Scanners for photography

[chauncey]

Got this email yesterday...seem interesting. Has any of you guys tried it?
http://digital-photography-school.co...igital-camera/

[IzzieK]

Yes...I used to do this and roughly crushed ice is a very good wet project. Some people as you may have heard or read, scan their behinds or face on it, why not other objects?

[Shadowman]

Yes, used this method for various subjects. I was taking a class a few years ago and we even used fresh fruit.

[DanK]

I haven't tried it, but a cousin of mine who is a professional and teaches photography at the university level, Ruth Adams, has done quite a bit of this and has exhibited some of that work. I think at least some of what is on this page, http://www.uky.edu/~radam3/organics/organics.html, was done that way.

[ashcroft]

Has any of you guys tried it?

Yes! Several times. For this one I used an Epson scanner. I wore a black rubber glove (nice!) to hold the watch then moved it manually across the light bed as the light bar tracked across. I moved it in two directions hence the strange distortion. The title is the time difference on the watch between start and end.

[pnodrog]

Yes! Several times. For this one I used an Epson scanner. I wore a black rubber glove (nice!) to hold the watch then moved it manually across the light bed as the light bar tracked across. I moved it in two directions hence the strange distortion. The title is the time difference on the watch between start and end.

Because we read from left to right you managed to extend your life by 9 seconds - well done.....

[ashcroft]

Because we read from left to right you managed to extend your life by 9 seconds - well done.....

Ha! And due to imbibing too much New Zealand (and other places) wine I probably reduce it by 9 secs a day

[Shadowman]

Yes! Several times. For this one I used an Epson scanner. I wore a black rubber glove (nice!) to hold the watch then moved it manually across the light bed as the light bar tracked across. I moved it in two directions hence the strange distortion. The title is the time difference on the watch between start and end.

cool!

[inkista]

This is kind of like the digital version of photograms....

[chauncey]

Yes! Several times.

What kind of resolution are we talking about...in terms of pixels?

[ashcroft]

What kind of resolution are we talking about...in terms of pixels?

Good question. It's been a while, and I used a scanner I no longer have. But as I recall I could set the resolution density, but that obviously made the tracking speed slower if it was set too high. Most of the ones I have are about 4,000px on the long side. You do need to tidy up the images quite a bit in Photoshop - dust etc, but you can get a very good effect if you are careful. Also helps to shoot in a dark room.

Here's another I did. This was just an old blue glass bottle, moved in a similar manual method.

[chauncey]

What would it take to cough out images in the 60MP size?

[Richard Lundberg]

You may get poor results with newer consumer scanners. Most do not use a collimated light source now, and focus is very poor above the glass.

[DouglasRC]

Although I haven't tried this technique yet, I do have an Epson V500 flatbed scanner that I use to scan old family photos (from 1900 on) as well as negatives and it works quite well. I came across Janet Dwyer's work at a local art show and was very impressed with her work. If you are interested, her website is www.photoscanography.com. Unfortunately, I don't remember which model of flatbed scanner she uses, but it is good enough for her to print her images quite large (30"x40" for example). To my mind, her work is simply amazing.