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Oakland County, Michigan
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Welcome to HGH'S Explained Photos
(FAKE PHOTOS)
 
 
Here we have displayed some photos that reveal glitches that could be common, or even mistaken for paranormal phenomena, along with explanations on how they have occurred. Hopefully this will help in determining what may appear in some of your own personal photos as well.
 
The photos that you'll see were taken by HGH members during our investigations. In addition to the original photos, we may have used various enhancements to show details differently. If you think our explanations aren't correct and can help with suggestions on what could have caused certain glitches , please email us. Being that we are a newly formed group and are learning on a daily basis, your guidence and understanding is appreciated. Let us hear from you!
Email: HighlandGhostHunters@Comcast.net
 
If we may state our opinion, we believe at least 99% of orbs appearing in photos originate from natural causes such as dirt, dust, pollen, moisture, insects, lens/light refractions, etc. Take into consideration all of the particles floating about through a stream of sunlight entering a window. Although they are miniscule in size, they can still be captured on film. We've actually created "natural orb" photos in controlled environments simply by kicking up dirt from a rug, shaking a dusty towel, spraying windex for moisture (or taking photos in the rain/snow), even taking photos near active pets for dander and sturred up dust, etc. These are exercises you can perform with your own camera to see how natural orbs may appear in your photos. Sensor confusion is also a good example regarding colored orb photos.  On your computer, view a photo you've taken in the dark/at night and pick a very dark area somewhere in the pic and keep zooming in until you are way in.  You will notice the black isn't actually black, there are dark reds, dark greens, all different colors that the camera is trying to translate as the actual color.  It's the same with orbs, especially with dust close to the lens which creates relatively larger orbs.  You have a device thats designed to take pics a few feet away to many feet of things that are at least a few inches in size at the minimum (desciribing a typical camera).   Then you have, for instance, a half an inch away from the camera, a tiny spec of dust that is outside the focal range of the camera.  The camera has a very hard time trying to recreate what that is and the flash against that particle is so close to the camera its super bright so the sensor doesnt have enough information to color it correctly.
Here is a great page we have come across regarding orbs.  To read:
'Orbs: Naturalistic, Paranormal, or Man-Made' CLICK HERE

 

 
Many of the orb photos we have come across in the field look very similar to those that we have created. With this being said, on one occation a few members did witness a luminating, marble sized sphere moving about and disappearing with NO logical explanation (unfortunately we didn't have any equipment with us to verify the sighting). So as we may disregard numerous orb photos, we can't help but to take into concideration those that may appear with additional occurrances such other unexplainable sightings (mainly seeing the luminating orb without the use of equipment), unexplainable EMF or temperature fluctuations, unexplainable sounds/voices, etc.


 
  
 
 
 
 Orbs Originated From Natural Causes (non paranormal):