How To Create Black Background Photos Like An Amateur 😎👍
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0.000 HBDHow To Create Black Background Photos Like An Amateur 😎👍
[](https://www.instagram.com/spreadfire1/) Some cool looking pictures from my **Instagram** feed. As [promised](https://steemit.com/instagram/@spreadfire1/guess-who-s-back-back-again-my-break-from-steemit-instagram-interlude), I start sharing/cross-posting some of my pictures from **Instagram** to **Steemit** in the upcoming days/weeks. Instead of making an extra **Steemit** article for each **Instagram** post, I lump them together and create overview articles for similar themes, topics or styles. I also try to provide some additional value/information here. If you like my stuff, please consider following me on **Steemit** and [**Instagram**](https://www.instagram.com/spreadfire1/) ❤️🖖. --- # Black background photos Look kinda cool, right? Here's how I did it: - Put the subject on a table next to a **window** for a natural light source (no direct sunlight). - Place a dark object behind the subject, preferably in the shadow. I used my office chair, for example. Any **non-reflecting dark surface** will do, like a black or dark blue cloth or garment. - When taking the shot, exposure settings can be a little lower. Depending on your setup, light environment settings and on the feel you are going for with the picture. - The most important thing in **post-processing** is to increase the **black value**. Not too much and not too little. Just the right amount so the background is completely black while preserving the subject's edges and colors. <div class="pull-right"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzife_SiPim/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdrgqBN7HHBZ9nGWt1hqkwPhs52U7AxbfZnJkmqRQUJgt/ackerwinde%20cropped.jpeg" alt="Field bindweed"/></a></div> <div class="pull-left">This was my very first try taking a picture with black background. It's a blossoming <b>field bindweed</b></a> (Convolvulus arvensis) inside a glass vase. A little overexposed on the white flower, but overall good looking imho. 😎👍</div> --- <div class="pull-right">🌸 <b>Wild marjoram</b> (Origanum vulgare) 🌸. Plenty of it growing on our brick terrace, the bees love it. 😍🐝<br>The exposure was a little too long here too, as you can see on the brighter, not quite black, left side of the image as well as the slightly too light petals. Well, practice makes perfect. 🤓😇</div> <div class="pull-left"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzpwAV7ihKP/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWMYqjphgkEVZgm75V22tRUpNcdeK4r2GRmzfRejvf9cy/rosa%20wiesenblume%20cropped.jpeg" alt="Wild marjoram"/></a></div> --- <div class="pull-right"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzm9n1MCnvP/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmWtE7fMZNKQJQBLRimRtP35FJx1AFvZEBvUByLhzSjWXR/margerite%20cropped.jpeg" alt="Annual fleabane "/></a></div> <div class="pull-left">This is an 🌼 <b>annual fleabane</b> (Erigeron annuus) 🌼 from my garden. I like the petals' imperfections, the depth of field and overall composition. 😊👌</div> --- <div class="pull-right">🌼 <b>Smooth hawksbeard</b> (Crepis capillaris). With a little imagination, the stem looks like a snake coming out of the water glass. 🐍😅</div> <div class="pull-left"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Lg82WCF8R/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmXT3HXv5YYtcmHGJ2ntczHUsJ4DcyW3etJZ9vHfqqj8tn/pippau%20gelb%20schwarz%20cropped.jpeg" alt="Smooth hawksbeard"/></a></div> --- The second shot of this <b>Orange daylily</b> (Hemerocallis fulva) is one of my favorite pictures. ❤️😍 <div class="pull-right"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzs26mgCOAh/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmX1ZLPAxmBPdD28RNyoqn1vNRmH5qyhXRbUWpKB74e8KU/taglilie%20schwarz%20closeup%20cropped.jpeg" alt="Orange daylily"/></a></div> <div class="pull-left"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzs26mgCOAh/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmenXDndsECtPo4vchp2SsAkAmazwHdJc8ecKaGNeDGQ95/taglilie%20schwarz%20cropped.jpeg" alt="Orange daylily"/></a></div> --- <div class="pull-right">🌳 <b> Walnut leaves</b> 🍃🍂. I made this one a little darker. Otherwise, areas of the leaves where light directly hits would be way overexposed, due to the reflecting glossy surface. ✨ As a nice side effect, the shadows are more accentuated. 😎👍</div> <div class="pull-left"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0OE_ipiCcc/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQme2mbUNsHJypp3mx2HcijzK6qmzX5Vu2SGwxiTfBaAV6M/nussbaum%20bl%C3%A4tter%20black%20back%20cropped.jpeg" alt="Walnut leaves"/></a></div> --- <div class="pull-right"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B0QbC7fCE-Z/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVd8sByLqmtP84zmUZWSqt27cMtAfBHa3RAaPSwcdekoS/apfel%20glas%20black%20back%20cropped.jpeg" alt="Apple on water glass "/></a></div> <div class="pull-left">🐛 Something already took a few bites out of this <b>apple</b> 🍏🍎🌳. Notice the reflections in the glass. 😊👌</div> --- ## BONUS PICTURE! <div class="pull-right">Steemit premiere! ✌️😅 I never published this photograph anywhere else yet. I found this dead, dried out 🦋 <b>cabbage white butterfly</b> (Pieris rapae). In this bottom-up perspective, you can't see the usual distinctive black edges on its wings. The dots are clearly visible from this side too, though. 🦋</div> <div class="pull-left"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/spreadfire1/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmNyheMdycgy5qjXXwDUyTqMpYtZzM5XpSfqRz3yEtB64Z/kohlwei%C3%9Fling%20black%20back%20cropped.jpeg" alt="cabbage white butterfly"/></a></div> --- Any **feedback** is highly appreciated! Let me know what you think...general thoughts, tips, tricks, questions, advice, funny comments, disses, bashes, whatever! Thank you to everybody 😘. 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