The Spirit of Janis Joplin Joins Us for Her 65th Birthday
My girlfriend, Bonnie, is a huge Janis Joplin fan. As such, we celebrate her birthday, January 19th, every year. We were joined by a few friends at a new bar in Missoula called James Bar. It’s a new place with an interesting atmosphere. If you haven’t been there before, it’s next to Al and Vic’s place around here:
Although it isn’t the greatest bar in the world from my experience, they have a huge picture of Janis Joplin up on the wall of the bar so it was a suitable place for celebrating Janis Joplins birthday. However, an unexpected visitor became visible when taking a picture of my girlfriend and a couple of her friends in front of the picture on the wall. Here’s the part of the image with Janis:
However, an image was caught that did not exist on any other shots that were taken in front of Janis that night. Although some might attribute it to a lens flare or a piece of dust, I think that the humanistic, feminine qualities of the image are indicative of the spirit of Janis helping us celebrate her 65th birthday:
Keep in mind, this is untouched. There was no gloss over the photo of her on the wall. We also took a second photo right afterwards in which the image did not appear.
I guess its up to you decide.
Happy birthday Janis Joplin. Happy birthday.
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January 20th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
wow it’s amazing…
January 21st, 2008 at 12:35 pm
That is crazy dude!!!!!!! Maybe even though it was in missoula, She was excited to see that to some she is still and always will be an icon!!!!!!Makes you think twice about life after death!
February 9th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
i just found your blog while reading about the cables (uuu) and clicked through. do you want me to explain what this thing in the picture is?
or you could just google “bokeh”
February 16th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Yes, I am assuming you are referring to this. That’s why I provided a close-up of the image so that you could see how much it resembled a face.
Although there may be an explanation for why the phenomenon occurred, it still doesn’t explain why it resembles a woman’s face.
Besides, wouldn’t it be better if, perhaps, the spirit of Janis was there instead of it being a photographic error? It would go along so well with the spirit of her birthday and all.
November 28th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I believe Janis Joplin was there ‘in spirit’, and you captured it on film! You were in a bar, and Janis loved booze. I was at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood (now renamed Highland Gardens) this past October 4, 2008, the anniversary of her death, and I definitely ‘felt’ her presence in front of the door of room #105. I didn’t capture anything on film however.