Rachel's photo (reduced) showing half her right hand and her drink missing. Taken at The Cat's Meow in the French Quarter, New Orleans, 12th August 2017 (face obscured for this post).
This photo was sent to us for analysis by Rachel, from her recent trip to New Orleans. Taken in daylight by her sister with an iPhone 7, the photo contains an anomaly: she is apparently missing half her right hand, with which she was holding a medium-sized drink cup - also strangely invisible.
We initially thought this was due to subject movement, but none is apparent anywhere in the photo, which shows sharp detail throughout; and the Exif data (printed in full below) gives the shutter speed at 1/429th of a second - brief enough an exposure to freeze all but the most rapid movement.
The anomalous area is shown pixel-for-pixel in the detail photo below. It is unaltered from the original we received. We suspect this may be to do with the phone camera's image stabilization system but we don't have any way of exploring that possibility. An internet search did not reveal any similar faults with iPhone7 photos, other than complaints of a watercolour-like effect. The predominance of the bright red fabrics may also be a factor.
We don't know what is going on here. Can anyone explain?
We would like to hear from you if you know the cause of this anomaly, and/or if you know of similar effects occurring in photos taken using the Apple iPhone7 or any other cellphone camera.
Thank you.
James Gilberd,
New Zealand Strange Occurrences Society
Please note: the photos on this page are copyright. The owner has given us permission to publish them here but please do not copy or republish them without permission. Feel free to circulate the link to this page, though.
We initially thought this was due to subject movement, but none is apparent anywhere in the photo, which shows sharp detail throughout; and the Exif data (printed in full below) gives the shutter speed at 1/429th of a second - brief enough an exposure to freeze all but the most rapid movement.
The anomalous area is shown pixel-for-pixel in the detail photo below. It is unaltered from the original we received. We suspect this may be to do with the phone camera's image stabilization system but we don't have any way of exploring that possibility. An internet search did not reveal any similar faults with iPhone7 photos, other than complaints of a watercolour-like effect. The predominance of the bright red fabrics may also be a factor.
We don't know what is going on here. Can anyone explain?
We would like to hear from you if you know the cause of this anomaly, and/or if you know of similar effects occurring in photos taken using the Apple iPhone7 or any other cellphone camera.
Thank you.
James Gilberd,
New Zealand Strange Occurrences Society
Please note: the photos on this page are copyright. The owner has given us permission to publish them here but please do not copy or republish them without permission. Feel free to circulate the link to this page, though.
Detail of Rachel's photo above, 100% original size, cropped in, otherwise unaltered.
The following is the Exif data from the photo, as shown by Exif Reader.
| Make : Apple Model : iPhone 7 XResolution : 72/1 YResolution : 72/1 ResolutionUnit : Inch Software : 10.3.3 DateTime : 2017:08:12 14:14:49 ExifInfoOffset : 170 Sub Information ExposureTime : 1/429Sec FNumber : F1.8 ISOSpeedRatings : 80 ExifVersion : 0221 DateTimeOriginal : 2017:08:12 14:14:49 DateTimeDigitized : 2017:08:12 14:14:49 ComponentConfiguration : YCbCr ShutterSpeedValue : 1/429Sec | ApertureValue : F1.8 BrightnessValue : EV5.8 ExposureBiasValue : EV0.0 MeteringMode : Division Flash : Not fired FocalLength : 3.99(mm) SubSecTimeOriginal : 659 SubSecTimeDigitized : 659 FlashPixVersion : 0100 ExifImageWidth : 3064 ExifImageHeight : 3914 SensingMethod : OneChipColorArea sensor SceneType : A directly photographed image CustomRendered : Unknown (6) WhiteBalance : Auto FocalLength(35mm) : 28(mm) SceneCaptureType : Standard |
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