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Michael, exellent photos! IMHO the background has to be natural. Grey or white or another light color, but something natural. Sorry for little off, but this photo been shot from primitive "soap holder" - Canon Ixus-500 and direct flash light. Background - piece of white paper that goes from horizontal to vertical position behind calls. 
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Geno, A picture that does just what it is supposed to do, show the work very well. Good picture, MP
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Michael, I have a Nikon SB800 strobe that runs about $300 and the remote cord that runs about $60, and the diffusor that was about $30. The flash will remotely TTL slave from the intregal camera flash. The cord allows the SB800 to TTL without setting off the camera flash in case you want to move the flash around to a different angle or bounce. 
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I would cast my vote with Jerry & the rest for #13 background as being the least intrusive/distractive and making it easiest to stay focused on the subject matter.
As an aside, rubbing a scratch with the meat of a raw pecan or black walnut will hide it quite well, usually completely from the naked eye, and will have zero effect on the original finish. I've used pecans mostly for that task. The remedy was shown me by a furniture finisher who dealt with highly polished furniture like dining room table tops and such. Pretty amazing instant result too. I have no experience whether it would hide a scratch from a camera, but I don't see why it would not.
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Chuck I'll check into some different strobes as well as the one you are using. When I looked into the strobes that were suggested to me the cost would be about $1200, that was two 1000's.
Interesting idea about the raw nut, learn something new every day. Petty hard to hid anything from the camera.
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My brother has Canon equipment and he has a similar capability flash from Canon, if you go that route. Canon has a lot going for their cameras, IMO. The new D80 and D200 line are catching up with the Canons though. Mine is a D50 which seems to work well enough. But the LCD viewer on the back of the D80/D200 is much larger and easier for my eyes (plus the newer models have 10 mpxls vs. 6).
These new generation of flashes are truly incredible devices.
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The Nikon SB-800 is a great flash. I'm a big fan of the Nikon Creative Lighting System. The SB-800 usually runs around $350. To get the most out of the newest Nikon technology, you need to use the SB-800 as your master flash. The SB-600 runs under $200 and can be used as fill flash when controlled by the 800. You really need to get the master flash off of the camera shoe. The older SC-17 cable, or the newer SC-28 will get the master flash away from the camera and then there are longer cables and remote shoes for fill, rim or back light flash units. The whole deal could come in under a $1,000. You'll want some light stands, adapters, and sand bags too. The diffuser shown in Chuck's picture is the LumiQuest.
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