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Non reflective black background recommendations

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erotavlas Regular Member • Posts: 274
Non reflective black background recommendations

I am photographing life cycle of a few plants against black background.  For my set up I found this large black corrugated plastic sheets at the crafts store to use as my background.   It is working well for the most part, however I find the surface a little too reflective even though it is matte.  It's not terrible at all but I have to be careful how I orient my lighting to avoid any glare/reflection on the surface decreasing the 'blackness' of the background in certain spots.  I was wondering what other people use for background materials and if there is anything I can do to decrease the reflectivity of the background I currently have.  Or should I just switch to another background material altogether.

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