Civil War Reenactment Photograph

After Book ‘Em, I went with my writer friend Jean Keating to a Civil War Reenactment at Cedar Creek, which is close to Middletown, Virginia. Jean’s latest book is a civil war romance.

Jean is writing an article for Chesapeake Style magazine. I went along to help with the photography. Jean hunkered down along the Union side of the spectator area and I took on the Confederate side as you can see from the photograph below.

Confederate Calvary Awaits the Union Charge at Cedar Creek Reenactment. The young flag bearers carry the Confederate and the 2nd Calvary flags.

Copyright (c) 2010 Carol Chapman

Mount Rainier in Washington State

My husband John and I toured around Rainier National Park today. Beautiful vistas and great photos of the mountain. Amazing that it is a volcano!

Carol Chapman

Fantastic BC Photos with Orbs

Here are some gorgeous photographs taken by Norman Thomas of Courtenay/Comox, British Columbia, with orbs in them. These photographs were taken in 2005 at a the Kawakwaka’wakw Nation in which participants were performing a traditional dance in the “Big House” at Alert Bay, BC. Alert Bay is on Cormorant Island, which is just off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island near Port McNeill.

Although the next and last photograph does not display any orbs, that I can see, nonetheless, it is my favourite and so I have included it.

Thank you, Norman, for making these photos available to us. Even without the orbs, the photographs are fantastic!

Carol Chapman

Copyright (c) 2009 Carol Chapman All Rights Reserved
Photographs: Copyright (c) 2005 Norman Thomas All Rights Reserved

Orbs Pictures from New Zealand

Margaret G., North Island, NZ, was kind enough to send these orbs photos. The first three were taken within a few seconds of each other. Margaret says that she stayed still as she took the photos. However, when she looked at the photos afterwards, she could see that the orbs had been moving.

Because of the light background, some of the orbs are very difficult to see. Therefore, Margaret drew lines on the photographs to show the location of the orbs.

These are photos of Margaret’s husband and their granddaughters.

Please note the large orb at the foot of the chair on the right. Margaret says that their now-deceased Labrador dog used to lay exactly in that spot. She says that “The children loved him, and I’m wondering if that actually was him visiting!”

Here is an enlargement of the large orb situated at the spot where Margaret’s beloved Labrador dog used to sit.

I find it interesting that so many of the orbs I’ve shown enlarged have a definite ring around their perimeter as does this one.

Note the orb floating at the top of the photo.

Here is that orb enlarged and brightened/contrasted with Photoshop. Do you see what appears to be two eyes, a nose, a little mouth, and a wee goatee?

A few seconds later and the large orb where the dog used to sit is gone as is the orb that, when enlarged, appeared to have a face. There are only multiple orbs that are difficult to see against the light background.

While many of us in the Northern Hemisphere usually experience winter temperatures at New Year’s Eve, Margaret and her family were out camping in New Zealand on New Year’s Eve, 2006.

Here’s a close up, which has also been brightened/contrasted in Photoshop, of the orb in the middle of the photo above. Again, it has a distinct ring around the perimeter.

Thank you, Margaret, for sending these photos to share with us.

Carol Chapman —