New Photo Feb 2016

[Ray Doherty]

I have been reluctant to post this photo I captured in a location North of Brisbane back in february. 3 of us, me, my daughter who freaked out and another fellow, observed this critter watching us. After I took the photo it got up and walked off deep into the mangrove forest. Yes, this was taken at a mangrove. Lesson here is dont take my kid again as I could follow this fellow because she want to return to safety

It was taken on a Cannon 600D on tripod 500MM signma lens. Will edited this with full shot details later. Please find below both photos that have been zoomed and cropped for better viewing. They are a little low res in order to load them here. The object was at around 60 meters from us. we spotted it first by movement, then bino's before getting the camera on him. He sat in this spot for a few minutes before taking off.

[macquariedave]

I have been reluctant to post this photo I captured in a location North of Brisbane back in february. 3 of us, me, my daughter who freaked out and another fellow, observed this critter watching us. After I took the photo it got up and walked off deep into the mangrove forest. Yes, this was taken at a mangrove. Lesson here is dont take my kid again as I could follow this fellow because she want to return to safety

It was taken on a Cannon 600D on tripod 500MM signma lens. Will edited this with full shot details later. Please find below both photos that have been zoomed and cropped for better viewing. They are a little low res in order to load them here. The object was at around 60 meters from us. we spotted it first by movement, then bino's before getting the camera on him. He sat in this spot for a few minutes before taking off.

Surely you can load them substantially bigger than that? Or stick the full size ones somewhere (Dropbox?) and provide links?

[Ray Doherty]

Im about to go to work, tomorrow i will try loand near full size one, my internet is not the best but I will try

[ChrisV]

Not sure what I am looking at there. Can see something of a charcoal colour but nothing more than that.

Was there sound attached to this experience...maybe its a case that hearing the story in depth might help shape the picture.

[Ray Doherty]

Well it was tough to photo it was a gray afternoon, as i said this is why I was reluctant to put it up, not the best photo
however thought I would put it up for interests sake

[Rusty2]

I see it pretty clearly , certainly looks like a primate .

[Mad Academic]

Well it was tough to photo it was a gray afternoon, as i said this is why I was reluctant to put it up, not the best photo
however thought I would put it up for interests sake

Ray,
Thanks for posting. Did you take an "after" photo without the thing there, for comparison?

MA

[Yowie bait]

Good one Rusty. I can see it. Thanks for posting your pic Ray. Nice catch!

[macquariedave]

I see it pretty clearly , certainly looks like a primate .

Oh come on, it's pure "blob-squatch"!

[wellymon]

Yeah I can see exactly what Rusty has explained.

Great spotting Ray.

Thanks for sharing.

[macquariedave]

Yeah I can see exactly what Rusty has explained.

Great spotting Ray.

Thanks for sharing.

You're all just seeing what you want to see in these totally indistinct images - it could be anything. It's sad.

[Starks]

Yeah I can see exactly what Rusty has explained.

Great spotting Ray.

Thanks for sharing.

You're all just seeing what you want to see in these totally indistinct images - it could be anything. It's sad.

I agree with you Dave, Im just not seeing it, could be anything.

Not discredit to Ray , I just cant see it.

That elusive clear picture still evades us all.

[Yowie bait]

Yeah I can see exactly what Rusty has explained.

Great spotting Ray.

Thanks for sharing.

You're all just seeing what you want to see in these totally indistinct images - it could be anything. It's sad.

Have a good look Dave. Its fuzzy but once you find it then you can see the forehead,hair and eyes at least.

[macquariedave]

Yeah I can see exactly what Rusty has explained.

Great spotting Ray.

Thanks for sharing.

You're all just seeing what you want to see in these totally indistinct images - it could be anything. It's sad.

Have a good look Dave. Its fuzzy but once you find it then you can see the forehead,hair and eyes at least.

Of course YOU can - that's my point . . . or are you being sarcastic also?

[Yowie bait]

No sarcasm there from me Dave. I can see what theyre talking about with that second shot Rusty posted. I can understand if anyone can't see it. Took me ages to pick it up but can see it well now. Its half a face of something. Looks like a mate of mine actually but better lookin!

[Dion]

Respect to all researchers

But......could be anything.

[Searcher]

Dave … perhaps you are missing the main point here. It’s clear Ray , his daughter and the ‘other fellow’ had a good sighting… and close enough to freak his daughter out!

He admits the photos he took are not brilliant. However, it does help validate this sighting from a very experienced member on this forum. So what can we actually see? Not much as it turns out although the second photo to me shows what could be part of the creature’s hairy body in the bottom half of screen. A high res. Original could offer a lot more definition.

Ray, I’m sure your camera has a switch to video mode. That may have been more beneficial than a still, particularly as you were using a tripod, as it will show telltale movement and give you the option of selecting from possibly 1000’s of HD frames.

Anyway Ray, thanks for sharing and if you can find a way to post the full size originals, then I look forward to seeing them. Just a tip. If anyone is going Yowie hunting with a camera, be sure to change your settings so you can capture the largest file size possible. Detail in pictures is everything!

[ChrisV]

Its very indistinct.
I appreciate Ray posting the pic. I know that pics like this can have a divided response.
I could imagine that was Rusty pointed could be the figure but its still a little vague to clarify exactly what it is....

[Yowie bait]

This is what im seeing. If this isnt what Ray saw and Rusty pointed out then im not seeing it either.

[macquariedave]

Dave … perhaps you are missing the main point here. It’s clear Ray , his daughter and the ‘other fellow’ had a good sighting… and close enough to freak his daughter out!

He admits the photos he took are not brilliant. However, it does help validate this sighting from a very experienced member on this forum. So what can we actually see? Not much as it turns out although the second photo to me shows what could be part of the creature’s hairy body in the bottom half of screen. A high res. Original could offer a lot more definition.

Ray, I’m sure your camera has a switch to video mode. That may have been more beneficial than a still, particularly as you were using a tripod, as it will show telltale movement and give you the option of selecting from possibly 1000’s of HD frames.

Anyway Ray, thanks for sharing and if you can find a way to post the full size originals, then I look forward to seeing them. Just a tip. If anyone is going Yowie hunting with a camera, be sure to change your settings so you can capture the largest file size possible. Detail in pictures is everything!

I fully appreciate and accept and others with him had a genuine sighting. I've been just saying I don't see it shown clearly in the photographic evidence provided, and I'm not going start pretending I do.

PS Was walking with a group on the firetrails and walking trails above and west of Point Clare - Woy Woy week before last. Kept my eyes and camera out for any possible suspicious tracks or branch constructions, but saw nothing.

[Tuckeroo]

Well it was tough to photo it was a gray afternoon, as i said this is why I was reluctant to put it up, not the best photo
however thought I would put it up for interests sake

Hi Ray, It's surprising how we all see different things in photos. My eyes always struggle with the
negative and positive space, trying to see through the foreground at what is supposed to be there.
It's also effected if you alter the contrast, things appear and recede.

I've highlighted the image where I think the figure is behind the branch looking to the right of the pic.
In the secong image is the full body shot that I kept on seeing.

T.

[macquariedave]

Well it was tough to photo it was a gray afternoon, as i said this is why I was reluctant to put it up, not the best photo
however thought I would put it up for interests sake

Hi Ray, It's surprising how we all see different things in photos. My eyes always struggle with the
negative and positive space, trying to see through the foreground at what is supposed to be there.
It's also effected if you alter the contrast, things appear and recede.

I've highlighted the image where I think the figure is behind the branch looking to the right of the pic.
In the secong image is the full body shot that I kept on seeing.

T.

If you had been handed these images without any other information, i.e. "there's a yowie there somewhere", would you have been able to "see" anything meaningful? You're choosing to identify something merely because you've been told there's something there to see and where to look.

[Tuckeroo]

[quote]You're choosing to identify something merely because you've been told there's something there to see and where to look



What you say is correct Dave, you kind of read between the lines in my post. It can be about what’s suggested.
I think the large figure I outlined comes from the patterson-gimlin shape burnt into my memory.
I also saw this long grey haired figure also.
I believe Ray saw something that day but he doesn’t go into any detail about how much of the creature he saw
as it ‘got up and walked off deep into the mangrove forest’.

Sounds like your knee is healing up, you’ve been out walking in another beautiful part of Australia.


T.

[Scarts]

Whether Ray saw something or not, only Ray knows. Seeing has a lot to do with perceiving and then the way the brain interprets the information received.

I think it's reasonable to say the photos Ray has taken, do not accurately reflect Ray's interpretation of what he was seeing. There's nothing in the photos.

[Brindabella Ranger]

There's nothing wrong with the quality of the picture. It's simply a case of zero depth of field, or most likely, because of the density of the mangroves an automatic focus issue. Look at the moss-covered tree to the left of the picture - it's in perfect focus. Ray - pity you didn't use a manual focus on it. But understand things were time critical and you snapped what you could.
Thanks for sharing.

[macquariedave]

Whether Ray saw something or not, only Ray knows. Seeing has a lot to do with perceiving and then the way the brain interprets the information received.

I think it's reasonable to say the photos Ray has taken, do not accurately reflect Ray's interpretation of what he was seeing. There's nothing in the photos.

Now even I wasn't that absolute, just that IF there was something there, I wasn't seeing it.

What about this?:
https://sasquatchchronicles.com/interes ... aptured-3/

[Scarts]

There's absolutely no yowie in those photos. That's clear. If Ray saw one, he didn't photograph it. End of story.

[macquariedave]

There's absolutely no yowie in those photos. That's clear. If Ray saw one, he didn't photograph it. End of story.

That's it folks, the mighty know-all Scarts has spoken, you can all pack-up and go home now.

[Scarts]

I stated my opinion.

Why tiptoe around the obvious? If I wanted to, I could play where's wally and identify a hundred potential yowie bits and pieces in those photos, the photos are so blurry and shapes so ambiguous. Two people have already outlined what they thought was ray's yowie, and they were off the track.

The latest craze on this site appears to be people declaring they have million dollar photos, only to reveal their blurry photos of blades of grass, leaves, and branches. Absolute bs.

[wellymon]

You both stated your own opinions from the start.

Stop bitching about nothing, like little girls.

Both of you go find a photo from your own observations and document here, otherwise move on please.