At the Zoo Today (no animals)

[Chase Creek 0]

[mikechell 0]

Interesting. What program did you use to black out the background?

Nice flare of colors.

[Chase Creek 0]

Thanks. I use Photo Shop Elements 11 with the Topaz Adjust 5 add-on. I also have Topaz B&W. Really like the Topaz line.

[FlaFly 0]

I used to raise orchids, and like most orchid growers, I had a frame (actually a painter's canvas stretcher) covered with black velvet. We would shoot all our orchid shots posed in front of the black velvet, just far enough so the velvet will be out of focus.