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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4887056, member: 19463&quot;]I continue to maintain that the easiest way to get a clean even black background is to prevent light from falling on the black (velvet, paper, paint - whatever) background.&nbsp; This makes small, out of focus pieces of dirt disappear into &#039;nothingness&#039;.&nbsp; Over the years I have used various methods of shadowing this background from rolled up black paper, through black painted tin cans with the bottoms removed to my current favorite inverted black plastic flower pot (the type they sell plants in at the nursery).&nbsp; I add to the top a variety of things that restrict the size of the hole allowing even less light down and/or bouncing a bit of light on the edges of the coin improving separation between those edges and the background.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179301[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The important thing is that black is not something but actually the lack of something - light.&nbsp; If there is no light, even a white background is black.&nbsp; Straight down light from a true axial set-up will defeat this concept but a slight angle or ringlight with hole in the middle rather than solid disk of light works.&nbsp; How we each accomplish this makes no difference.&nbsp; My unit is a ridiculous stack of two flower pots because I wanted to avoid cutting the steel rod I had to make it fit the tallest pot I had.&nbsp; I prefer black backgrounds partly for the reduction in flare which reduces micro sharpness and contrast.&nbsp; I am not a fan of colored backgrounds but, if you must, you can cut out the image and drop it on the background of your choice. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179304[/ATTACH] </p><p><img src="https://a4.pbase.com/o6/88/582688/1/132250014.6XoMK52Z.07rccwhiteorblack1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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