Not sure where to post this one, so I thought General would be most appropriate.
Anyway a couple of months ago my Grandmother phoned me wanting me to explain a photo a friend of hers had taken at a get together, from here explanation I was stumped I could not think of a single thing that was causing what she was describing. Anyway, we were heading her way for Christmas so I asked her to get a copy of one of the shots (there are several all with the same 'phenomenon').
Pictures are worth a 1000 words or so I am told so here it is:
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Check out the third person from the front on the left
Here is a close up of that part of the image:
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The original was taken on a Pentax Film based point and shoot using 35mm film, I took a photo of it using my 40D as I had to return the original. As I said earlier apparently the same effect occurs to the same person in several shots.
After visiting the place where they had lunch I have a down to earth theory that seems to fit quite well, but in the mean time I will leave it to you to see what you all think!
(One thing my theory doesn't explain is the shape of the silhouette...)
That is my theory too, here is a shot of the place:
