mdoyle Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I was testing a lens in front of my house. on the left side of the frame is an old foster home where nuns still reside, in the right corner is a church. One day I showed my sister-in-law the photo and she noticed a bird flying by that I just happen to capture. Upon further viewing we noticed an image in the wing. To us it looks like the virgin mother. I will post it to see if anyone else sees it<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoyle Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Original photo<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemillis Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I see it - I'm sure it is indeed the virgin mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Laur Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I can never remember... who <i>is</i> the patron saint of satire, anyway? It's hard to keep track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoyle Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Not satire Matt. This is a real shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpoljak2003 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I once saw the face of James Bond in the condensation on a ice-cold vodka martini. I took it as a sign: that I too did indeed have a license to kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I can see that there might be a face. Very often cloud formations, cream in coffee, tree barks have textures such that they look like faces. My guess is that's more about our human tendency to organize things into familiar categories than anything else. A determination of whose face it is would be purely projection. We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I did not know until now, that the Virgin Mother had a mustache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manut Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Arrangemnt of the feathers looking like a figure, rare coincidence. Photography, freezing moment, hence the view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivi Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Here's a nice <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/category/pareidolia/">collection</a>. Have you considered submitting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou_Meluso Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I see a guy with a beard! Better watch it Mark or you may start seeing pilgrims heading for your home. Makes traffic a mess :o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoyle Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Could be Jesus too but we definitly see an shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoyle Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Weird thing is there is a church on the corner about a block away and a convent in front. I never saw the bird flying by. What are the odds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitmstr Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 The mustache is definitely there...and pretty much excludes the V.M. resemblance. Though, in those days, women may have been a bit more hairy... My question for all those how have a vision is: how do we know how anyone looked back then? There are no pictures, except those that were painted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoyle Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Could be Jesus in a semi profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lake_photography Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I agree you see an image but I have to ask, How does one really know if it is an image of the Virgin Mother or her off spring when no one know what they really looked like. Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 "What are the odds?" The odds are pretty much the same as anyone else, even an atheist, who takes a photo and catches a bird flying by. "Could be Jesus in a semi profile." Mark, You want or need this to be a religious experience. Why? It is as much the face of Robert DeNiro as it is Jesus and as much the face of Meryl Streep with a moustache as it is Mary. You are seeing exactly what you want to see, nothing else. We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petemillis Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Fred, you've done it for me now - I really think it MUST be Meryl Streep with a 'tache. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdoyle Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Well being that there are some additional holy sites in the background leads me to look a little deeper into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivi Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Mark, I don't know where this shot was taken, but there are at least three continents (Europe, North-, and Southamerica) where you can't go out of your house for ten minutes without seeing half a dozen of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma Desmond Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Mark-- If you're being satiric or trolling, this is amusing. If you're serious, it's sad and pathetic. We didn't need dialogue. We had faces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G. Dainis Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I don't know. I've never seen any photos of the Virgin Mother taken around 30 AD and I don't think she sat for any portraits. James G. Dainis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonjb Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I saw Elvis this morning but I did not have my camera with me at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the celt 2 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 We are all looking for a sign. We are all looking for devine help. What we should be looking at is the bloody mess we're all making, and try to actually do something about it. Our maker(and I'm an equal oppurtunity believer) gave us the gift of a free thinking mind, and the intelligence to solve problems. That's where we need to put all of our efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitmstr Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 >>Well being that there are some additional holy sites in the background leads me to look a little deeper into it<< The entire Universe is a holy site...though one wouldn't know it by observing us earthlings... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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