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beyondthedark



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:10 am    Post subject: images captured down by the docks Reply with quote

just a few photos of images ive captured down by the docks........
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D B Sweeney



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Jim.
What do you think they are?.

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flossy
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

these look a bit odd Confused
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beyondthedark



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hi d.b,
the first one, i believe, is the spirit of a schoolmistress of belgium extraction who taught at the school that was at the bottom of these steps at the turn of the 20th century. i got a first name off a very reputable medium here in liverpool, and from that researched the name, and came up with a couple of possibilities that fitted the bill, but only one that appeared to tick all the boxes..
the second one was captured whilst i was photographing an alleyway that i think could be a portal or gateway, and just got the strange feeling that i were being watched turned around and took the shot.........
the third was taken at the same steps that i caught the lady, and the first thing that i thought of was hobgoblin, again research has led me to believe that there have been sightings here of a strange devil like creature that appears from time to time,
i will put up a few more from around this area......
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beyondthedark



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

a couple more plus i have downloaded another photo of the steps, and this may give you a better perspective of what it is
jim




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thecactus



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

beyondthedark, mate none of those photos are very clear.
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D B Sweeney



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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jim,

Picture 1 appears to be cropped, can you publish the full shot please?.
Picture 2 has been selectively highlighted to give a false impression of a figure IMO
Picture 3 Has had the levels changed far too much and as a result random matrixing is creating patterns that may be interpreted several ways
Picture 4 is most likely airborne moisture droplets and breath
Picture 5 is picture 3
and Picture 6 are more selectively enhanced areas of random matrixing.

DB
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flossy
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

can you show us the picys before you changed them?
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thecactus



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can see the figure he is talking about in the first picture, but is it really a ghost?

I can see nothing worth talking about in any of the others.
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D B Sweeney



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ideally I'd like to see an uncropped version of the first picture Jim.

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beyondthedark



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 2:15 am    Post subject: original photo Reply with quote

morning d.b.
as requested original photograph taken at steps...


flossy.
i will dig the originals out of the others you requested, and post them shortly if thats ok?.
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D B Sweeney



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Jim,
Thanks for going to the trouble to post the original shot as requested.
Opening the picture in Photoshop CS5 and doing various adjustments in contrast, curves and levels I would suggest:
The 'head is actually a lighter patch of pavement that's approximately 8-10ft
from the base of the steps on the left hand side adjacent to the kerb. This could be due to a combination of the ambient lighting and flash fallout and lighter coloration in the pavement surface.
What looks like the 'arm' on the left below the head would seem to be the edge of the kerb also. The rest of 'the body' is simply the brain processing the information in the picture and filling in the gaps to create a vaguely human like figure (see link).
In my opinion this anomaly or ghost is a construction of our pattern seeking mind, more commonly referred to as pareidolia.

DB
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns
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beyondthedark



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok, thanks for your suggestion, and opinion d.b.
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flossy
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

not what you want to hear is it Laughing do you still believe it to be a spirit?
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D B Sweeney



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PostPosted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

flossy wrote:
not what you want to hear is it Laughing do you still believe it to be a spirit?

Fortunately not all Ghost Forums endorse every piece of evidence for the existence of ghosts posted.

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