetected or not as noticeable fr the inside. It may have been the angle you took this at which picked up on it?

I'm not sure what the pic is that Damien indicates is a finger. With your telling us you ensured there was no finger in the way and took a second pic to ensure so, I'm not sure what may have caused this?

Nice ice orbs by the way, thanks for sharing those. I think it's important to see pics like this that show how some orbs can be created. As with other pics we need to consider various factors with orb pics as well. =)

I'm interested to hear other opinions on both of these pictures. I still need to look closer at your other pic post. Keep those pics coming.

Hugs, Cat =)

[ January 07, 2005, 03:36 PM: Message edited by: Cat ]

i think i figured out the one i had thought was a finger if you bring up both pics and put them side by side you will notice that all those little "orbs" (not real orbs) are in the same spot in comparison to all the other objects in the pic. that tells me that your lens was dirty and you could of had a smudge on the lens and when the flash relected off of the ice it caused some kind of refraction causeing the effect. if you can replecate the pic 99.999999999% of the time its not paranormal.

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We got a new digital camera for Christmas and Heather took a picture of the house while it was snowing out. In the pic are "snow orbs" that look much like the "ice orbs" in Brauvura's pics. It's a good way to create test pics to see what false orbs look like, so you aren't fooled by them.

As for the "finger", I wonder if the lens fogged or iced up a little.

It was freezing rain out so it might of landed on the lens/flash causing the light. Never thought of that, I wonder if my head is on tight sometimes, thanks for the heads up. I always like getting feedback. Again Thanks all for checkin out my pics!
Brandi

Hi Brandi,

Freezing rain landing on the lens or a smudge as Damien mentioned does make sense for that picture. Don't worry about not thinking of that initialy, as you can see by the comments we all needed to look at the pic a couple of times. Sharing and discussing pics here helps us all learn. Thanks again for sharing these with us. =)

Hi Brauvura,
I see the face in the window. I blow up the area where I see it. Here is the link.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v503/Starlou/spiritkeep/treedown1.jpg[/URL]

Starlou

Sorry but I'm not seeing a face. I was unable to see it the first time I viewed this pic. In case I missed something I decided to look again and used an edit program to adjust contrast, brightness, midtones etc. and the various shading brought different images in and out of view. There are so many branches in the reflection with various degrees of light coming through them that challenged my eyes. The ice attached to the tress is also reflecting in different ways in the window, creating different shading. Some may have formed on the window itself, even if only the faintest amount, that will attribute to some of faint shading within the lighter areas. As will any condensation on the inside of the window, even if it's barely visible to the naked eye. I max zoomed into small sections of the window and within each I was able to see where the branches were extending into the ligther areas (even the tiniest ones) so I allowed my eyes to focus only on the branches and the images from the full view changed or disappeared entirely. I do know that faces and images at times show in pictures so I tried to view this extra carefully in as many ways possible but was unable to find a face within the reflections. Sorry

I concur with Cat and the others -- no faces. It's most likely ice, frost, condensation or a combination thereof on the window creating the illusion of a face or facial-type features.

Kell