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G2EWS

15-07-2008, 20:07

Hi All,

Last night, Eleanor and I went for a walk. Eleanor had my Fuji S3 with the Nikon 18 - 200 VR lens and I was using the D300 with my newly acquired Tokina 12 - 24 lens.

I took this shot:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/C6REW/_DSC6052.jpg

And then within seconds took this one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/C6REW/_DSC6053.jpg

A close inspection will reveal a light on the right middle of the first picture! We looked in the woods and could find nothing that would explain why this was the case. Nothing! However we did spot some flashes that we found very unusual. This is in the middle of nowhere, no roads or buildings just woods!

Very odd!

Regards

Chris

mrgubby

15-07-2008, 20:10

The EXIF on the shots say that a Flash was fired, it could be just the light hitting an out of focus bug :shrug:

Preacher

15-07-2008, 20:15

I bet mrgubby is right. Look at the grass stalk on the left and see that the luminosity of the flash reflection on the head of that stalk is about the same as the spot in question.

On the other hand, a dog is running out in the second picture so I suppose it could have been a dog eye reflection :)

Peachy

15-07-2008, 20:21

What do you think of your Tokina? Thinking of getting one myself.

G2EWS

15-07-2008, 20:24

Hi,

You might be right with the bug, but then that does not explain why we saw flashes of light in the woods. It was very bizarre!

Hi Peachy,

Thrilled with the lens which I have only just bought off another talk tog. Also just taken delivery today from same tog, of the Tokina Macro 100mm 2.8 and got to say that is awesome!

Regards

Chris

kamion

15-07-2008, 20:37

Aliens! Aliens!

Preacher

15-07-2008, 21:16

Do you have lightning bugs in the UK?

zooki

15-07-2008, 21:20

yes theyre our green alternative to matches

Wail

15-07-2008, 21:35

My first thoughts was that it was a ball in mid-air :shrug:. Though this would not explain the series of flashes?!?

mrgubby

15-07-2008, 21:45

Do you have lightning bugs in the UK?

We have glow worms and possibly fireflys.

glow worm survey (http://www.galaxypix.com/glowworms/)

foz

16-07-2008, 12:16

I thought you was saying that the light turned into the dog :D which yes would be odd hehe. but i think its just some pollen or bug..

surrealillusions

17-07-2008, 18:51

its a white hole and the dog has just jumped out of it from another dimension into this world...where the dog turns into a huge 200 foot monster dog with huge teeth and laser eyes and destroys tokyo...

mrgubby

17-07-2008, 20:09