Black /dark back grounds

Depends on the subject, I've managed to shoot flowers before by using the flash and somehow really underexposing the background, not sure how though.
 
I use a combination of black card and some tweaking of brightness and contrast most times :) Seems to work :)
 
nuke the subject with a flash, and not the background... expose accordingly.
 
Did this on black perspex with a tweek in levels:



Macro with flash outdoors often gives black BG as it is so underexposed. The flash sorts out the subject but the BG at 1/200 f16 iso100 is usually very dark.



HTH:)
 
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