NaZzAtAzEr wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 5:42 pm
Do you use a black backdrop or a flashgun with the sync set up so only the plant is illuminated?
The technique that has developed over the years is to have a big piece of velvet flat on the kitchen floor near the back door and have strong but difuse sunlight coming in from the left. The black background is the shadow cast by the kitchen door on the black velvet. If using velvet it is important (I think) to make sure the nap of the cloth brushes smooth away from the camera.
This year I've used a strong LED light on the right hand side to cancel out the shadow caused by the sun.
Most pictures are "as is" from the camera, but occasionally I use a little "black paint" in a photo editor to mask any areas that need it, which hopefully the viewer cannot see......
It is a bridge camera (Panasonic Lumix) on a mini tripod with the camera on the macro setting, usually 3x zoomed in so that I can have the camera a little further away from the subject. Often the camera is still around 6cm (2") or so from the flower.
. I shall save the rest for later!