I have seen this photo and while it is neat I do not think it is paranormal, just a publicity stunt for a radio show. I too miss my Film cameras but they are just too expensive to develop the film for one or two useable pictures & digital cameras are so covenient, they are however pretty easy to manipulate compared to film which is why I do not trust 99.9% when it comes to ghost pictures. /dry.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' />

I agree with you, for there are lot's of fakes out there, people dying to experience "fame."

I used to own an "Olympus OM-10," and she was a dandy! I have kicked myself a million times for getting rid of it, because the photo's I took with it were awesome. You could put the camera on "Manual or Automatic Mode." That was one sweet camera!

~ MidnightPoet

I think you're begin overly optimistic Poet. I'd have a hard time

saying that 1 or 2 out of 1000 were legit.

I was just using that as a "for example." I agree with you, which is why I wrote, "...maybe "all" of them are fake." I was not being optimistic at all! /rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

~ MidnightPoet

Anyway, I have a hard time fully trusting any "ghost photo," just because I don't know anything about the person who took it, or even if they took it at all. I bet for every 10 "ghost photo's" you see nowadays, probably only 1 or 2 out of those 10 will be "The Real Deal," and, maybe all of them are fake. I tend to be slightly more trusting of established ghost hunting societies which have been around awhile, and are fairly trustworthy. But, photo's from individuals, "guilty, till proven innocent!"

~ MidnightPoet

I think you're begin overly optimistic Poet. I'd have a hard time

saying that 1 or 2 out of 1000 were legit.

I wish I could contribute. I'm still shocked you can upload photos to a cell phone.

Karen, I agree, because I never knew that you could do that, either. Then again, I did not realize till about a year or so ago that someone could sit in their car with a "receiver unit" and catch your cars' door-lock code via the airwaves when you get out of your car and lock it with your little gadget on your key ring. I don't have to worry about it, because I have a 1999 Honda Civic LX. LOL!!! It has a factory cassette player in it, with Pioneer speakers. Plays like a dream! /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Anyway, I have a hard time fully trusting any "ghost photo," just because I don't know anything about the person who took it, or even if they took it at all. I bet for every 10 "ghost photo's" you see nowadays, probably only 1 or 2 out of those 10 will be "The Real Deal," and, maybe all of them are fake. I tend to be slightly more trusting of established ghost hunting societies which have been around awhile, and are fairly trustworthy. But, photo's from individuals, "guilty, till proven innocent!"

~ MidnightPoet

That's the best way to keep from falling for a fake. "It's a fake till proven authentic," which is kind of the way I act toward people on the Internet, "they are not to be trusted till they prove themselves to me, therefore liars till proven trustworthy. Guilty till proven innocent." /unsure.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

I've had a lot of experience with "fake" online.

I really should adopt your attitude, but I'm too

trusting, though not as much as I use to be.

If this is the picture that I'm thinking of; a young girl looking at the camera and an older woman looking over the girl's right shoulder, then it was brought to the public's attention through a radio station. There's about 15 pages of discussion of it over at one of the TAPS forums. I participated in the debate and most everyone there thinks it's faked as well. Now there are some people over there that I do trust to a degree, they were debating how easy it is to photoshop anything these days. One person was able to photoshop in a picture/avatar of another member behind the girl. It looks pretty real.

How to spot the fake? Sometimes it's very hard. Being able to look at a pictures' exif information is valuable. Other than that, it can be very hard. Usually I have the opinion that if it's by a person I don't know and can't trust the conditions the picture was taken in, then it's a fake until proven otherwise.

How to spot the fake? Sometimes it's very hard. Being able to look at a pictures' exif information is valuable. Other than that, it can be very hard. Usually I have the opinion that if it's by a person I don't know and can't trust the conditions the picture was taken in, then it's a fake until proven otherwise.

Heck, a good photographer can make Demi Moore actually look like someone that should be married to Ashton Kutcher. At some point, a slightly soft focus becomes everybody's friend...

too bad life didnt have a soft foucs /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

Heck, a good photographer can make Demi Moore actually look like someone that should be married to Ashton Kutcher. At some point, a slightly soft focus becomes everybody's friend...

Gosh, I want to ghost hunt so badly, but don't want to go till I am fully prepared!

I think it would be fun to do one...well, boring too (i'm a realist /wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> )

but trying to get into a group around here is impossible, the paranormal

is the latest fad so lots of people are trying to get into them, and im

not someone to start my own investigations.

the way the neck is cut really gives it away.

i love reading about ghosts too. i dont know that i'll do a ghost hunt, but i do believe.

Gosh, I want to ghost hunt so badly, but don't want to go till I am fully prepared!

Heidi, I agree completely! I am a "critical thinker" at heart, and a "paranoid," don't trust anyone, especially in this day and age. I thought it looked fake to me, then again, because I am kind of new to this, I still try and keep my mind open. I have been collecting books about ghosts and ghost hunting since about 1998 or 1999. I am well past 20 books now on ghosts and ghost hunting. Not many, but they are very good quality books, so, it's a start. My goal is to be into ghost hunting within 3 years or less. I will be about 50 then. I am a young 47 now. Hey, Grandma Moses started painting in her 70's, and lived till her 90's, so, there's still hope for me. /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

the way the neck is cut really gives it away.

i love reading about ghosts too. i dont know that i'll do a ghost hunt, but i do believe.

I dont count out the fact there could be ghosts, I just dont trust the living /wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

too easy to fake pics now

Heidi, I agree completely! I am a "critical thinker" at heart, and a "paranoid," don't trust anyone, especially in this day and age. I thought it looked fake to me, then again, because I am kind of new to this, I still try and keep my mind open. I have been collecting books about ghosts and ghost hunting since about 1998 or 1999. I am well past 20 books now on ghosts and ghost hunting. Not many, but they are very good quality books, so, it's a start. My goal is to be into ghost hunting within 3 years or less. I will be about 50 then. I am a young 47 now. Hey, Grandma Moses started painting in her 70's, and lived till her 90's, so, there's still hope for me. /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />