Usage of mesh function in matlab to display image of flower in 3D. Brighter locations are displayed as higher peaks. Color of mesh depends on used colormap (parula for this image).

A = imread('kytka256.jpg');
Ag = rgb2gray(A);%convert to gray
mesh(Ag) 
axis off;axis vis3d;grid off

while(true)%% infinite loop
    for ii = 1:360 %change azimuth of view from 1 ° to 360 °
        view(ii,45) % set elevation of view to 45 °
        pause(0.01) % wait 10 miliseconds
    end
end