Found someone's holiday photos

geekman · 13 Sep 2013 at 17:52

I recently found two Sandisk Ultra CF cards in a wood in the south of france, a couple of hundred meters from the nearest road. They looked as if they'd been sitting there for quite a while and I didn't reckon they'd work, but I decided to pick them up and see what I could do with them. It's only now that I've had the time to take a look, and surprisingly both cards are working and have around 500 photos on them from someone's holiday.

The photos are the usual holiday stuff (no hot naked girls unfortunately!) and I'd imagine whoever lost them would very much like to get them back. They were taken quite recently (21st August) and I know the exact location where I found them, so I was wondering if it may be worth trying to trace them. I'm not too sure how I'd go about doing that though, and a large part of me is thinking it might be easier to just wipe the cards and be happy that I've got two free CF cards!

So, what do people think I should do? Just erase them or try doing a bit of detective work?

jellybeard999 · 13 Sep 2013 at 17:56

Though I wouldn't be hopeful, I think I'd try to get the photos back to the owner.

Hyburnate · 13 Sep 2013 at 17:57

Are they all from holiday, not something taken at home which you can look at the EXIF data of?

Efour · 13 Sep 2013 at 17:58

Erase them, then put them back.

FreeStream · 13 Sep 2013 at 17:59

Make a copy of them all, and post a few on Flickr/Photo websites and see if they pick it up?

I recall a similar situation, but with a camera, and it made its way back to the owners...

Hyburnate · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:02

Concorde Rules said:
Make a copy of them all, and post a few on Flickr/Photo websites and see if they pick it up?

I recall a similar situation, but with a camera, and it made its way back to the owners...

You talking about the camera that washed up on a shoreline?

Raymond Lin · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:08

Hyburnate said:
Are they all from holiday, not something taken at home which you can look at the EXIF data of?

It'll have to be either taken with a phone, or a camera with built in GPS.

Worth a try though.

Andy90 · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:08

Right click the files, there should hopefully be some exif information, possibly the make, model and serial number of the camera, possibly some copyright information with the name of the user/or a website.

doofer · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:12

Print off some of the pictures of the people you think own the photos, frame them, put them around your house, take some photos of you with those pictures in the background (Like family photos...) then go and assassinate the Pope. Get a friend to leak those photos to the Press and imagine the total mind-**** those people will have when they see you with their pictures framed in the background on the 9 o'clock News. :cool:

Hyburnate · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:13

Raymond Lin said:
It'll have to be either taken with a phone, or a camera with built in GPS.

Worth a try though.

Yeah good point didn't think of that, but as you say well worth a try.

AshD93 · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:14

doofer said:
Print off some of the pictures of the people you think own the photos, frame them, put them around your house, take some photos of you with those pictures in the background (Like family photos...) then go and assassinate the Pope. Get a friend to leak those photos to the Press and imagine the total mind-**** those people will have when they see you with their pictures framed in the background on the 9 o'clock News.

*Runs to wipe every memory card owned*

randal · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:20

Try Google image searching close ups of the faces, see if you get any matches. Would be a good test of Google's accuracy.

geekman · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:24

They were taken on a 5D MK2 so I don't think there'll be any location data. All of them seem to be taken on a holiday, but some seem to be in a hotel. I'll upload a couple here if people are interested?

randal · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:24

Show us a couple of facials.

(phnarr phnarr)

RomanNose · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:28

Use a reverse image lookup website!
Mind get lucky.

EdGey · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:29

Edit some ghostly, haunting looking shadow characters onto the photos then put them back where you found them.

Hamster · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:32

It's quite possible that someone that has a 5D uses a photography forum or two. May be worth joining some forums and asking if anyone has lost their cards.

geekman · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:36

randal said:
Show us a couple of facials.

(phnarr phnarr)

As requested

Was thinking this may be their hire car

And possibly this is where they stayed

And this is the exact location I found the cards

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Tu...9&panoid=gWvSRq6NyqNShgT1QQQAYw&cbp=12,0,,0,0

areksnumbr1sxylady · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:41

I dont like the look of them, they look too happy...

Delete photos and keep the cards to urself.

EdGey · 13 Sep 2013 at 18:42

Well a visit to the place they stayed is probably a good start. Do you know where it is?