You can do the same with a "popcorn" ceiling.
That being said, I think this fellow has something. Clearly many of his 'images' are imaginary...
Some of them might be stains caused by putting (e.g.) a wet glass down on the paper. Some of them might be imprints of drawings made on another sheet and impressed into the page by pressure (i.e., the other sheet that was being drawn upon was on top of the one he shows and the pressure of the pen or pencil made an image on the page beneath).
However one or two seem to me to be real.
The "skull" in particular. I think his drawings of a woman, a gazelle, etc., are sheer fantasy.
But that skull does bother me.
--Boris
I agree 100%, and I don't give the fanciful imagery any credence. I was just interested in the availability of high-quality scans of the photographs (before this person "enhanced" them) -- that's why I posted this. (I would not have posted it for the supposed bizarre "imagery".)
Firstly let me say that I am simply a citizen that noticed the anomalies on the letters that were available on the FBI press release web page and sent in the FOIA request for the images. I have no affilation with any group or any interest other than distributing the images for analysis.
Secondly I wanted to mention why I chose to remain anonymous. The last thing I need in my life is harassment. There are far too many wackos out there in the Internet community and I choose not to deal with them. There is no mystery there. If you wish to write me at the anthrax-letters@comcast.net please do so.
I really do not wish to debate about whether these images exist on the letters. I have my opinions and do not feel the need to convince anyone whether or not these images exist. Debating the issue without using advanced image processing techniques is pointless.
I am glad that some have found a good use for the high resolution images. Ed Lake and others have produced some interesting observations using the images. I am glad I could help. As far as my knowledge goes, there were previously no other high resolution images of the letters available on the internet. See Ed's Anthrax Investigation Website
The 8.5 x 11 photographs that I received were the same ones distributed to the press. The media have clipped these images for display to the public.
They have been scanned on several types of scanners that all produced the same results. There is no injection of noise (or artifacts) introduced by the scanners or the file format (Tiff). Also note that all of the images outline are visible with the naked eye when viewing the photographs. The photographs are film quality and not run off on some copy machine or the like. Whether or not the images where initially captured on a digital camera, I am not certain. They pictures are of high quality (not reffering to lighting conditions or the camera angles).
As mentioned, if you want to really check out the images, download the high resolution images at the bottom of the page. All of the photos presented on the page are in JPG format and are used to maximize throughput for users on slower connections. I have much larger uncompressed images that exceed 500mb but I do not have the webspace available. If anyone out there would like to obtain these images, send me an e-mail and we can try to work something out.
As far as obtaining higher quality photographs (without the plastic baggies), I am very doubtful that any more information will be released by the FBI. In fact they stated that right in the FOIA denial. They have issued a blanket statement that no more information other than already released to the media will become available. I will continue to appeal the denials. One must assume that they are affraid of information being released that might jepordize the investigation. I disagree with that perspective and hope that after review they will release the photographs.
I do not see that I can really provide any other information to the discussion as I have stated my opinions on the page and have made available all the information that I have regarding the matter.
Have a nice day.