It was raining much harder than I expected, and hoped, when I left my house for Piney Woods Church Road. My Sony CyberShot camera is equipped with a microphone on its upper surface, conveniently located for catching rainwater. I tried a few photographs of raindrops on leaves; as long as I kept the camera lens pointed horizontally or even downward, I managed to avoid having to wipe the lens after each photograph. Fortunately, I had brought along a gallon Ziploc™ freezer bag to hold the camera in-between shots. Soon, the inevitable happened. I decided to see what the world would look like through a Ziploc™ lens. The resulting images are dreamy, verging on watercolor, and sometimes even haunting. Here are a few photos from the day’s experiment.
So that’s how they filmed “The Blair Witch Project”. I knew it was low budget, but I’d never thought of Ziploc bags!
That last tree is eerie but I still like it.
Thanks, Grant! I found the last image rather eerie, too. It is an old pecan tree, almost half-dead. It has a spooky quality with the Ziploc lens.