I modded a scanner to be a camera, this is 'Waterdance'
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17697235
One of the results of a collaboration with a dancer. Once the motion-aspect of scanning photography clicked with her, it was a blast playing around for a few hours. This is a quick scan, left to right in about 20 seconds.
Did you do any post?
Yes, aside from global contrast adjustments, there’s a circular level and local contrast adjustment on the dancer, to make her stand out a little bit more
Wait... How many legs does she have?
I case you’re really wondering, the model has two legs, maybe three, the liquid effect is due to the very slow rolling shutter of the scanner, and how it draws motion.
And why is there a face just floating in mid-air?
Could elaborate a bit on the scanner-becoming-camera thing? I've never heard of that before.
Absolutely cool picture!
For sure!
I opened up an old Canon flatbed scanner and more or less removed anything that wasn’t the sensor or the mechanical assembly pulling it along. The optical assembly is hacked together with black foam board, an acrylic magnifying glass and too much gaffers tape.
Think of it as a pinhole shoebox camera with a scanner at the back, instead of photo paper or film.
Thank you! I like the engineering feel it all.