Thanks for your comments guys. James, I know you can appreciate this but we have very little "studio space" in the new house so I have to use backgrounds I can make disappear due to light leakage behind them. I've tried all of my standards but black is always the best. And I love the way it helps with composites/blends. Jim Poor has his reflective look which distinguishes his work and I've always liked the low-key look for my Rottie portraits. I used the same background for the moon shot .

Jim