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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2510479, member: 19463&quot;]Easiest is not to use photoshop or other tools and just not allow light to fall on the black background in the first place.&nbsp; You can do this any way you choose.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Black Backgrounds (from my photo web page)</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0bgsetbl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0bgtube.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>If you want a plain black background it is better to dispense with the glass and shoot over a &#039;black hole&#039; created by a tube to shadow the black background under the dowel or spindle. While I have used a variety of tin cans and other shadow devices, the best is a piece of black craft foam rolled in a circle and held together with a pair of rubber bands. The diameter can be varied as needed to be sure no light reaches the background. My coin sample shows the edges of the foam coil but that will be cropped out when the two halves of the image are combined in one file. I prefer black backgrounds because of the way they look but also because they are easier to do than white or other colors. If you wish to separate the lower edge of the coin just a bit you can add some white tape to the black foam at that side and throw a little light on the edge. Too much of the will look fake. The image below used white. Compare it to the one above wit no reflector tape.&nbsp; Improved? Too much??? We will not all agree.</p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/0bgblrefl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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