I wasn't sure if I could do a decent black on black picture and I was very self conscious about it. So I finally challenged myself to go for it. I actually enjoyed every minute of the experience. NO photoshop at all, just minimal edting with Windows 7, and Paint to spray over the little specks of dust on the piece of felt I used for a backdrop. Camera is a SONY Alpha 77 II with a Tamron 18-270.mounted on a Vanguard Alta pro 264 tripod. No flash was used, just natural light from a west window. Manual focus, apert. set at f/16 with acorrection of -1.7. By Daniel Reynaud.