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Post by stoner on Dec 19, 2008 2:04:34 GMT -5
Every once in a while a customer brings in some furniture to be refinished that is just an incredible piece, or set. Check out these 2 dressers. The first pics are the finished pieces. The drawer fronts are cherry and the trim is painted with gold accents. The tops and sides are walnut This set is from the 1920's when they built furniture to last. Everyone in the shop had a hand in working on this set. Okay, now here's the weird part. After these pieces were stripped and sanded, I had Jose take a pic of the pieces and he told me to stand behind them. So he snaps the pic and something weird showed up in the pic. At first I thought is was a reflection off the window in the background, but check out these next pics. These orbs that you see floating around are spirits, or ghosts. At first I tried to come up with some logical explaination, but there's nothing in the shop that would cause these orbs to show up. We've taken pics in other parts of the shop with 3 different cameras and they show up in all 3 cameras. Then while I was telling my father in law about these orbs, he told me my wife's cousin who lives in Buffalo goes to Gettysburg every year, and the first time he brought a digital camera, there were orbs like these all over the place. So, now that you think I'm nuts, have any of you taken pics with a digital camera and had these orbs show up?
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Dec 19, 2008 2:11:44 GMT -5
Hate to bust the mystery, but that's typical of flash pictures in an environment with any sort of dust in the air....
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Post by stoner on Dec 19, 2008 3:20:29 GMT -5
I thought about it being dust, but these orbs have shown up in other places, one being a church and another was a little girls birthday party. And I've taken pics in the shop before with dust in the air and no orbs.
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Simon
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Post by Simon on Dec 19, 2008 4:50:57 GMT -5
That really is some stunning furniture, you guys do amazing work. www.theupia.com/id31.htmlwww.ghoststudy.com/main/fakepageorbs.html That first link shows the difference between spirit orbs and atmospheric orbs, the second one explains it better, what you've caught is dust in the atmosphere I have lots of pictures with dust orbs in them. All done on digital camera with flash, same place without flash the light part of the picture is the moon reflecting off the sign you can see in the first picture. yet of the hundreds of 35mm pictures I've taken with flash I have none. It is a phenomenon that is well documented and occurs most commonly with digital cameras using flash. One other thing to note in all the pictures I have seen that claim to be ghost orbs none of them have had the orb/orbs partly covered by an object/person in the picture. Simon
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Post by bobby1 on Dec 19, 2008 10:02:09 GMT -5
Beautiful furniture! Beautiful orbs! I've had the same orbs show up in my digital pictures. I didn't think too much about their causes. I just assumed that they were a reflection phenomena from the lens that digital cameras were prone to do. Now I know that it is dust. ACHOO!! Bob
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Post by Tweetiepy on Dec 19, 2008 10:16:32 GMT -5
Beautiful work! I love wood work - I use to watch my dad work in his workshop when I was little - outlined all his tools on his pegboard for him and wrote "I love Daddy!" all over it too. Use to play in the sawdust that gathered in large piles under his bench saw - I love the smell of fresh cut wood! - brings back memories
As for the orbs, I was gonna say dust on the lens - but they move about - cool though!
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Post by frane on Dec 19, 2008 15:42:35 GMT -5
Beautiful old furniture and you gave them a lot of love in the restoring! That is something to be proud of! Fran
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Post by sitnwrap on Dec 19, 2008 15:45:17 GMT -5
Ed that furniture is beautiful, My M-I-L had a bedroom set and the wood was so beautifully hand carved ( I think late 1800's was when it was made). The furniture was not really my taste but sooo beautiful that I replaced my bedroom set with it. Then found out My S-I-L really loved it so I gave it to her.
As for the orbs, a few years back during Christmas, my niece was taking pics with her digital. The kind with a preview. Well, she was focusing in on my daughter and there was an orb above and shading part of my daughter's head and face. I didn't believe what I was seeing so I had my niece take pics of me and my daughter. exact same spot. Did this several times. Daughter alone, ords showed up; daughter with anyone else, no orbs. and it wasn't just in one room, it happened in other rooms. Got a good feeling from it though, I figured it was my M-I-L or an angel.
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Post by sitnwrap on Dec 19, 2008 16:03:39 GMT -5
Took another look at the furniture. You did a wonderul job stripping the paint off and bringing back the wood.
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Post by Woodyrock on Dec 19, 2008 18:38:57 GMT -5
Stoner: That is one beautiful suite! I used to have a bit of a specialty in restoring veneer. These pieces would be a real challenge to hide the dutchmen. I never did a piece with such beautiful crotch veneer (lucky for me) to restore. Like someone already said, you did a beautiful job stripping the old finish. I used to get several piece each year form a local stripper who had managed to loosen the veneer whilst stripping the finish.......those were usually quite challenging for me, but he did pay well. BTW, I will go with the spirits............the ones in my shop are evil wee Murphy's. Woody
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Post by cpdad on Dec 19, 2008 21:35:46 GMT -5
nice job on the restoration ;D....sweet. i got some orbs 1 time also....i thought it was from the flash.....you can see the flash on the monitor of cps old machine......but yet there is the a start of another orb at 3 o clock from the original on the wall ;D....took another pic....and the orbs appeared in a total diff place.....looking for that pic.....what are they?....who knows...kev. click.
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Post by Hard Rock Cafe on Dec 19, 2008 21:58:59 GMT -5
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