High speed movement and the limits of digital photos

[Horatius]

One thing a lot of CTists like to point to, is photos and videos that "don't look right", because they have some effects that make things look contrary to our normal expectations.

This sort of argument is common to a lot of woo topics, like "ghost" photos, "rods" or "orbs", but it's very prominent today in the CT movement.

In the interest of showing why some digital photo cameras can't be trusted to give accurate photo representations of reality, I present two photos I took today, and ask you all to try and figure out what's wrong with them, and what caused the errors. I'll post what really was going on later.

So here they are:

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/94904596af4a7eee4.jpg

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/94904596af4a05de6.jpg

So, what do you think?

[Oliver]

The color of the wooden piece looks pretty different
if i compare the photos. To be honest - it looks like
beiing manipulated in some way. :">

ETA:

And there is a "transparent" effect in your second photo...

But here´s another example of strange things in
photos:

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/111074596b3411819c.jpg

[Arus808]

love the ghosting effect on that wheel thingee

[Soapy Sam]

I think I wouldn't put my hand on that lathe - at least certainly not in the bottom picture. You really need to fit a guard on that, by the way.

[Soapy Sam]

I think I wouldn't put my hand on that lathe - at least certainly not in the bottom picture. You really need to fit a guard on that, by the way.

What wood is the bowl, by the way?

[Horatius]

love the ghosting effect on that wheel thingee

Yesp, that was what I was going for, although Oliver's comment about the colour of the wood is true as well. I think the colour is more a case of blurring, though.

[Horatius]

I think I wouldn't put my hand on that lathe - at least certainly not in the bottom picture. You really need to fit a guard on that, by the way.

:) No, no hands for sure. And seeing as how the lathe is older than me, I'm just glad it still works.



What wood is the bowl, by the way?

It's birch. I bought it as a "bowl blank" a couple of years ago, and just started turning it recently. It's finished now, except for oiling and imprinting my initials and the date on the bottom. Came out quite nicely.

[Bell]

Horatius, you need to clean up your workplace. What a mess!

[Horatius]

Horatius, you need to clean up your workplace. What a mess!

That's the clean corner :(

I was thinking about posting a picture of all the shavings and dust that came out of that small blank in one of the "dust" threads, just to show what happens to the volume of stuff when it's rendered into little bits like that.

ETA: but in my defence, I had just finished sanding the inside of the bowl!