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https://www.360cities.net/image/salisbury-cathedral-quire
Thanks JK, yes the lighting could be very important, I was thinking of using my two SB800 units with diffusers. That texture it has is pretty fine, almost like an orange but very much finer.
My understanding is these globes were created during volcanic eruptions a while back, the hematite formed a ball by magnetic attraction and massive surface tension, rather like a drip of water, as the material cooled it shrank and caused the micro rippling/dimples which is the outer surface texture. This is one reason why I want the viewer to be able to zoom into the image so see this texture, so lighting is going to be very important.
I am also interested to know if the hematite reacts at all under UV light. There may be some fluorescent reaction...
My greatest obstacle is the software side. Because this is a niche aspect of photography, mainly used by large companies trying to make their products appeal to their customers, they aren't keen to share the information about their toys, or the software to create or display these images.
On the whole this isn't an area which has attracted the keen DIY photographer who thrives on innovation in the same way as 360º panoramas do. 360cities pano's are proliferating on Google Earth at an amazing rate. I have just looked at The Faroe Islands on Google Earth and was amazed how many 360º panoramas there are now. Even of relatively mundane locations.
This is an example of what I am trying to achieve:
https://www.snap36.com/blog/portfolio_page/turbo-charger-2/
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