I watched this thread because I just felt the image was off and something was familiar about it. Then Lucas said he seen it somewhere else. So I thought on it and remembered what crystalcross said....
crystalcross wrote: Here's my take on this image.
The first sign of an issue is that there is absolutely no EXIF data. That usually shoots up a red flag. Almost every camera known to man adds EXIF data to a picture. And many image manipulation programs will strip it out. So that sends up an immediate red flag.
So then taking the image under a bit closer look.
- Look where the hand is, you can see the clear feathered crop line around the hand. It almost makes it look like its holding a ball.
- Notice the direction of the light source on the figure. Its not consistent with any of the light cues in the image itself. The figure shows the light coming from the front near the camera, almost as if a flash was used. But in the room you can see no signs of a flash. And the majority of the light is from the right and back.
- Finally, notice that the sizing and aspect of the figure would indicate that its located somewhere between the 2nd and 3rd row's of chairs or perhaps even 1st and 2nd. However towards the bottom the fade of the figure overlways even the first row of chairs. That's an inconsistent visual cue.
Because of all these, I would not treat this as a evidencial photograph.
and I though its a photo app...on of those fake ghost ones,,when you use an already existing photo and edit it in the app I believe it strips the data out as well. So I tested it and it does.
I downloaded the app and applied it both ways the app allows you to and neither way gives EXIF data.
added to already taken photo
ghost image taken with photo