Selected Product: | Ghosts Caught on Film: Photographs of the Paranormal? Hardcover Author: Melvyn Willin Publisher: David & Charles Release Date: September 2007 ISBN-10: 0715327283 ISBN-13: 9780715327289 List Price: £12.99 Average Customer Rating: | | 21st Century Ghosts ISBN-10: 1845375378 The Paranormal Caught on Film: Amazing Photographs of Ghosts, Poltergeists and Other Strange Phenomena ISBN-10: 0715329804 The Ghost Next Door: True Stories of Paranormal Encounters from Everyday People ISBN-10: 0595297862 The Complete Book of Ghosts: A Fascinating Exploration of the Spirit World from Animal Apparitions to Haunted Places ISBN-10: 0572033052 Stately Ghosts: Haunting Tales from Britain's Historic Houses (Stately) ISBN-10: 0709584245 |
To use our price comparison to get the cheapest price, please click on the "Find the Cheapest Price" button located above for Ghosts Caught on Film: Photographs of the Paranormal? by Melvyn Willin (ISBN-10: 0715327283, ISBN-13: 9780715327289). At this time we have not yet written a review for Ghosts Caught on Film: Photographs of the Paranormal? by Melvyn Willin (ISBN-10: 0715327283, ISBN-13: 9780715327289). Please continue to keep checking back to this page as we are constantly adding reviews. Summaries and Customer Reviews are supplied by Amazon.com Not overly impressed | Customer Rating: | There are some interesting photos in this book but I found quite a few instances where the author makes sweeping statements like 'mechanical failure can be ruled out' when discussing a blip on a piece of CCTV footage or 'why would a vicar choose to photograph someone dressed like they were wearing a Hallowe'en spook costume, and at the wrong time of year?' really naive and annoying. Machinery can develop faults at any time, and perhaps the vicar decided a bit more publicity for his church wouldn't be a bad thing?
Double exposure, lens flare, bits of dust and moisture in the air and mechanical failure can explain A LOT of photographical anomolies (not all, I accept). Leaving a camera to take a long exposure can give a person time to duck into and out of a photo leaving a spooky blurred/ semi transparent image behind.
But when all's said and done, if you're after a bit of light relief and a book to grace your coffee table at Hallowe'en, this book will probably put a smile on your kids face. | Entertaining and of high quality | Customer Rating: | | This is a very enjoyable book. The photos are varied and highly intriguing. A few are famous ones and one or two thought to be fakes, whereas others are simply mysteries, with it seeming highly likely in many that a ghost really has been caught on film. The narration is excellent too; just the right length to read bit at a time, with intelligent analysis and historical background. All in all this is a super book and one which turned out to be even better than I had expected. Great fun, and eerie to boot! |
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