Unexplainable Images Controversy
Original Posting in our Deer Season Update section...
Now on to the just plain weird…Like many folks, we run trail cameras in order to census wildlife, as well as for security purposes. We have taken thousands and thousands of photographs over the years, and have never seen anything like the following…
Background: 182 photos on this camera. All pictures are "normal", except for 6 images on the morning of November 16th between 3:59 a.m and 4:02 a.m. What appears to be a light beam appears with an "object" floating within the beam appears. There is no movement from wind on the branches or grass, but the beam and object appear to move side to side, up and down and in and out from one image to the next.
If anyone knows of a reasonable explanation or similar experience, please contact us at info@Heartlandillinois.com
Unexplainable YouTube File Responses
Dear Bob and Team of Heartland Illinois,
My name is Andreas Muller from Germany and I just saw your video on the 'unexplainable images captured by outdoor expert' on youtube.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSPqw21z0ak&eurl=http://www.greyhunter.blog.de/
I do not know 'what' the strange object itself represents...BUT I think I can explain the kind of 'light beam' that seems to emerge vertical from the top and the bottom of the object. In my eyes these 'beams' represent a known digital effect, when light sources (direct light as well as reflected light) get into the lense and onto the chip of the camera.
I have attached a pictorial analysis that enhances the 'beam effect' as well as a totally different image of the same effect - even much stronger. Those effects can be reporduced with nearly each digital camera directed at a light source. In the picture I did attach, the light source is also a refelction of the sun on the sphere-topped tower. This effect can me more brilliant or less and sometimes it is hard to catch it on the actual image even if it was visible on the LCD-screen of the camera - but it is still a digital effect. Sometimes only one light source causes the effect while others don't (and I have to admit, that I do not know why that is...) This seems to be also the case in some of your pictures, especially in the one picture of the series where the deer looks directly at the kamera and the cameras supportive light gets refelcted in his eyes - the eyes-reflection does not cause the 'beams'.
I am a studied graphic designer and am used to do picture analysis because my other profession is that I am a crop circle researcher and non-fiction author. Because of this I get many strange pictures with strange things that people want to know what it could be. You can find my crop circle homepage at www.cropcirclescience.org.
As said before, I do not know what the 'object' itself could be and have also no idea. But maybe the object itself has no own light but is only refelcting the camera's own light, which would mean that it has an appropriate surface composition. I also have the impression that the object is relatively close to the camera and in such a case it must be relatively small. But it could also be a larger object in a farther distance with a surface that is strongly refelcting...?
I hope this 'analysis' can be a bit of help in finding out the truth behind your images. I would be happy to hear of possible further relevations.
Best wishes from Germany,
Andreas Muller
Dear Mr. Muller,
Thank you so much for taking the time to analyze the photo's. It seems you may have given us a good explanation for the light beams! The example you have sent clearly shows a similar effect. With your permission I would like to post these on my site, as we have many interested people who would like to study and learn from them. Of course credit will be given to you.
I hope we can learn what the image itself might be as well! Thank you once again!
Bob Coine
President
Heartland Studio's. Inc.
