How is this background done?

A local photographer has a flower with a totally black background - how is that done?

THIS IS -> THE LINK <- TO THE PICTURE...

i imagine that was in a studio...

photoshop or just a piece of black poster board with an overhead light would be m y guess

More specifically, the background was far enough away to not get any of the light on the flower, so fell to black.

to get the background far enough a way - the flower was elevated?
... or was a chroma-green background used -then the image was put over the black?

it's a nice pic tho!

I'm guessing a certain amount of PS was done, but then again black velvet might have been used, it soaks up alot of light.

The way the light kinda peels off to the sides of the petals make me think its mostly PS

I have taken a shot of a flower and with some editing in ps the background went from having a little tiny bit of dark green in it, to black.

It's not too hard...

If it is outdoors, using flash, set camera to Manual. By using the fastest speed possible and small f stop you should be able to make the background dark.

Everyone here is just speculating. Many of us can make guesses based on what we know and what we've shot in the past, but we can't say for sure. Have you considered writing to the photographer and asking him?

If I were asked to replicate this shot, I'd put the flower in the studio with a black velvet background and use studio lights, flags and other light modifiers to produce the shot.

Mark

Photoshop, or black background (with or without Photoshop help) or simply be sure the light on the background is -2.5 EV lower than the intensity of light falling on the subject!

Well, as a macro shooter, if the background is far enough behind the subject matter so that the light from the flash can't hit it, it'll turn black like this. I have quite a few images like this

Yes, it could be lighting manipulated in a studio to achieve the same type of effect, yes, backdrops could be used to help it, and yes, it could be photoshopped (or a combination of all things). Very difficult to say, best to email the photographer in question like Mark has suggested.

Dave

Shot on a bright, sunny day in the middle of a field with no PP done (other than resizing):

I shot this picture in my kitchen, using light from the window. I placed a piece of dark blue paper about 2 feet behind the flower. After a bit of experimentation, I found under-exposing slightly gave a nice black background