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Post by Darren on Mar 17, 2010 14:41:07 GMT 10
 Kim from Warwick QLD submitted this photograph which was taken on January 26th 2010 at Condamine River Warwick QLD The story Behind the photograph: Popular local swimming place in Warwick. Only just noticed the unusual orange image in the picture today. No other photos taken in the series have any distortion or oddness to them. Looks a little like an image of a body perhaps? |
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Post by dandy on Mar 18, 2010 8:07:12 GMT 10
As an inhabitant of Warwick myself, I can confirm that there have over Warwicks history, been numerous drownings in the Condamine river. I even noticed "drowned in the condamine river" written on a couple of headstones in the old part of the Warwick Cemetary. If i were to be skeptical about it, and use my knowledge of the area to help me, then I would consider the orange blur to perhaps be that (i dont know the proper word for it) orange netting fence stuff they use on construction and roadworks. The texture of the blur even seems to match it. I know around the river they have been doing such works, and due to constant flooding of that rivver, all sorts of odd matter have been washing up down there recently (I have even seen that orange fencing stuff along the river banks myself). The photographer may have not actually seen or noticed it was there until the lighting of the afternoon sun has caught it in the cameras shot. If however, another photo taken at the same time and same angle does not show the same orange blur then that just shoots that theory down completely  So quite possibly a very nice unexplainable shot |
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Post by pjay on Mar 18, 2010 13:56:27 GMT 10
To me it looks a little like something inflated.
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Post by Darren on Mar 30, 2010 21:12:53 GMT 10
The object is consistent with a small object (possibly an insect) extremely close to the camera lens, out of focus and caught in the bright sunlight. The fast shutter speed combined with the blurring and lack of any reflection in the water supports the fact the object was in fact much closer to the lens than it may seem. Such photographic anomalies are common in night time flash photography with slower shutter speeds, but considerably rarer at the time of day and camera settings you have used. Nonetheless it seems to be the most likely cause.
An analysis of the EXIF and compression data suggest the file supplied is original and unaltered.
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