Ghost?

drajj5 · Jul 10, 2015

Was looking through some pics' of when I brought my tractor to it's new home.... Flipping through the pics I see some sort of whited out portion of the image above. Showed my better half the pic; and she is skeptical that it is something "interesting". I asked her to explain and she said that any number of things could have made that splotch on the picture. I think it is cool and thought I would share with you!! I took the pic with a older cannon digital camera that takes lower quality pictures than even the new cheap phones can now take. Its super setting (big pics) is 2mb.

Anyway what are your thoughts when looking at the picture? What is in question is just above a stump with a chainsaw sitting on top. I can assure you that there is no trickery here as I barely know how to use a camera much less mess with an image. No other image has that super bright splotchy in it....only the one above

oldpilgrim · Jul 10, 2015

weather balloon

George2615 · Jul 10, 2015

Was pic taken using a flash? May be a reflection off something shiny on the chainsaw.

smstonypoint · Jul 10, 2015

I was trying to figure out the direction of the sunlight. There are no strong shadows around the tractor, but could it have been in the shade?

The vents on the house and the object on the left-hand side of the house appear to be reflecting light from the left. So, could the "ghost" be the reflection of sunlight from a shiny object near the chainsaw?*

Steve

* That or a giant firefly.

Edit -- Was the exterior light next to the french doors on?

Egon · Jul 10, 2015

It's companion is looking on from the left side!

MossRoad · Jul 10, 2015

oldpilgrim said:
weather balloon

Swamp gas.

MossRoad · Jul 10, 2015

Billrog · Jul 10, 2015

Your chainsaw has a mind of it's own.

drajj5 · Jul 10, 2015

No flash was used on the camera. Distance from where I was standing was a long way from the house. It may look deceiving but the tractor is smaller than the house (even though they look the same size). Thanks Moss for spelling Ghost correctly; and fixing it

. Wife gave me a hard time when I mashed the Post button!

Chainsaw that was used to drop the tree and was far from shiny I am stumped as to what it is, "No pun intended".

I even tried to google the glitch and nothing was found that looked like what I snapped with the camera.... I knew I would get some comic relief, but it still makes me wonder what it is. It is so much brighter than the light that was left 'on' outside the house and the sun was setting just over the mountain. Looks like you guy's are in favor of my better half's argument. Perhaps someone out there can give some insight as to what it is, wife is calling it an alien and busted my chops all evening.