Serious Critique

June 29th, 2014
Hi guys!

Just came across a very interesting shot. I just like to get any feedback from you guys. The shot was taken randomly by a child from a Polaroid tablet and I have uploaded the batch of photos that was taken during the same time. They were all uploaded straight from the tablet and no form of editing was done.

Curious thing to note though is that the last of the batch was all black compared to the others. I am puzzled as well.

June 29th, 2014
Wow, that is seriously very spooky! You mean this one being black as opposed to the others blue? Do you know where/when this was taken or who else was in the room? Rather looks like you have a "visitor"!
June 29th, 2014
I have a few questions. Was it your one year old? Do you recognize the girl in the shot? Could the picture be a screen grab? In which case this could be something that was on the tablet from the internet? Or was the tablet in camera mode? If you are trying to make a spooky shot then I think you have done v well.
June 29th, 2014
Check out this thread and I think it might offer some insight: http://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/22829/camera-setting-challenge-csc14-10-ghost-images

I'm guessing the room was quite dark and so the i-pad set a long shutter and someone was in the frame for part of the time but walked out before the shutter closed, giving the semi-transparent effect.

Don't mean to spoil your fun if you want to think it is a visitor from the other side but, for me, I'm not buying it.
June 30th, 2014
Jen
Nice try.

www.tineye.com/search/1a666d24505115cfa4ccb44baf2999773260c088/
June 30th, 2014
@aliha @soseema @gardencat Thank you for spending some time and I really appreciate it.

Well, this was taken inside the bedroom and the child on numerous occasion have learned how to take shots using the camera app. Sorry to have not included before that we do not know who the person is.

We have tried to rationalize this as well that is why I came here. I was partially expecting if somebody would recognize the person from a movie or something. The other people here think it is a virus. There are no movies on the tablet to screen grab or take a screen shot of as there are only children's videos like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball, Pocoyo and Nursery Rhymes.

BTW, the 4th photo isn't entirely black and there are patterns like the previous shots in the background.
June 30th, 2014
@jen202 wow! Thanks for that. I was really hoping someone could recognize it from a movie or something. The only thing to think of is how it came to the tablet since its being used mostly by the 1 year old child and it is not set to auto connect to the internet.
June 30th, 2014
@ggg @jen202 Well done Jen. I thought of this but didn't get around to googling it myself (figured it might take ages …)
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