





Hi, Everyone!
We decided to include this page to make comments on our observations of
the Orb photographs we took. This area will be updated monthly or as
more
observations are made. Photos pertaining to the subject matter will be
found below each section.
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BEAN
SOUP 1
Subject:
Before and After
I was going through photos the other night and came across several groups of what I call Before and After shots. These are those shot sequences where an Orb is there in a shot and not there in the next (or within a few photos at the same location and approximate camera angle). Since Jan noticed this occasional photo sequence last year we've been trying to note these as they appear. I'm always amazed at this Orb activity. These are valuable shot sequences to me and I think would add to anyone's photo collection.
If you use a digital camera, usually there is an LCD screen on the back which lets you view the shot. As the photographer you are part of the experience and an eye witness. When reviewing the photos the memory of the experience will surface and will have more meaning to you about what occurred. If you invite the Orbs for family photos like we do, this may reveal more to you. Soup's On!
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BEAN
SOUP 2
Subject:
Orbs are Dust are Orbs?
Paranormal photography is a fascinating field that appears to be growing rapidly and receiving increased attention. Regardless of one's area of interest, three of the more photographed subjects seem to be departed spirits, energy anomalies, and Orbs. You've probably noticed the periodic debunking posts given by "Armchair Debunkers" attributing the presence of Orbs to dust particles captured by the camera. Jan & I realized that for the entire time we've been photographing we hadn't done a dust test on our camera ( Sony Mavica FD-73 ). So, we used a dusty blanket, shook it at close range, and photographed. We noticed no Orbs, even with dust on the lens.
You might consider trying your own dust test so you know how your camera records images of dust and Orbs. Before you begin your test, we suggest that you tell the Orbs to stay away while you are conducting it. Remember, they are curious and love fun events. Afterwards invite them in for group photos. This makes for great before and after shots. Below are some photos of our test. Notice that the last photo has the glowing eyes of one of our cats. She is standing on some shiny metal pipes, which are also not creating Orbs. Soup's on!
UPDATE !!! We took these photos last year. At the time afterwards I was so choked up with dust I didn't have the gumption to post them on our website. Now seems to be a good time!
The real question in all this mumbo jumbo was not if dust looked like Orbs, but if Orbs looked like dust! We finally realized that to be able to actually see what dust itself looked like we had to take the extreme path. A dirt and gravel country road not too far away was the answer. It had never been paved and was graded by the county on an irregular schedule. I positioned myself on the side of that road, sitting on a small step stool fifteen feet from the edge. John drove his Exterra wagon back and forth in front of me as I snapped off about thirty photos with the Sony Cybershot F505V. The sun had set behind the hills and there was a little bit of light left, but I turned the slaved Vivitar 285 flash unit on high and put the camera flash on forced. I wanted to duplicate the equipment settings to be exactly what they were when we did go out shooting at night.
I guess you could say we were lucky (if you had not been me sitting out there!). A number of other cars drove by to help out. A car had just passed by as I took this photo of John coming on. I got several of these white-outs during the session as the dust swept over me and the camera. You can barely make out his headlights.
The next photo was the best of what dust actually did look like. It was
taken in the middle of the shoot. It was amazing how fast the dust from
the white-outs settled.
We were out there
for a total of about thirty minutes. The camera lens was only cleaned
once
and that was just before we left the house to get to this road.
You can see the flash reflecting off John's tail light lens. Even against the black part of the lower back of his wagon there are no white circular objects.
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BEAN
SOUP 3
Subject:
Wounded Orbs
Hello everyone,
Today is December 13, 2000. Ice rolled in this morning covering our
state
of Arkansas. I got up early this morning, turned on the news, and found
out I didn't have to go to work. So, I grabbed the camera, went
outside,
and began photographing. Our Orb friends were there. However, we did
notice
wounded or damaged Orbs like the ones in the Photo Gallery. We have
observed
Orbs with holes in them and chunks out of their sides in our
photographs
for the past twelve months. If anyone has been photo- graphing similar
Orbs, please contact us. We are interested to see how wide spread this
is, and for how long this has been going on. Below are two photos I
shot
this morning (don't forget the little guy under the porch). Soup's on!
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BEAN
SOUP 4
Subject
- Diamonds Are Dust? The Truth Is In The Photos!
We started to put this in the CYBERSHOT PHOTO section yesterday (April 12, 2001), but realized when we finished photographing last night it had turned into Bean Soup!
BEWARE! (Be aware!)
When you get something out of the ordinary in your photos, don't make the mistaken assumption that someone photographing anomalies for a long period of time knows everything there is to know. (Not even us!) Do not throw your photos away because someone tells you the anomalies in them are dust, glare, flare or what not. Hang on to them and see if a pattern develops or maybe you see something there you didn't notice before.
Just saw a comment on one website that stated diamonds are dust particles that are very close to the lens when photos were taken with the Cybershot. Well, we got them with our Mavica also, just not very often. Realizing we would have to do the dreaded "shake the dusty blanket" test again, this time for the Cybershot, we searched through the photos with the Diamonds in them to see if there was something that would disprove this statement of the Diamonds being only dust particles. The truth was there in several photos.
Another case in point: It has not rained here for several weeks and the pollen is very heavy on our cars despite windy conditions. We have gone out to photograph and had gotten only one Orb in one photo and one Diamond in another photo, out of over three hundred photos taken with both cameras. So pollen dust must be too fine to be attributed to the manufacturing of Orbs.
Is there a reason that dust particles are usually an explanation for Orbs in photos when hundreds of photos were taken on different nights, in different weather conditions, and no Orbs show up? Isn't there supposed to be dust in the air at all times that should be recorded by the camera as the same consistent geometric design or expression? Isn't the camera a technological instrument supposed to be technologically consistent in it's reproduction? Do Orbs that are supposed to be dust particles and are larger than an object blocking part of them make you wonder "How could this be if they're supposed to be dust"? Have you performed a "Dust" & "Water" test with your camera? Know your camera in adverse conditions like dust and rain. That way you'll know the difference when technological criticisms about your camera arise. Since you are part of the experience, and the best eye witness to what occurred, you then can confidently say, "It was not dust, water (rain), lens flare, etc. because I've tested my camera in these conditions. This is what happened, I know what I saw, I was there."
Paranormal photography is a wonderful adventure, whether you have taken
tens of thousands of photographs or this is your first experience. Rely
on your experience, trust in your equipment and your intuition. You're
the one doing it. Share ideas with others, consider others'
experiences,
but trust no authority, because there is none. You are as much a valid
and important explorer as anyone on this planet. Never believe any
differently.
John&Jan---The
Beans
We included blowups of what it looks like for Diamonds to be in front of branches and for them to be behind branches so you could see the difference for yourself. Notice how the rim of the Diamond is overlaid on the branch, showing that the Diamond is in front of the branch. Then see how there is no overlay of the rim of the Diamond on the branch, indicating the Diamond is actually behind the branch. Being blown up to almost pixel size, the photos aren't great, but you can see what we are talking about. Compare the examples of the Diamonds being behind a branch to the original photo. Obviously they are not close to the lens at all. In fact, if you saw a dust particle this large you might just better run for it before it falls on you!
(Note: All of these aren't actually Diamonds, with four pointed
corners.
We started to call them Shields - the ones with the rounded tops. Then
along came the ones with the rounded sides - being round on either left
or right side. We had no name for them. We discovered later that a
particular
shape of Orb was already being called a Shield. It was rounded at the
top
with a small triangular wing on both sides. Since at the present moment
we can think of no better name for these shapes that we have in the
photos
below, we will simply refer to them as Diamonds right now.)
#1
Original photo
a)
Diamond behind branch.
#2
Original photo
a)
Diamond behind pine needles.
b)
Diamond behind pine needles.
#3
Original photo
a)
Diamond inside of privet bush. (The
green leaf on the right side of the Diamond is in front of it. The
clothes
line is directly in front and next to the privet bush that the Diamond
is in. The clothespins on the line are very close to the same size of
the
Diamond at 3 1/2 inches.)
b)
Diamond in front of branch. (The
one on top is in front, the one on the bottom is behind the small
privet
branch.)
#4
Original photo
a)
Diamond behind branch.
#5
Original photo
a)
Diamond behind two branches.
So for the Finale! We were set up to take photos of John vigorously shaking a very dusty blanket as soon as it got dark. Listening to thunder rolling closer we decided to get started even though it wasn't pitch black out yet. When we stepped outside it had already begun to rain, so the dust test was put off until later that night.
John went out hoisting an umbrella and the Cybershot camera. His first shot was a very large round Orb, BEHIND the phone wire line that extends between two buildings! Those guys! That's when I remembered the last time I had taken the Mavica out and gotten any Orbs several weeks ago that there were a lot of Orbs (round) hiding behind trees and branches. At the time I thought that was rather curious, since most Orbs appeared to rather like having their photo taken and were in full view. Now it appears like it might have been one of those telepathic crazy communication things where the Orbs were trying to show us the answer before the question had even been asked!
Here are both the original and blowup photos of that Orb. In the blowup
the white lumpy things on the phone wire are water droplets from the
rain.
Funny...not only do those water droplets not look like Orbs, but if
rain
drops are supposed to look like Orbs, where are they? Also check out
the
third photo for ideas on how to get an approximate sizing of Orbs in
your
photos. In this case, since the Orb is slightly behind the pole we used
the pole for a measuring device for the minimum size, copying and
pasting
it in a row in the third photo. The pole's width is 1 1/4 inches, which
we multiplied four and a half times, making the Orb's diameter roughly
5 5/8 inches. But if the Orb is farther away from the pole the Orb is
going
to be bigger than that.
----Photo
of round Orb in rain behind telephone wire.
----Photo
of round Orb blowup.
----Photo
of sizing round Orb in blowup.
The rain had stopped so we went ahead with our dust test. I took
several
photos using the Sony Cybershot while John flung the blanket around. We
had the camera mounted on a tripod and were using the timer so the
whole
process would be more in focus. NO ORBS - Diamond, round or other. The
dust flying around from the blanket was pretty bad. John said it was
getting
in his eyes. The round thingy in the third photo to the right of the
blanket
is the hub from a wheel on a small cart that is hanging from the shed
wall.
----Dust
test photo 1
----Dust
test photo 2
----Dust
test photo 3
Peek-a-boo Orbs and Diamonds aren't dust. Soup's on!
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BEAN
SOUP 5
Subject
- Under All Conditions
November
7, 2001
Hello Everyone,
Jan & I really have some basic questions (to us) about shooting
Orbs
under adverse conditions (rain, hail, snow, attributing dusty
conditions
when there are not any, etc.) that haven't been answered. We aren't
trying
to debunk the Debunkers, or change anyone's mind. We would just like
these
questions answered. Maybe you can help? The following are our basic
questions.
If you have any of your own, please post them to us (we'll try to find
the answer and reply to you regardless). Here they are accompanied with
photos.
ORB QUESTIONS RELATING TO DUST & MOISTURE
1. Is there a reason that dust particles are usually an explanation for Orbs in photos when hundreds of photos were taken on different nights, in different weather conditions, and no Orbs show up?
A case in point: It has not rained here for several weeks and the pollen is very heavy on our cars despite windy conditions. We have gone out to photograph and had gotten only one Orb in one photo and one Diamond in another photo, out of over three hundred photos taken with both cameras. So pollen dust must be too fine to be attributed to the manufacturing of Orbs.
2. Isn't there supposed to be dust in the air at all times that should be displayed by the camera as the same consistent geometric design or image in a picture? If Diamond Orbs are dust, as some claim, then why do Diamonds periodically show up and are not displayed all of the time?
3. Isn't the camera, a technological instrument, supposed to be technologically consistent in it's reproduction? Why is camera technology (the way a camera sees and records what it sees) performing under adverse or normal conditions, relied upon for explanations when photos taken under the same conditions at the same time show these obvious differences? Shouldn't all of the photos be consistently the same?
4. Do Orbs that are supposed to be dust particles and are larger than an object blocking part of them make you wonder "How could this be if they're supposed to be dust"?
5. If rain drops are supposed to look like Orbs, why aren't they everywhere all of the time in photos when it is raining? What about rain photos with no Orbs present? If Orbs were just rain or water, wouldn't they would be streaming in long lines off the roof like a waterfall?
6. If Orbs are caused by a reflection from rain, snow, hail, or dust why are they in only a part of the picture, maybe a bunch in the next shot, one or two in the next, and then none in the next, when the conditions haven't changed? If the camera sees these objects (rain, snow, hail and dust) this way, shouldn't the photos be consistent with this technology interpretation across the photograph?
7. Why is the Orb, partially or mostly hidden behind an object, attributed to these sources when the source very well could have been blocked or partially blocked? If partially blocked, why is the reflection uniformed but blocked by an object in front of it?
8. Why are there Orbs when there are no adverse conditions in one photo and then gone in the next?
9. Why are there no Orbs when there are no adverse conditions?
10. Did dust, moisture, lens flare, etc. just appear as Orb explanations within the last few years with the advent of the digital camera? What about Orbs taken with 35mm film cameras before this time?
11. We have been told that dust does not appear as Orbs unless it is within four inches of the camera lens. Why? How does anyone know this? How can you tell if it is within four inches? What if it is five inches away, does that mean it's an Orb by this definition. We have photographed with a lot of dust on the lens and have not seen any dust or Orbs in photos.
Some dust particles may photograph as Orbs in some situations but that doesn't begin to account for the rest of Orb activity. What we did notice though was that Orbs came in behind me as I was shaking the blanket (no Orbs coming from around the blanket in the shaking area, or from the blanket as it was shook. They also dispersed after the show was over. Also there was one photo with absolutely no Orbs smack dab in the middle of the run of tests. Our conclusion at this time is that Orbs are not dust and they (at least we can't get them to) don't photograph as dust. But they will come into your dust test photos because they are curious to see what you are up to and why this is interesting to you.
12. There have been many eye witness accounts of people physically seeing Orbs in and around there homes and at crop circles. Some see a quick flash, others see stationary or slowly moving Orbs, and some see them quickly zooming around. Sometimes these sightings are accompanied by sounds that are electrical in nature and have been recorded at the location of the sightings or mentioned in eyewitness accounts. Electrical disturbances and failures of video equipment have been experienced. Can one honestly attribute this to dust, moisture, or lens flare, etc. I don't think so.
13. If you are going to conduct a dust or moisture test of your own, shoot a sequence of at least ten shots, and preferably more. View the photos in sequence, don't throw any of them away, and look for Orb activity patterns that emerge. Note contrasting activity from one photo to the next. A telling photo sequence might be something like a group of Orbs, then a few Orbs, then no Orbs, etc. The photos with no Orbs really pose questions. If Orbs are dust, and the dusty environment hasn't changed from one shot to the next, why are there no dust images recorded by the camera? Look at the next shot to see if images have returned. The only answer we have is the images are Orbs. They are curious to see what you are doing because it is unusual. They can come and go depending on their level of interest and amount of curiosity. Orb presence and activity will be noticeable from dust.
A dusty environment, especially during the daytime, can visually reduce the contrast between the Orbs and the background making it more difficult to see Orb definition. This is noticeable in Orbs that are partially coming through from another dimension, or are changing vibrational frequency to be in our 3rd dimensional visual spectrum. This is usually most noticeable in group shots.
Like everyone else, we have opinions that have developed about this area that may be different from someone else's. Ours have developed over a period of time from photographing, seeing repetitive actions and responses in similar situations. For us, weather related tests haven't answered much regarding a specific physical explanation. We always end up with many more questions than they answer, and we always see some kind of Orb activity that doesn't fit whatever physical explanation is proposed at the time. We all know there are many more basic questions that haven't been or can't be answered by a narrow critical mindset (that, in most cases, doesn't even photograph). I guess we are just seeing things in weather related test photos that we've seen so many times before that the "One size fits all" explanations can't explain.
So we decided to photograph under all different conditions to see what
our cameras actually recorded. Below are some of the results. Many
photos
we did not keep because there wasn't anything in them worth keeping.
Fortunately
we did save a few that nothing showed up in, for comparison shots. You
would be wise to do the same.
HAIL
It was hailing dime sized pieces on June 27, 2001, during the day. Jan
stationed herself on the porch, along with all the cats and dogs, and
started
photographing.
She was using the Sony Cybershot DSC-F505V with just the camera flash
on
high. The hail was quite vigorous, some of it bouncing onto the porch
hitting
her and the animals.
PHOTO
1 Hail,
no Orbs. We blew this up and were amazed that we really couldn't see
the
hail, in any of the photos. Only the misty quality of the photo.
PHOTO
2 Hail
with Orbs. Note how these Orbs are mostly on the left side of the
photo.
It didn't just hail over there!
SNOW
This snowstorm was a major event here in Arkansas on January 27, 2000.
Large portions of the freeways were shutdown and the police were
warning
everyone to stay off the roads. It started snowing about 1 p.m. here
and
continued non-stop until the next morning. John and I alternated taking
photos with the Sony Mavica FD73 (the Sony Cybershot not yet purchased)
using only the camera flash during the day and the Vivitar with slave
unit
at night.
PHOTO
1 Here
at least you can see the snow falling as thin streaks. There is one Orb
coming through in front of a tree on the top of the right side of the
woodpile.
PHOTO
2 Again
here's the snow falling as tiny streaks in the location of the deer
feeder.
PHOTO
3 These
next three photos show a dramatic difference. In this photo you can
clearly
see the tiny streaks of falling snow against the dark red of the shed.
There are a few Orbs starting to come through at the very top of the
shed.
PHOTO
4 More
Orbs have come through the dimensions and you can still see the tiny
streaks
of snow falling. Compare the streaks to the size of the Orbs.
PHOTO
5 The
amount of Orbs has increased in this same location for the shed.
PHOTO
6 John
zoomed in on the deck where a small cooler was sitting. It was just
lightly
snowing. No Orbs here.
PHOTO
7 There
is a large Orb behind a branch between two trees. Not very close to the
camera lens at all. ("Orbs are caused by dust particles or reflective
material
floating very close to the camera lens" - some folks #1 answer to the
existence
of Orbs.) The brilliant white Orb has materialized with the phone wire
leading to the shed actually going through it. Starting from the left,
the Orb is in front of the wire, and also the Orb is in front of the
wire
at the center section of the Orb. On the right side the Orb is behind
the
wire! Look at the lower left side corner where the blue tarp hanging
off
the shed and the snow-covered tarp on a cart come together to compare
to
the next photo.
PHOTO
8 On
the left side are two large Orbs behind the blue tarp near the bottom
and
also behind the snow covering the green tarp next to it. They are not
there
in the previous photo.
PHOTO
9 There
is a large Orb on the lower right side that is behind a branch. Blowup
of that Orb is on the top right. Just left of that blowup are smaller
Orbs
partly behind branches.
RAIN
The
following photos were shot on different dates at different times of the
year. John would go out with an umbrella to keep the equipment dry, so
there was only about a foot between his camera lens and the rain. I
would
either shoot off the edge of the porch or sit in my car and shoot out
the
open driver's side window. Also not much distance between the camera
lens
and the rain itself.
We haven't figured out why we can't see the raindrops as they were
falling,
like we couldn't see the hail falling. We kind of thought the Cybershot
with its 3.3 megapixels might pick them up, but it didn't. We always
used
a flash - either the camera flash during the day or the Vivitar with
slave
unit when it was dark. We could see raindrops that were hanging off
things
like the phone wire or tiny tree branches if we blew the photo up
several
times. But even blowing the photo up didn't show the raindrops falling.
PHOTO
01 (Cybershot
- October 24, 2001) Daytime rain. No Orbs.
PHOTO
02 (Mavica
- July 2, 2001) Daytime rain. One large Orb on right, one Orb in
front of bottom of blue barrel in center.
PHOTO
03 (Mavica
- July 2, 2001) Daytime rain. Many Orbs. Taken during the same
shoot
as the photo above.
PHOTO
04 (Cybershot
- October 10, 2001) Daytime rain. No Orbs.
PHOTO
05 (Cybershot
- October 10, 2001) Daytime rain. For those who want to ponder on
the idea that the Orbs are manufactured by the Vivitar flash held above
the camera (as to being why most of the Orbs are in the upper half of
the
photo), we give you this one. A single Orb moving upwards at the top of
the photo, one moving upwards at the bottom of the photo, and one
stationary Orb in the center of the photo (on the left side of a cart
with
white hubcaps hanging on the side of the shed). Not much on the right
or
left side.
PHOTO
06 (Cybershot
- May 6, 2001) Daytime rain. One large Orb and a few scattered small
Orbs.
PHOTO
07 (Cybershot
- July 26, 2001) Daytime rain. Lots of Orbs over most of the
photo.
PHOTO
08 (Cybershot
- September 23, 2001) Night rain. Orbs at top, not at bottom.
PHOTO
09 (Cybershot
- September 23, 2001) Night rain. Most Orbs are at the top. Orb
behind
leaves at top center. Blowup of that Orb on top right.
PHOTO
10 (Cybershot
- September 17, 2001) Night rain. Many Orbs, but none in front of
vegetation on right lower side.
PHOTO
11 (Cybershot
- July 13, 2001) Just before dark rain. Orbs in center and at top
of photo, none in front of vegetation on right or left side.
PHOTO
12 (Cybershot
- July 13, 2001) Night rain. Orbs moving upwards, but none at
bottom.
Blow up on right bottom side of moving upwards Orb behind pole sticking
out horizontally from cabin. No gutter on the roof in this location. If
Orbs were just rain or water, they would be streaming in long lines off
the roof, like a waterfall.
PHOTO
13 (Mavica
- no date 2001) Just before dark rain. Very large Orb behind tree
on right and in front of smaller tree to the left. Faint Orbs near top.
No other Orbs show up in front of the trees, which is right in front of
the camera lens.
We decided to only cover the moisture questions here, because there shouldn't be much dust floating around after the first few minutes of a thunderstorm! We have already approached dust in other areas of BEAN SOUP.
As you can see, it takes a collection of different photos to really show what is going on. One photo just won't do.
Soup's On!
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BEAN
SOUP 6
Subject
- Those Of The Departed And Incoming Spirits
March
26, 2003
We have been to four different cemeteries with dismal results. There were some Orbs way up in the sky, but none that looked like they belonged there. So we can honestly say we have never to our knowledge taken an Orb photo of what we would believe was someone who has departed.
But we have viewed some photos that were sent to us by folks visiting our website that left no doubt in our minds that what they had gotten was an Orb of a departed relative. We did not ask for permission to show these extraordinary photos. Two families were still grieving and it was inappropriate to ask them. For the third the woman who took the daylight photos (no flash) didn't have the knowledge of the groom's side of the family, which was where this Orb always stood next to, dressed in all her finery. Maybe some time in later years they will be ready to share their stories and photos with the world.
So we have added those of the departed to our list of what some Orbs are.
But what about incoming spirits, those about to incarnate in an unborn
child?
Could they also be
viewed as Orbs? We have read different accounts and feel that the
moment
the spirit enters the unborn child varies greatly. It could be at the
moment
of conception or at the moment of birth, or at any time in between. It
would be difficult to determine if an Orb captured near a pregnant
woman
was the incoming spirit.
Perhaps a series
of photos taken of the woman taken through out her pregnancy might show
an Orb that was the same one, next to the woman. Possibly it might
disappear
and never be seen again at one point. But then it would have to be
taken
into account whether that particular Orb might be either a companion
Orb
or a departed relation watching over the woman, rather than the
incoming
spirit. Another possibility to consider is that of an incoming spirit
arriving
before the woman conceives, possibly months before conception. The
purpose
would be to familiarize and get to know the incoming spirit's future
mother.
The shape of an Orb could be taken, or a more shapeless but
distinguishable
shape might be repeatedly observed with the woman, or man for that
matter,
probably depending on whom the spirit would have the longest
relationship.
But again it would have to be taken into account whether that
particular
Orb might be either a companion Orb or a departed relation watching
over
the woman, or man, rather than the incoming spirit.
Just something to contemplate and to dowse.
Soup's On!
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BEAN
SOUP 7
Subject
- You Are The Expert! - or - What's Your Point?
March
26, 2003
Recently a new member on a discussion group wrote about how the way a camera works may have an effect on the shape of Orbs and other unexplained things that may be photographed (I'm giving my take here, not trying to speak for anyone else). The person didn't have an answer as to why adjacent things in the image weren't also affected, so I thought "Here we go again. Another dust, lens flare, moisture explanation attempt only this time it's the camera". After thinking about this for several days it seems that two major questions are - Why is the experience of the photographer, and corroborating photographs, in question to begin with by reasons which don't answer basic questions as to their validity? Why should anyone's assessment, opinion, or explanation of your experience take precedence over yours? In our opinion it doesn't, can't, and shouldn't.
When a person is new to photographing in the dark, there are some things that look strange and unexplainable, caused by the flash reflecting off of some object. This is usually the time where they will ask for someone else's opinion. What they really need to do is to find out for themselves by going back during the daylight hours and photographing that same spot and comparing it to the picture in question. Most of the time they will be able to see what caused the strange looking object, if it was not paranormal to begin with. In other cases if the photo is lightened considerably they might also be able to determine what it is. When reviewing your photographs it is important to be your own worst critic and find out if there was something out there that caused any questionable images in your photographs. Also review your personal experience of the photography shoot or Event. What did you notice, perceive or feel during the experience?
Our suggestion is to photograph at least twice, and preferably more, in the same direction, when you are out photographing in the dark. What is there in one photo may be gone in the next, and that could very well be paranormal.
This is why photographing and reviewing photos as a sequence of photos is so very important. The sequence will tell the whole story of an event, the before photos, the during photos, and the after photos. They can show appearance, then non appearance, movement, and any additional activities, occurrences, or changes, all within context of what occurred during that sequence of photos which recorded activity as a sequence. You can see how much more information (and it is information within in context of the event) can be gathered from a photo sequence as opposed to an individual photograph. Photo sequences also act as a catalyst to activate or bring out memories, perceptions, and awarenesses that you experienced while participating in the event. This adds even more information and depth to your understanding or picture of the event. One individual photo cannot covey what occurred in an event if for no other reason than you have nothing else to compare it to at the time of the occurrence. Many times Debunkers will use individual photos to try to prove whatever they are trying to prove at the time. Shot sequences can clarify what actually occurred, as it occurred, at the time it was happening. Photo sequences are a frame by frame motion picture that tell the story of the event as opposed to an individual photo which at the most can't tell you much at all, and can be taken out of context to supposedly represent something that has no validity or relevance and is a misrepresentation of what the image is.
I understand that just as there are different interests, areas, and viewpoints in paranormal photography there are also different considerations each of us applies when critiquing, assessing and evaluating our own photos and experiences. What may be important, relevant, or a different view point for one person, may not be to the person who took the photo and was part of the experience. In other words, if you don't think that something is a consideration in a situation you experienced, then it isn't. You were there and part of it. They weren't. You are the best eyewitness to what occurred. They aren't.
The reason I bring this up is because there are a lot of nice people in this area we are in that have different, even contrary viewpoints that they may feel very passionately about. I've noticed that it is easy to feel affronted when someone expresses a contrary opinion (usually a debunking oriented one) about what Jan or I have experienced. It's hard sometimes to separate the person from what they are expressing. So if what they are saying doesn't fit what I know happened, or what I know is in that photograph, it is just another opinion and we agree to disagree.
Here is a collection of five shots taken in sequence. When John took these with the Sony Cybershot F505V he could see the Being up in the tree in his LCD screen after he took the first shot. So he continued to shoot in the same direction until he could no longer see that Being. This series of shots shows the Being changing shape in the first four photos, then gone in the fifth. We were so intent on looking at the Being in the tree we failed to notice someone else had appeared in the third and fourth shot, also gone in the fifth. I only noticed him today because of the differences he created in two of the five shots taken in the same direction.
PHOTO
01 This Being in the tree looks like he is almost
streaking,
with the shape he has taken. It looks a bit rectangular in form.
PHOTO
02 In this next photo the Being has become less dense.
Almost as if he was startled by the approach of the next visitor.
PHOTO
03 Now the Being is brighter and denser. Also a Red Guy
has appeared in front of John's silver wagon at the bottom of the photo!
PHOTO
04 This time the Being is brighter and denser, and
closer
to the tree on the right, than he was in the first photo. The Red Guy
has
stayed for this photo also, not making any apparent movement.
PHOTO
05 Both the Being and the Red Guy are gone.
PHOTO
06 This is a closeup comparison of the Red Guy in
Photos
3 and 4. He didn't appear to have moved much at all between the two
shots.
The top photo was lightened a little, where as we left the bottom photo
the way it came out of the camera so you could see how red he was. We
equalized
both photos on the right side so you could better see the outline of
this
guy. He appears to be very dense along the top ridge of him.
Soup's On!
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BEAN
SOUP 8
Subject:
What Are Orbs?
December
25, 2003
Recently we've noticed a number of folks on the web who have been pursuing the Orb phenomenon have posted their personal observations about what Orbs are. Regardless of the varying individual directions, interests, differences, or how they are described, we have noticed similarities in these observations of different people's accumulated experiences. This seems like a good time for us to jump in and share some of our general observations which have developed over a period of time from our experiences. This list is by no means complete and will be ongoing. It is a collection of general viewpoints from our photographic/dowsing experiences with Orbs. If nothing else, we hope these observations may give you possibilities to consider in your own experiences and when seeing what others have observed.
Our descriptions are not science based or meant to be. We don't know a damn thing about science or have any interest in it. Our descriptions are pretty generic and common accumulated from interactive experiences. We hope they communicate what we are trying to express.
A. Natural Living Species
We dowsed that there are natural living species and some of the species have babies. We have photographed adult Orbs and babies together. Until we explore this area more, this is all we're going to say at this time.
B. Artificially Created Orbs - Can be grown & created by other technologies.
They are Bio-Electrical (Plasma? Sometimes called Plasmoids and various other science oriented descriptions) and can travel between dimensions and move in and out of our 3rd dimensional visual spectrum. They can affect 3D energy-phasing. Electrical and vibrational effects can be noticed in camera and electrical equipment. Unusual sounds may be noticed in your immediate environment when photographing. There are also signature sounds for Orbs when they are present whether you are photographing or not. Telepathic communication and response can also occur. This can be further explored through the use of intuitive tools of your choice. The corroborating photos are best viewed as a photo shoot sequence rather than individual photos. Much more will be revealed to you this way and you'll have a much more complete picture of what transpired.
1-Some Orbs are
sentient
- some aren’t
2-Some Orbs have
consciousness and personality identity - some don’t
* Degree of
sentience,
consciousness, and awareness is built in.
Some Orbs are sensitive to and can be affected by energy vibrations, the quality of energy - positive and negative, changes from natural earth energies (ley lines, vortexes, fluctuating energy waves from our planetary environment, etc.), dimensional & inter-dimensional environments and interactions, active and living history vibrations and residue of an area (Ghosts-outgoing and incoming spirits), and what we project - positive and negative energy.
* Some Orbs are not sensitive to energy vibrations unless they are strong enough to cause damage or interference.
* Some are telepathic and can cause telepathic communication and
respond
to it.
They can act
differently
from each other as groups or individuals.
*Some Orbs can be used as a vehicle to view from by a viewer, like looking through a window. Other tasks also include collecting general and specific information.
1 - The Viewer
looks
into the Orb from its home location. The Orb projects part of itself to
the area the Viewer wants to go.
2 - An Orb will go
to an area where the Viewer requests it to go.
3 - Orbs are
attracted
to high vibrations, so the viewer will sometimes let them go explore
areas
to see what exciting or unusual phenomena is occurring.
Jan dowsed a Viewer Explanation --- April 10th, 2003 (2 days before
Cookeville,
TX presentation).
John's Companion Orb is here. I asked what it was doing and got "
Companion
Orb put vibration in fat of John's body to affect energy
production."
Did the Companion Orb have something it wanted to say? My
pendulum
indicated a Yes and spelled out:
"Were you going to
make plexiglass Orb?"
It was startling
to me because it had been several weeks since I had thought about doing
that and hadn't been thinking of it recently. I thought I was, only
wasn't
quite sure I could with the equipment we had.
"Very Understandable"
was the response referring to "How Viewers look through Orbs".
I asked if I was
talking to a Viewer from some other planet in another Dimension.
"Yes."
Seizing the
opportunity
I asked the following questions:
Is your Orb a living
creature? "Yes."
Do your Orbs have
babies? "Yes"
Do you hold your
Orb up to your face to view through it? "No."
The picture came
into my mind and I said you lay your Orb on a table to view through
it!
"Yes."
That would be similar
to looking through a crystal ball. I wondered if crystal balls
originated
from looking through Orbs.
John's Companion
Orb replied, "Even Orbs have a history."
BIG QUESTION--Are ORBS a universal energy vehicle form of choice?
C. Departed and incoming Spirits
We've been occasionally dowsing the departed spirit area the past few months. We got that most of us leave the body as a mist/ecto form of energy. After we've left we can stay in a mist/ecto form or collect our energy and form ourselves into an Orb shape. It is the most effective and efficient form for traveling. Most folks seem to make this change to an Orb shape and keep it only long enough to go to their next choice of whatever reincarnation or destination. A minority keep it for however long they choose not choosing to go to any "next destination" right away. They feed and increase their energy in that form making it more intense and growing the form larger. This aids them in just traveling around to different locations for the purpose of just seeing what is going on elsewhere.
Soup's On!
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BEAN
SOUP 9
Subject
- Consciousness Interaction
June
29, 2006
BEAN
SOUP 10
Subject:
Dust Has Always Been Here!
March
28, 2008
I was looking at
someone's dust experiments - they were not getting Orbs.
Suddenly I realized that dust was not a recently created substance - it
has been here from the beginning and will probably be here up until the
end.
The earliest known photo with an Orb in it was taken in 1896. Obviously
not taken with a digital camera.
We got our first Orb with a 35mm Minolta film camera.
Orbs are not relegated to being only digital related.
There has been
dust in every photograph taken, regardless if the camera used was
digital or film.
Going by the dust theory, not only should every photo taken since
cameras were invented have Orbs in them, the Orbs would be so thick you
would not be able to see what you were shooting at.
So much for that.
Soup's On, and boiling!
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Date
created: May 25, 2000
John
and Jan Young
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2000 through 2008