wal
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 | 03:27 AM
a bird flew into the window at high speed and left a mark |
Jared
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 | 03:47 AM
Word is, is that is a collection of nebulous gasses that came together to form this |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 | 04:24 PM
This is from the Gateway to Sedona site:
http://www.gatewaytosedona.com/article/title/Visitor/page/1
This digital photo was taken October 10, 2004 by Chuck Oldham of Gateway To Sedona. It is a "real" photo! The only edit to the photo is a boost in contrast...otherwise, it remains unretouched. This near-perfect, sketch-like image of a dove was found on the pane of our living room picture window. We speculated that a dove must have impacted the glass, but no injured bird was found anywhere nearby. What a detailed impression our mystery visitor left behind!
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Maegan
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 | 10:47 AM
I mean they SAY it's untouched, but the outside glass and/or the bird would need to be very dusty and oily to leave such an impression. Besides, what's the light behind it? Is it a streetlamp? Did they take a flashlight outside & shine it through? Or is it the flash from the camera? Even if this was real, I wouldn't show it to other people & tell them it's real, because I don't think they'd believe me. |
Rex D.
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 | 06:50 PM
It's the flash from the camera |
Stephen
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 | 12:12 PM
I would say it is real; I worked at a Ford Dealership with very high glass walls and birds would allways smack into it, usually breaking their necks; They usually left impressions on the glass, some near perfect. |
gill
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 | 04:42 PM
Funny enough - considering I only joined this site yesterday - I have got one of these "imprints" on my kitchen window right now. We have been trying to photograph it from indoors and from outside, and trying all sorts of backgrounds to make the image show up clearly in the photos. I'm sure an experienced photographer could easily turn this image into something quite dramatic. Yes, it's absolutely genuine, definitely a bird just smacked into the window and presumably the marks are from the natural oils of the bird's feathers..... It's still there, (Suffolk UK) if you want to take a look. |
Orange Juice
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 | 05:53 AM
hahahahahahaha, that's like sadly hillarious.... |
Rod
in the land of smarties.
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 | 12:30 PM
I once had a bird fly at (literally) break-neck speed into a window while I was cleaning it.
Scared the shit right outta me.
Left a cool head-shaped print, too. An awfully surprised looking print. :lol:
The last rented house I lived in had the living room window tinted with 'mirror tint'. From outside, all you saw was yourself. It took about two weeks before I realized what the thumping sounds from my living room were. |
Hairy Houdini
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 | 12:37 PM
see my previous comments regarding animal fat permeating glass surfaces... Keep up with the curriculum and the rest of the class, Mr. Rod |
Chris
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 | 08:48 PM
I'd seen other photos on the web previously, but this morning I found an imprint on my own lounge room window. The photo from this thread is the nearest to what I've got because it shows all the details of all the wing feathers - some of the other photos have the wings hitting edge-on as if gliding into the window.
Getting the photo is not too hard: make sure there's a dark background behind the image (eg a tree outside), turn off your flash, focus the camera on the window sill then point it at the image and snap.
The image in this thread looks a little different - my guess is it was dark outside (hence all black background) and the light patch is almost certainly the camera flash reflection. |
Chris (youcantryreachingme)
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 | 08:52 PM
PS.. I'm sure you could find plenty more, but here are a few starters:
http://www.planetthanet.org/impression_of_an_owl_on_my_kitch.htm
http://www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Pigeon.html
http://acclaimstockphotography.com/_gallery/_pages/0027-0405-0410-4742.html
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/SafeFeedingEnvironment.htm |
