Discuss photo: Photo 469

Was there anyone around when this was taken? I see the faces but they seem to be perfectly in between branches.

I am a photogrpaher by trade doing mostly commercial real estate and sometimes I capture things that cannot be explained. This was a turn of the century home in a historic district that is up for sale. I was commissioned to do a photo shoot for advertising and captured a couple faces in the window. It actually looks to me as though it is a child and a dog. I would love to hear your thoughts!

I wish I could figure out how to zoom into the area of the window where the faces appear.

No one else was there but myself and the Realtor listing the home. She was sitting in her car on the other side of the house. The home was completely vacant and privacy fence surrounded the back yard where this was taken. No one could get in without me seeing them. I tried to think of every possible explanation, but just can't find one.

So here's the scoop. My first inclination was that it was a reflection from something behind the picture taker. So I cropped the pane of the window and zoomed, also I brought out the colors and brightness to get a clearer view.



So as you can see it is a reflection, and at first I though "Ah hah!" its light coming from between the branches of the bush being reflected. But, then when I examined it closer you can see there is a fence in the back of the reflection. And the fence is even visible from where the two faces are seen.

If you can see the faces images overlay the fence and even the branches of the reflected tree.
As a matter of fact the the image overlays the window itself. If the image was behind the window you would see the imperfections and irregularities from the reflection within the face. But we do not. Even at a great magnification the image of the face overlays everything.

So that makes me a bit suspicious. You said you took the image, did anyone have possession of it prior to you uploading it? The reason I asked is that I looked within the encoding of the image and it shows it was edited with PicNik photo editing and effects software. Do you have the original directly from the camera you can upload?

Thanks!

i also saw a reflection of a boy in period clothing. Awesome catch..

I do have the original photo. I only used the editor to crop the photo and add the arrows. But you are more than welcome to inspect. I have not altered it. I also have the photo of what is directly behind where the photo was taken so that you could see that the fence is not actually visible, it is obscured by a lot of landscaping. Im not sure who to paste it into this thread, but I will put it in my photos until I figure thisout. Im new here, so please excuse the learning curve.

OK..figured hout how to add the images. These are originals.

Now that is awesome, I love it when photographers come prepared. And get shots from all angles. That really helps in weeding out possibilities. I have to say, Kudos! Definite Kudos to you for thinking ahead!

Well thank you! I really wasnt thinking...well if I catch a ghost, I want to rule out stuff! LOL But, I am a professional real estate photographer and I take pics of everything when I am on location. So I have every inch of the property photographed and I retain all originals.

So, please...inspect and re-inspect. Id love to get your thoughts!