Hi Patricia…

Thanks for the kind words on my photographs. The black background was achieved in several ways. On some of the small flowers, I clipped them and then I simply set up in my living room with a black sheet in the background. The light was from a nearby window and I used some fill provided by some white foamcore to bring out the shadows. On others, I used the black side of my automobile sun reflector and placed it behind the flower. On others, I used natural shadows which fell behind the flowers.

Thanks again.
Tom