HGH EXPLAINED PHOTOS PAGE 1
No, you are not viewing vortexes captured on film. In these photos you will see streeks of light most commonly mistaken for paranormal phenomena. A frequent question asked is "How is it possible for a light source to appear streaked with the remaining parts of the photo in focus?". It's understood that the flash from the camera basically stops movement. So, the shutter opens, the camera moves just a tiny bit, just a couple degrees, say 1/64" of an inch. That's enough over a distance to create those streaks in the dark. Then the flash hits and it captures everything else without the smear depending on the particular camera model. The streaks may happen before or after the flash, but either way the streaks are independant of the frozen images during the fraction of a second that the flash happens. It all boils down to movement durring the shutter closing, quite common in darker/night time photos.
Another commonly mistaken vortex photo involves a camera strap in front of the lens as shown above.