1918 trench knife

**Chopperman** · 03-13-2016, 05:52 PM

It's a crappy day here so as long as I am stuck indoors, I thought I might
try and get a good shot of my trench knife.

**Kris1981** · 03-13-2016, 06:19 PM

How is your setup? I'd like to take photographs with a clean black background. I guess i need a light-tent or at least a black (vinyl?) backdrop...?

**Chopperman** · 03-13-2016, 06:29 PM

I use a black cloth and a light box. I am not sure about using black vinyl as it might
be too reflective.

**Kris1981** · 03-13-2016, 08:04 PM

At the risk of going somewhat off-topic (I'll be brief): I don't like cloth because wrinkels show in pictures. none-reflective ('photographic') vinyl exists, so I think I'll give it a try. What I want to create is something like this:

(although this one looks photoshopped, it can be done with a clean black background)

**rbminis** · 03-13-2016, 08:07 PM

by Kris1981

At the risk of going somewhat off-topic (I'll be brief): I don't like cloth because wrinkels show in pictures. none-reflective ('photographic') vinyl exists, so I think I'll give it a try. What I want to create is something like this:

(although this one looks photoshopped, it can be done with a clean black background)

I have uploaded your photo directly to this thread. Please do NOT use outside photo hosting sites.
Thank you,
Ralph.