Pig9r
Living Legend
Who ya gonna call?
Did you have a clear protective lens on the outside of the main lens? Looks like what I used to get when the light reflects off the main lens onto the protective lens . . . takes a picture of the reflection.
Due to the size limitations of the modern compact and ultra-compact cameras, especially digital cameras, the distance between the lens and the built-in flash has decreased, thereby decreasing the angle of light reflection to the lens and increasing the liklihood of light reflection off normally sub-visible particles. Hence, the orb artifact is commonplace with small digital or film camera photographs.
The orb artifact can result from reflection of light off solid particles (e.g., dust, pollen), liquid particles (water droplets - especially rain) or other foreign material within the camera lens.
The image artifacts usually appear as either white or semi-transparent circles, though may also occur with whole or partial color spectrums, purple fringing or other chromatic aberration. With rain droplets, an image may capture light passing through the droplet creating a small rainbow effect.
Underwater photographers notice the effect also, which occurs for the same reason as above-water photographic artifacts. Sand, small sea life or other particles close to the lens, invisible to the diver, reflect light from the flash causing the orb artifact in the image. A strobe flash, which distances the flash from the lens, eliminates the artifacts.
Orbs (also known as "ghost orbs" or "spirit orbs") are often
thought to be the souls of people, as they appear as "balls of
light" apparently floating or moving in the picture. Sometimes,
orbs can appear in colors, such as blue, green, red, etc. Most
orb images, however, are caused by flash reflection off of
glass, mirrors, walls, dust, moisture and even insects. Digital
cameras seem to take a higher amount of orbs in photos.
Some orbs are definitely energy, and energy is spirit. However,
no one knows what this energy is, for sure. Plasma balls of
light or ghost lights (orbs) have been proven to be electrically
charged. Spirit (or ghost) orbs will normally have a more solid
center, without any spokes radiating from the center.
Paranormal orbs have even been photographed with faces in
them - whether a coincidence, is for the viewer to determine