Published: 4:01 PM 6/19/2010
Jamaica - 12-10-07
I am a landscape / portrait photographer...
I visited some family in Negril back in December 2007, and while I was walking near the light house I noticed an open courtyard which overlooked the Caribbean sea. I figured this would be a very nice location to capture a few images for my desktop screen.
The sky was perfectly clear and I didn't notice any birds in the sky...
I sat and waited a few minutes for a cargo ship on the horizon to exit my shot ,and then I fired off three frames in rapid succession.
I always bracket my shots in RAW+ high resolution, and this was no exception...
On the screen the images appeared perfect, so I packed up and headed on down the road.
It was when I returned home and was going thru my shots that I noticed that there was an unusual "spec" on one of the three images of which I had captured.
The image I captured was in the second frame.
It drew my attention because my initial reaction was that this ruined the otherwise perfect shot. I think it is more than just a "spec."
I sat on this image for quite some time, however, I did show it to a few of my closest friends joking about capturing a UFO on camera.
Initially I saw the first "spec," but several days later after going back to the original image, I realized that there were two of the objects on the shot with the second apparently further away from my post.
I have gone over this photo many times and tried to find a conclusion as to what could have gotten into my image, but I cannot honestly think of anything that would show like what I have...
I inverted the colors, and this was when I realized that the objects were both apparently very far away, large and solid in shape, and must have been traveling reasonably fast.
I have been shooting photos for several years, and have many shots with birds, planes, etc in the background... This is a first for me.
Regards...