Re: In the spirit of Halloween

[Clive Warren <Clive.Warren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 9:59 am -0800 1/11/00, Bertha Adamson wrote:
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>
>Now, I remain skeptical because these things are taken too much at face
>value, (little real scientific method applied to analyzing the data) but
>it did get me wondering. We have so many people who have so much
>experience at taking infrared images, I thought it would be fun to ask
>if anyone on the list has an image that has caused a shiver down the
>spine. Particularly shots at castles or especially bloody battlegrounds,
>which as we all know, are swarming with ghosts.
>
>No, it's not a technical question, but I hope it has enough IR relevance
>for the purists. ;-)
>
>Bertha


The short answer - yes!

Took a load of 120 roll Konica 750IR shots at Wells Cathedral in 
Somerset UK - some of these were in a secluded small graveyard next 
to the cathedral. A friend was sitting facing away from the camera on 
an ancient tomb.  When printing the resulting negs I did a double 
take as there was a face on the back of the friend's head.

It put a shiver up my spine - then I thought, hell this is stupid. 
It's just a trick of the light - so I blew up a section of the neg. 
and there WAS a face! I stopped what I was doing and left the print 
on the table. The friend saw the print a few days later as it had 
been left on the table.  She was really freaked out by image and I 
spent my time telling her that it was not a face - just a chemical 
problem :-)

Haven't been back to the place, nor printed any more of the negs......



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All the best,

              Clive   http://www.cocam.co.uk
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