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Curious digital image of self

Here's a 100% crop from a self-portrait that I snapped more than
two years ago in which I seem to have become partially translucent.

You could say it's a double exposure but my digicam does not have that
feature. What do you make of it?

If you're passing through Malaysia, I can show you the original file on a
memory card.

Notwithstanding this curiosity, may you all remain well and happy!

Comments

  • Invincible_summerInvincible_summer Heavy Metal Dhamma We(s)t coast, Canada Veteran
    *shrugs*

    What do you make of it?
  • zombiegirlzombiegirl beating the drum of the lifeless in a dry wasteland Veteran
    That happened to me once on a digital camera. No idea how... but I suppose stranger things have happened in the world.
  • essem said:


    What do you make of it?

    It could easily be done in post processing so most likely a software glitch.

    Is this an isolated instance or are we talking Father Brennan from the Omen?
  • essemessem Explorer
    That was an isolated instance that did not recur and I remain
    open to all ideas about it.

    I brought this up because a worshiper at a catholic church on
    the front pew vanished from my view for a few seconds while she
    was deep in prayer.

    A Buddhist friend once related how her friend disappeared from
    view while they were in the same room. Apparently said friend was
    meditating when she became invisible.

    An engineer friend told me he had locked a monocular in a glass
    case only to have the instrument disappear from sight: he was
    the only one who had the key. You can imagine his surprise when
    the monocular reappeared several months later.

    By chance I stumbled upon an intriguing reference to what the writer
    called HUMAN SPONTANEOUS INVOLUNTARY INVISIBILITY.

    Have any of you had similar inexplicable experiences of this nature?
  • NevermindNevermind Bitter & Hateful Veteran
    Maybe it's a ghost?
  • The disappearing woman is more intriguing than the photo! Can you tell us more?
    And the other two - any more detail?
  • essemessem Explorer
    A Buddhist friend once related how her friend disappeared from
    view while they were in the same room. Apparently said friend was
    meditating when she became invisible.
    I need to clarify: it was my friend's friend who disappeared and I regret
    I have no details of this reported encounter since I wasn't present at the time.

    Ditto for the monocular that returned mysteriously to the owner: I only have
    the word of an otherwise rational neighbor and contractor.

    As for my own experience, I was new to the church and sat on a back pew
    during a short service. I recall that when the worshiper vanished from sight,
    she was at the first pew and kneeling on a cushion hinged to the back of
    the front panel, one with the usual shelves for supporting Bibles etc.

    I could clearly see the hitherto obscured upper shelf when the worshiper
    vanished. She 'winked out' and back into existence in no more than five
    seconds and couldn't have bent down for the typical cramped space
    between pews: I would have noticed the movement.

    Just as I write this I recall reading in a print article yonks how
    Matthew Manning once had a Beatles LP record mysteriously materialize
    in his home and thought that the owner would soon miss it.

    What a strange and magickal universe we live in, what?
  • ZenBadgerZenBadger Derbyshire, UK Veteran
    Vertical lines show some thickening while horizontal lines remain sharp which suggests you moved out of shot. The camera was obviously focusing on the white shirt showing the greatest contrast, your face is of a similar contrast to the background so moving out of shot doesn't cause much noticeable bleed-through of the background. People generally don't break the laws of physics.
  • essem said:


    What a strange and magickal universe we live in, what?

    Indeed :)

    Something to look out for going forward.
  • essemessem Explorer
    ZenBadger said:
    Vertical lines show some thickening while horizontal lines remain
    sharp which suggests you moved out of shot... People generally
    don't break the laws of physics.
    You're right, indeed they don't!

    But the vertical lines are actually portions of the plastered brickwall and
    wooden frame of a doorway a short distance behind me. And I recall
    sitting as still as I could before the shutter clicked for the timed shot.

    Perhaps physical laws may not necessarily act the way we have always
    assumed they would? :D

    "Nothing can be more exciting than finding that we have to start from
    scratch and discover a whole new reality hidden." - Lawrence Krauss in
    The Higgs Boson Hangover
  • DairyLamaDairyLama Veteran Veteran
    ZenBadger said:

    People generally don't break the laws of physics.

    No, just occasionally.
    ;)
  • It appears that your shirt is translucent,not you.
  • essemessem Explorer
    PedanticPorpoise said:
    No, just occasionally.
    You may be right and Krauss may find you great company! ;)

    sndymorn said:
    It appears that your shirt is translucent,not you.
    By chance, the shirt was draped over the back of the chair before I
    sat upon it, thus I was between the shirt and the camera when the
    photo was taken.
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