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Syera · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 7:29 pm Post subject: I Returneth!

I'm back from my adventures! Ah, have I got stories, photos, and a few odds and ends I picked up... but those're gonna have to wait, as I'm right tired. Meanwhile... bet you can't guess where this was taken. Seriously.

Edit: Uploaded a few pictures.
http://www.springhole.net/vacation
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Nez · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:46 am Post subject:

Where did you go?
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Syera · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:49 am Post subject:

Oregon.
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Nez · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:54 am Post subject:

Cool. I went to Florence about two summers ago to visit my grandparents. Lovely beaches and a great place to see wildlife, especially seals and sea lions.
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Syera · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:03 am Post subject:

Florence, Oregon? Did you see the Fred Meyer? That one always gets me.
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Nez · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:53 am Post subject:

The Fred Meyer?

It doesn't ring a bell.
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Syera · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:03 am Post subject:

Toward the North end of Florence, there's a Fred Meyer. Behind it are HUGE SAND DUNES! It looks so weird. Razz

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Nez · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:07 am Post subject:

I recall a hotel and casino near some sand dunes. We just drove by when we were around that area. Maybe that was it.
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Iago · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:15 pm Post subject:

I noticed on your main page you have this thing on Orbs and such being caught in camera photos. I have to say you did a good job of recreating fake orbs and vortexes and whatever. However are you trying to say that all orbs and whatnot are fake? Confused

Honestly, orbs don't exactly indicate a haunting either. They can sometimes be energy as well, which is everywhere
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Syera · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:26 pm Post subject:

No; I'm just saying that the orb I encountered at the vortex probably isn't real. Some ghost-photo sites flat-out refuse to even consider 'orbs' taken by digital cameras and/or 'orbs' that resemble semi-transparent cells.
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Iago · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject:

Understandable. Catching a real orb is hard because dust and other things are everywhere so it makes it hard to do.
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Janette Morgan · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:29 pm Post subject:

No, it's our way of saying "It's really easy to get a false positive." It mainly came about because - especially where 'ghost photos' are concerned - Syera and I are horrible cynics. A lot of people will take a picture without realizing that there is a string present in front of the lens, and since the flash tends to reflect off the strings, it makes it glow. And since ghost photos make such prizes, and a lot of people honestly don't know any better, the ol' string-in-front-of-the-lens ends up touted as 'ghost photography' quite often.

We didn't fake any vortexes, though. Just some sweet spectral energies. And boy, was the glowing shadow-leaving line hard to recreate.
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Syera · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject:

Indeed. This page has a write-up on how false-positive orb photos can be made: http://www.prairieghosts.com/trouble.html

Now, I have seen a few photos where the orbs in question are completely opaque, and other than gluing yogurt lids to the walls (which is extremely absurd), I've yet to think up a way to imitate 'em easily. Very Happy

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Iago · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject:

Well like I said. You guys did a good job with re creating that stuff, but then again. How do you explain stuff like shadow people, things moving on they're own, full manifestations (which is rare anyways) and EVP's. People will always try to fake photos and such of these things. I've seen it done but that doesn't mean thee isn't something there
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Syera · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:34 pm Post subject:

Janette, 'vortex' is a term often applied to the supposed 'spectral trail.' I've been sticking to 'trail' to avoid confusion.
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