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The term
orb describes unexpected, typically circular artifacts that occur in
flash photography — sometimes with trails indicating motion — especially common with modern
compact and ultra-compact digital cameras.
Orbs are also sometimes called
backscatter, orb backscatter, or near-camera reflection.
CauseOrb artifacts are captured during low-light instances where the camera's flash is implemented, such as at night or underwater. The artifacts are especially common with compact or ultra-compact cameras, where the short distance between the lens and the built-in flash decreases the angle of light
reflection to the lens,
directly illuminating the aspect of the particles facing the lens and increasing the camera's ability to capture the light reflected off normally sub-visible particles.
[1]The orb artifact can result from
retroreflection of light off solid particles (e.g., dust, pollen), liquid particles (water droplets, especially rain) or other foreign material within the camera lens.
[1]The image artifacts usually appear as either white or semi-transparent circles, though may also occur with whole or partial color spectrums,
purple fringing or other
chromatic aberration. With rain droplets, an image may capture light passing through the droplet creating a small rainbow effect.
In underwater conditions, particles such as sand or small sea life close to the lens, invisible to the diver, reflect light from the flash causing the orb artifact in the image. A strobe flash, which distances the flash from the lens, eliminates the artifacts.
Below are two diagrams of a hypothetical underwater instance. In Diagram A, the faces of particles directly aligned with the camera's lens are illuminated by the flash, and thus the camera will more likely record orbs. In Diagram B, the faces of particles illuminated by the flash do not face the lens and therefore remain un-recorded.
A hypothetical underwater instance with two conditions in which orbs are (A) likely or (B) unlikely.
(Note: Elements are not shown to scale.)
Example imagesExamples of orb artifacts reflecting solid or liquid particles:
