Swatch of black velvet and an old fashioned coke bottle

I am learning a little more about photography and some of the tricks of the trade.  I shot about 135 photos of these flowers.  I have learned that the best light for shooting florals is natural light.  The same could be said of any subject, natural light is the best.  However, when I shot these photos, I was in my basement at about 8 pm and there was no natural light available.  Instead, I had the light in another part of the room on, a back drop of black velvet and an old fashioned coke bottle to work with.  Below are two of the results of that photo shoot.