Is That A Ghost?

[613chad10]

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[613chad10]

i was looking at this picture and that German on the left side looks see through, he looks like a ghost, he freaks me out Am I going crazy?

[nsdap79]

Hi
Nice foto but ghosts don't have a shadow!Regards
John

[613chad10]

well thats true, but does he look see through to you?

[jmark]

Hmmm... I was going to say it was just a double exposure, but no other parts of the photo are affected. It's possible to get some spectral imagery by not advancing the film and capturing two images on the one frame, but accidental double exposures are obviously mistakes. This looks like it has been done on purpose by someone who was handy with a camera and had darkroom skills.

Jason

[paddywhack]

look at the middle guy and the last guy on the right they look like also are slightly see through on there heads!!i reckon it was just a mistake done in the dark room!!

[101combatvet]

Not a ghost but a very odd exposure. I'm thinking a very slow shutter speed or double exposure as has been stated.... the film wasn't advanced between shots.

[John Pen.]

Excellent photo!
Let's just call him a ghost.....for fun.
Jp

[Bond]

Hi, Double exposure would be my guess, the guy on the right has moved, whilst the others kept still, so I would think it might have been done on purpose? Good pic!

Jerry

[SLIM]

thats one freaky foto

[byterock]

Well here is my 2cents worth.

Judging by the movement (bluring) of the others in the pic and the fact that higlights (wall the right desk) are washed out and the lowlights (dark areas of the shot, desk top on the left, blanket) are properly exposed what most likely happend is

The photographer (the ghost) set up the other chaps and the camara was left on 'Bulb' or 'T' then he rushed back into the shot sat for a few seconds got up and then closed the shutter.

[Brendan Hunt]

If he got up and such wouldn't there be a lot of streaking? The shutter speed is obviously super slow (probably because they are inside), and the film is also probably really slow if it would take that long for exposure.

Here's an example of a double exposure I made with a period German camera. You can see that the camera shifted slightly during the interval.
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3816/33930010.jpg

Here is an accidental double exposure with the same camera.
http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/8215/img0011ia.jpg

[landsknechte]

If he got up and such wouldn't there be a lot of streaking? The shutter speed is obviously super slow (probably because they are inside), and the film is also probably really slow if it would take that long for exposure.

Not if the exposure is long enough. I suspect this was done on purpose by a reasonably skilled photographer. Film speeds were generally quite slow by modern standards back then (ASA 100 was considered very high speed). Set the camera to the smallest possible aperture in a relatively dark room, and an exposure of several seconds wouldn't be out of place.

I've done this sort of thing numerous times when sufficiently bored, and it's quite easy to do without leaving behind any sort of streaking.

[birdie]

Yes it is a Ghost

Yep that's a ghost his name is Casper Scmidt

[DDD777]

Ghost company