Some preliminary results
The results of the first day’s scanning are starting to come in. Some amazing photography and the first preliminary 3D point clouds to check we were getting it all. Hopefully we’ll be able to post some screen shots tonight or tomorrow (see below for some comments on the video)
This evening we went back after dark to redo the even light photography and some heavily raked shots (The link takes you to a couple of reduced examples). Some of the panels and the runes look like they are really popping out. Very interesting photography and a real benefit of being able to get up so close.
We also had fun talking to the Guild Coffee evening. Just a few minutes with Heather and me before the main evening began, but an opportunity to tell members of the church about what we are up to and to solicit tips and folk knowledge about the cross. One of the interesting things of doing this work this weekend has been hearing the local traditions about the history of the cross. Heather, who’s working on popular interest, knowledge, and interpretation of cultural heritage–and how this can be integrated with up-to-date scholarship using digital and mobile technology–has been hearing lots of great stories and traditions.
Note: the video is a reduced resolution movie of a screen showing a preliminary point cloud. No texture, colour or other visual data has been added yet, and the cloud is based on a sample rather than the full dataset (that’s why there are blanks). When things are released, the model will have highresolution photos overlayed, and far more detail.
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