Spirit In The Iris by romanceworks
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Can you see the spirit inside the iris?
I visited an iris farm last week. There were thousands of bearded iris blooming in every imaginable color. Since the iris is my favorite flower and painting subject, I was on sensory overload. When I was looking through my pics again yesterday I spotted something quite amazing. The image of a tiny man inside one of the iris. I could see his dark hair, eyes, nose, and upper torso. It startled me. I wondered if someone close to the iris farm owners had recently passed, and so I read their newsletter. Their son-in-law died a shot time ago. I don't know if this is his spirit, but it is someone's. I took the image into Photoshop to get a closer look and it is definitely there. This is the raw photo, no re-touching of any kind. Just cropped and I added an arrow pointing to the man.
What's interesting is that some people can see the spirit and others can't. Don't know why. I have a very high-res Mac, so maybe that makes it clearer. Unfortunately I had to reduce the original size a lot to upload, so the image is not hi-res.
Anyway, just thought I'd share this with you, and find out if others can also see the spirit inside the iris.
CC
Comments (25)
Bothellite
One wonders. Perhaps my gamma settings are different so I took it into P.S. and played around and indeed, a very little and quite centered outline. One iris in passing. I'm hope that I'm that lucky but with my luck I'll be etched in the skin of a passing slug ;p Not that there is anything wrong with that.
mikeerson
I truely believe in this stuff, but I think some of us are meant to see things at certain times - I'm not seeing anything... maybe if you did a quick sketch and inset it inside the picture we could all see what you're talking about.
jif3d
Now that's freaky, I see him and I guess he loves Iris's as much as you do ! Haunting capture Carol ! ~Cheers~
magnus073
This is such a lovely capture Carol, you really did great and I enjoyed your thoughts also
kgb224
Superb capture. God Bless.
romanceworks
It's happening - some see him, others don't.
jendellas
I saw him before I saw your arrow, derrrr. Beautiful. xxx
etoiledumatin
Très belle prise de vue de ces iris. Belles couleurs pastelles.
LivingPixels
sweet capture my friend!
dldarkeyes
I see it but I am sure it is just a shadow.
cwrw
Whoa! I did have to look at the full size image but yeah he is def there! Then once I saw him I couldn't "un-see" him....Amazing image....
wrpspeed
very pretty
npauling
This is a lovely capture of these pretty iris and you must have been in heaven at an iris farm seeing all the different colours. When I zoomed this I could see a shadow but not really a spirit worse luck just a fuzzy shadow.
Blush
Oh wow I see him plain as day awesome capture It has to be him Great find in this image Hugs Susan~
anitalee
Cool
adrie
Beautiful photoshot of this beautiful flower Carol.
DennisReed
He seems to be hiding at the moment, but such is the way with spirits!
ArtByMel
Huh...I see him. How cool is that! Perhaps it was his way of saying farewell.
Flint_Hawk
What a great discovery!
nikki112459
yape I see him....
oiram
Beautiful..
jocko500
lovely
squeeka
Yup, can definitely see him! Gorgeous photo and what a capture!
anahata.c
well I saw several spirits and faces, etc, but having drawn flowers, I got accustomed to all those spirits living inside. I'm not a good barometer, is what I'm trying to say, lol. But flowers are loaded with so many primal forms and so many sensual forms that it's natural they should suggest creatures of many kinds. As for the soul who passed, even people who have doubt about life beyond this one have to wonder if something doesn't linger after the body drops off; some essence, some presence. And if it does, why wouldn't it show up in one of the most sensuous forms on earth; and a form that represents the call to more life? I would be thrilled to think that someone I adored was dwelling---if even for a short time---in the folds of an iris. Anyone who's painted or drawn these amazing creatures, or just looked at them a long time, can understand why life & death could be wrapped up in their every fold... Your capture, itself, has real spirit. I know it's untouched, but one can see the flower's power in its raw form. The light in this shot radiates, it makes the flowers stand out like little super novas. "Iris" is from the Latin for "rainbow" (yep, it's another Mark etymology: You have my permission to leave the room or read a book---I have way too many of these in my brain). And I don't know it it's connected to the flower's name: But they burst out like a rainbow, and they have some of the most sensuous folds of any flower, so somehow 'rainbow' seems to fit. And the thought that someone who passed would appear to us through the cosmic folds of such a flower is very touching. It could be someone leaving a message to the embodied...Also, the greenery in your shot is saturated with light too; and I think, while this piece is very different from your massively sensual paintings, it somehow has 'carol' in it, in its deep light, the sweeping presence throughout, and in just the love that permeates the shot. And maybe, in taking these shots, you were unconsciously making an act of 'completion', giving voice to a soul who was reaching out, even if you didn't intend to do so. Because we're called to things for reasons we don't even know half the time, so... There's a valley in India called the "Valley of Flowers," where the scents are so strong that people have hallucinated from walking there. (That's power!) And one yogini mused that perhaps those scents are the songs of souls long passed. So when a visitor gets 'drunk' there---from the scents---they're actually getting imbued with the songs of souls long passed. Just some thoughts in response to your photo. It's a beautiful photo, untouched or no, and filled with light. And nice that you let your viewers seek the voices inside it, for a reposeful moment...Lovely upload...
bebert
belle photo