I was just looking through my digital photos for making a nature shot album when I discovered these amazing pictures that I took back on March 19, 2009.
The first can be seen here:
http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/Ralphbus/Nature%20Shots/P3190008.jpg
If you look closely, you can see orbs going down the left side of the tree, around the right of a green patch, then straight down to the end of a tree root. The picture was taken with no flash.

Two shots later with the camera flash on:
http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/Ralphbus/Nature%20Shots/P3190010.jpg
Nothing special to see in this one.

Another one taken 2 shots later without the flash:
http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt224/Ralphbus/Nature%20Shots/P3190012.jpg
The orbs show up again, with all of them in the same place.

   Most pictures with orbs are probably just dust particles or flash effects. Some are considered genuine paranormal evidence by investigators. Any orb pictures that are taken without using a flash are extremely rare. My two photos without the flash used have orbs that show up in the exact same location while being taken 4 minutes apart.

   I believe in the concept of Devas, Fairies, Elves, etc. and suspect that the orbs are Devas. Here is a link to an interesting article on these beings:
http://www.dnaalchemy.com/Devas_Elementals_and_Fairies.html
Note the picture of the Standing Buddhic Column and it's similarity to the orbs along the side of the tree.

Hi Ralph,

Maybe my comments were too off-topic. What struck me in your photos was the lights -- and then, how in our culture we love to string lights on trees, almost like we're trying to create our own deva-tree.

Then when I went to your link, they mentionned the 'Buddhic Column, which I'd never heard of before, and was surprised to see that diagrams of it looked just like a decorated Christmas tree. (Although placing a Christmas Tree ona six-pointed star is not what we do at my hourse, but it makes sense,  to honor the Jewish traditions that resulted in Christ's birth. Well, OK, the Essene tradtitions; I don't know if they were Hebrew. Maybe Don would help me with that.)

So bringing up the Buddhic Column was an extenson of the lights on the tree in your photo--with maybe 2--3 degrees of separation.
My apologies if it stymied the discussion.

Bets

the christmas tree originated from the early pagan tradition of "greeting the new year", whereby they would hang folded pieces of paper from the tree boughs with what they wanted to come to them from the new year. they would then hang small lanterns or candles to guide the spirits to the tree to carry their wishes and bless them in the coming year.

Thank you for that link!  I have also captured orbs in photos, & there is often positive swarm of them around me when I am photographed. 

There certainly are Devas!  As far as I can see physically, they often "hang" in trees (in the 3-D world)  & are willing to assist (if asked to) in forest areas.  I was helped to find my car keys which I had lost in a very wild, wooded place - the chance of my finding them was practically zero, as they were half hidden by the undergowth.