1. Orbs are not always dust and pollen near a lens. I have some amazing pictures that show them behind objects (see first two shots attached--tree limbs [below left]--and--behind bars [above] ). The first shot shows a zoom in on a bunch of orbs I got in a tree (they often seem to hang around trees) and this clearly shows one orb in particular behind the branch, placing it 20' away. The next shows orbs behind a fence in a graveyard's large family plot (15-18' away). I have many pictures of that large orb moving back and forth behind the bars that night, and many other times over the years (a very active grave site).

2. Can orbs be projections from human beings? I wondered this when I told my friend to wait and take a picture of me when I felt something was moving near. I followed what I felt was something moving from overhead from my right to the left. When I was absolutely certain, I told her to take the shot. (third attached picture [top right]--buttes sharon looking at orb). It was the sense like you get when someone moves up on you and you don't hear them, but you feel as though there is something dense near you blocking out sound and light and air. That's what it seemed like, heavy and dense. Once we got the shot on the screen and I saw it, I thought "wow! I knew exactly where it was!" But then later, I began to look at it and wondered if that was an expression of me opening myself up to energy to come to me. Maybe my intention created the orb? Another theory.

3. These things aren't stupid. If these next pictures are an example--they have a good sense of humor--perhaps. In my yard, I made 6" stryrofoam fake orbs hanging by fishing wire from the tree. When I sit at my picnic table beneath them I can work on my laptop on a novel I'm writing about ghost hunters. It satisfies my artistic whimsy, but it's also very pretty and relaxing. My son got a new digital camera for Christmas this year and he went in the yard to take pictures and see how the flash worked on the new camera. He took a picture into the corner of the yard where the orbs were in the distance and yelled, "Mom! I got orbs!" I called out, "Alex, you just got my fake orbs." He said, "No mom, I got a real one too." We went inside and pulled it up and found there was a big orb between my son and the grouping of orbs. (fourth picture--alex cam orb poser). A few nights later, I couldn't resist, I went out and took a picture just to see if anything would happen. I got another orb, this time below the level of the table (fifth picture--poser #2). A week later, I went out and tried again, this time a bright orb at the top of the picture (sixth picture--Poser #3). We now call him "poser," but I have to admit it's a weird thing. In all my yard no orbs, but this corner where the fake ones are. Is he trying to say, "hey, look, I'm the real one?" or is he just looking for a date? It makes it almost seem intelligent.

My observations on orbs so far--the more emotion the more orbs. One night a couple fought in the cemetery and the orbs were going nuts. I brought a friend one night and she was really depressed and in a bad mood and it was insanely active. If you take pictures near graves that were recently visited with flowers and lots of gifts, lots of action. I think emotion may be tied in--whether you want to say they feed off the energy or attracted to it, or perhaps a vague memory for them of emotions, or if they're studying our emotions, or if it's a natural phenomenon like a plasma that feeds off any kind of energy, who knows. But, I really think emotions stir them up. I also have noticed that they often times seem almost like dogs in that they can be shy, scared, aggressive, extremely playful, depending on perhaps the person who's taking the pictures, or if you're a stranger or not. Cemeteries I haven't visited before take a while to warm up to me, others that I've been to a lot, they seem to greet me immediately. Sometimes they almost seem to barrage us like they want to chase us away, or they hide in the periphery and hang there watching from behind trees and bushes. I do note though that they're really active around trees, water, and people.

It'll be interesting some day when we can capture, weigh, and measure this thing and get our answers. I do think it's intelligent, I think it's definitely not just dust or camera issues in all case, and I think our technology is finally evolving to capture it much better.

In a follow-up email, Sharon reveals, "Some days, I shake my head and say 'maybe it's not that special and unusual' and then other days I think 'Man! Something is really happening here' My success rate when I got to a site is almost always about 75-90% of the shots have phenomenon, but if I go listen to my husband's band in a dark bar or go to a park at night, I get almost nothing, which says to me it's not just because I'm shooting in the dark. I'm beginning to think it's either created by humans or attracted to them. Too many coincidences."

She concludes with some useful advice, "Keep on searching! I'd also say when trying to get an orb shot, just sit there a while, let the surroundings get used to you, then start taking pictures, letting your instincts tell you. I know a lot of people that see a basement and think Wow!, that would have orbs,' but that's the human's fear of basements talking, not reality. I'd look for sentimental objects in your home that were passed down, or even play a radio with some emotional music on it and try taking pic's in your house--works well, I've found. Of course, cemeteries are the most productive places I've ever gone, so I always suggest those, especially recently visited graves--lot of lingering emotion".

A FarShores thanks to Sharon, and readers are invited to comment on her observations and thought-provoking photos. You may also email her direct at: psychic62@hotmail.com