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Posted 1/30/2008 6:08:34 PM

Post #21053

big steve

I'm very new to still photography and I'm trying to learn as much as possible. This forum and the DA site have been wonderful for expanding my limited knowledge. Question: How do you shoot a subject close-up (flower for example) and have a pitch black background? I see this fairly often, mainly with flowers and/or still lifes. Is the background simply painted black in Photoshop (which I don't have) or is it more often achieved through the actual shot settings when snapping the picture? I'd like to learn more about this. Again, I'm a newbie with a lower-end-than-most camera (Canon Powershot SX 100) but I'm in love with photography and anxious to learn much more. Thanks.

Steve Fandel

Posted 1/30/2008 7:36:26 PM

Post #21059

Tonka

Hey there, I thought I would post up a link to a similar discussion on this since I don't have much time right now...

but this is a start(you might have to copy and paste, links don't work in this browser for me)
http://www.dailyawards.com/DAForum/Topic8819-15-1.aspx

There are several methods to achieve this... Smile

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Posted 1/30/2008 7:39:22 PM

Post #21060

big steve

Thank you. I did a bit more surfing of the forum site and actually found where this same question had been addressed by earlier posts. Thanks for the input!

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