Orb Photography

Closeup on Orbs

For this post I’m going to zero in on some of the orbs which appeared with the bands Pick and Holler and The Tryst at the Bisbee Royale this past Saturday night.  There was such a flock of orbs attracted to these superb bands that some may have been overlooked in the crowd, or at least deserve closer scrutiny.

You may be asking, what exactly are orbs? I know that Pick and Holler asked that question just today.

Klaus Heinemann, co-author of the Orb Project, holds a Ph.D. in experimental physics and was a material science researcher at NASA, considers orbs to be “emanations of spiritual beings”. Just like the headlights of a car are not the driver, the orbs are not the spiritual being, but its emanation.

Dr. Miceal Ledwith, co-author of the Orb Project, was professor of systematic theology and then president of the Maynooth College university, thinks that the orbs are revealed through a fluorescence in which they shoot back the light of the camera’s flash.

From my observation, orbs are attracted to heartfelt moments of enthusiasm and passion.

That is not a dinner plate on the pianist’s shirt, it’s an emanation of a spiritual being. I say that out of respect to Dr. Heinemann who thinks that calling them orbs is like calling royalty by their first names.

One does get a sense of profoundness from the larger orbs.

To see the orbs in your photos you’ll have to slide up the brightness and slide down the contrast to bring out the fainter background orbs.

This orb appeared between Nowhere Man and Whiskey Girl on Saturday night and it was so prominent that I went around the Bisbee Royale showing the image to anyone I could find. We’ll end this post with a few more cameos:

Thanks to Matt Minjares, Carolyn Camp, Lindsay Cates, and Ty Peterson of Pick and Holler.

Keli Carpenter, Taylor Bungard, Aldy Montufar, Aaron Hultstrand, and Erik Truelove of The Tryst.

Amy Lopez Ross and Derrick Ross of Nowhere Man and Whiskey Girl.

Sloane Bouchever, proprietor and general manager of the Bisbee Royale.

And, Klaus Heinemann, Ph.D. for taking the time to look at this blog and encourage me to continue my quest for orbs.

Orbs Dance to Pick and Holler

This is the scene that greeted me last night at the Bisbee Royale. A lively band that sent the orbs soaring.

Pick and Holler came to Bisbee to wow the crowd of 1000 Stair Climbers.

No one was shy, everyone was ready to party.

You might wonder if all these orbs are perhaps a result of the theater lighting. If that were the case, I wouldn’t need flash to reveal the orbs, but I can get the theater lighting without flash.

There is a theory that the more you look for orbs, the more you will find in your photos.

Of course the orbs are here for this enthusiasm and passion.

Pick and Holler gets everyone dancing, including orbs, at the Bisbee Royale.

For those of you who are new to this blog or would like to revisit the explanation as to what orbs are, this might be of help: https://orbsdelight.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/closeup-on-orbs/

Tryst and Bisbee Royale: Hot Spot tonight: Orbs agree!

The scene of the Bisbee Royale 1000 Stair Climb after the after parties.

Pick and Holler was just what the runners needed to let off steam and enjoy the evening.

Nowhere Man and Whiskey Girl helped us wind down with their renowned lamentations.

I stepped out of the Bisbee Royale between bands and when I returned a sea change had occcured.

Musicians highjacked our reality.

Tryst had arrived with a capital A.

Tryst commanded our attention and put us in present time.

Tryst doesn’t just play songs, it played us an album of searing demands.

Even the orbs were lining up in salute.

The orbs know: we are a hot spot in the universe tonight.

Tryst is what the Bisbee Royale was made for: providing the best venue for the best sounds to open our hearts and blow our minds.

For those of you who are new to this blog or would like to revisit the explanation as to what orbs are, this might be of help: https://orbsdelight.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/closeup-on-orbs/

Bisbee 1000 Stair Climb

The big day is here, the one people have been practicing months for: Bisbee 1000 Stair Climb. In today’s post I’m celebrating those who ran through the sun’s orbs, felt but not seen.

Some ran in perfect harmony

While others strode with purposeful intent.

All were given a rousing cheer by those of us who do not climb stairs in the heat of the sun.

We finally realized that what the runners needed more than cheers was water.

Relief at last.

For some it meant a refreshing interlude.

Pure joy for a boy.

A time to dance and rejuvenate.

Or just feel blessed.

And have a bit of fun after a hard climb of over 350 stairs.

Happiness swirls forth.

Ready for the next half of the climb.

It’s a good day in the neighborhood.

Night Before Race Orbs

Sounds of merriment ring up the hills into my room.  It’s the night before the Bisbee 1000 Stair Climb and people from all over the world (I heard French tonight) are here to climb our stairs.

People are signing up for the privilege of drinking craft beers to ease their nerves before the big race.

Ah, there’s those french speakers.

We’re not quite sure what beer has to do with stair climbing, but it’s Friday night and you have to do something with the out of towners.

You can tell the out of towners because they wear shorts.

Here’s a local who’s really not that interested in all the hoopla.

It’s just a beautiful night to be out and about in Bisbee, Arizona.

Big day tomorrow, they’ll be racing past my house in the morning.  I’ll be clapping and cheering on those stair climbing adventurists.

For those of you who are new to this blog or would like to revisit the explanation as to what orbs are, this might be of help: https://orbsdelight.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/closeup-on-orbs/

Car Orbs

I have a theory that orbs like cars. Just because if I point my camera at a car, I’m likely to get an orb.

Orbs like to fly high so I often have to aim beyond the physical target or else the orb is almost out of the picture.

While I was taking several photos in order to try to get a closer orb to the car, I kept seeing a light on my right as if an orb was saying, “I’m over here now.”

Funny thing is, I am starting to see orbs out of the corner of my eye, and these are the orbs that were floating to the right of the car I was photographing.

Volkswagens are perfect for climbing the hills of Bisbee. They grip the road and are small enough for our hairpin curves.

One of the quaint sites of Bisbee, a car in a hole in the wall.

I’ll end the evening on not a car, but the gate that has appeared in these posts before. Here’s what it looked like tonight. When I step outside on the hunt for orbs each evening, this is my surest location to find them. Not always, but most of the time.

For those of you who are new to this blog or would like to revisit the explanation as to what orbs are, this might be of help: https://orbsdelight.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/closeup-on-orbs/

 

Sometimes No Orbs

Orbs don’t show up in every photo, but what you do get can be just as awe inspiring.

 Seeing a tree by flash can be a revelation.

The tree trunks so starkly boney in the night.

I wouldn’t have discovered this harsh beauty if I wasn’t looking for orbs.

I walk under this tree several times a day and never really notice it’s many tendrils.

This one I do notice because it always catches the light so beautifully.

But wait, there is an orb in here after all. Can you find them?

For those of you who are new to this blog or would like to revisit the explanation as to what orbs are, this might be of help: https://orbsdelight.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/closeup-on-orbs/

Do Orbs Love People?

Orbs loving people. This is of course a silly question, but sometimes one wonders why they hover and glide so closely to us.

Bass player for Buzz and the Soul Senders.  Not the front man, just a sweet looking fellow who has attracted an orb.

Now here’s a large orb attracted to intensity.  The intensity of dancing or of listening to the band, whose orb is this?

I’m going to go out on a limb and declare: orbs love a soloist.

Perhaps orbs just like to ride the sound waves.

Orbs and fine musicians, the perfect combo.

Could be they’re just looking for a good dance party like the rest of us.

For those of you who are new to this blog or would like to revisit the explanation as to what orbs are, this might be of help: https://orbsdelight.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/closeup-on-orbs/

Orbs, What are They?

During the past week I have been posting photographs of orbs without addressing the question, what are orbs? Sceptics claim that they are dust motes, water molecules, etc. Scientists such as Dr. Klaus Heinemann and Dr. Miceal Ledwith, who wrote The Orb Project, consider them to be emanations of spiritual beings which are revealed through digital flash photography.

To illustrate this essay I walked along my street and photographed my neighbors rooftops. Not every photo had orbs and some were too pale to really be seen. Sometimes there were clouds of orbs and sometimes just a few.

Dr. Miceal Ledwith thinks that orbs are revealed when “the flash’s photons stimulate the orbs to absorb the photons, convert them into electrons, and then expel them again in photons of a lower frequency when the stimulus of the flash ceases.” If you want to continue with this explanation please refer to The Orb Project, page 36.

Dr. Klaus Heinemann points out in his book Orbs Their Mission and Messages of Hope, that they have been able to photograph orbs in laboratory clean rooms which are free of airborne particles.

There is nothing wrong with simply enjoying orbs for their visual effect. Orbs don’t have to be explained to imagine that they do possess charm, mystery and even a sentience attracted to our moments of enthusiasm and heartfelt activities.

And sometimes we can imagine that they enjoy the street we live on as much as we do.

For those of you who are new to this blog or would like to revisit the explanation as to what orbs are, this might be of help: https://orbsdelight.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/closeup-on-orbs/

Orbs Close Up

What are orbs? Are they as random as snowflakes that melt upon first light or are they individuals who appear more than once? For this post I’ve gone through my photos and selected a few to look at a bit more closely to see if there are any identifying features.

       On the left is the tear drop orb I photographed last night on my way home and wrote about in the Bisbee Orbs After 5 post.

Next is a close up of another tear drop that showed up further along my walk that looks remarkably similar to the first tear drop shape. Both have that little crater near the middle edge on the left. Both have a flat area on the bottom left. One might think I was being followed while looking for orbs.  Perhaps they were keeping an eye on me.

The picture above shows a classic orb. This is a closeup of an orb that appeared in the Waiting for Amy Goodman post a couple of days ago. There is a texture to orbs that is easily identifiable when looking at orb photographs.

Orbs often come in clusters that are revealed in photographs by increasing the brightness and lowering the contrast, which is completely the opposite of what I like to do with my landscape and portrait photography.

Just for fun let’s look at the moon and an orb in the same photo:

And now the moon, a street lamp, the B on Bisbee’s mountain, and an orb:

Just in case you can’t tell, the moon is the bright light on the left.

For those of you who are new to this blog or would like to revisit the explanation as to what orbs are, this might be of help: https://orbsdelight.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/closeup-on-orbs/