orb photography

I've finally had an opportunity to post some of my orb (spirit) photos on the

web. The last one listed was taken with a 4MP elph, and that image was used for

the cover of my book, How It Is. Enjoy. http://www.georgedstewart.com/ORBS.html

You put the images of out-of-focus dust blobs on the cover of a book?

 

Under the guise of spirits?

 

Wow.

I'm always fascinated by the human capacity to make daily use of highly sophisticated technology (cameras, say - exactly the sort of hands-on tech that is the direct product of rigorous scientific thought and research applied to the unforgiving laws of physics) while simultaneously embracing a world view that flies in the face of the very reality that provides for it.

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The longing for a little mystery and wonderment is natural - we're wired for it. But there's plenty to go around without deliberately blinding yourself to the basic physics of a camera's operation. Back-lit, or strobe-lit dust particles diffracting light outside of the focused area of a shot, and then exhibiting sharpening artifacts that one's brain would prefer to see as faces (!) - well, I'm just shaking my head, here. Or, perhaps I'm completely misinterpreting a sublime and beautifully straight-faced bit of pop-culture/pseudo-science satire. I think I'll go with that last option, since it's much more comforting to me, and leaves room for my hopes for our future as a culture of thinking people. Yes, I like it better as satire. Why, it's almost up there (satirically, and in terms of people's willingness to take it completely wrong and miss the joke) with the ever popular <a href="http://www.shorty.com/bonsaikitten/" target="_blank"><b>Bonsai Kitten</b></a>.

Matt, I did the bonsai technique with my Nikon F2 one time and ended up with an FM. So don't knock it until you've tried it!<g>

Probably the best post all week.

We have arrived, in the Twilight Zone that is!

Yeah, but.......what if he's right?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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