thanks for all the comments
md. thanks for the detailed response, I wasnt to sure if some of them are a bit to hot, that will be down to my action that adjusts the levels I need to blend that down. so its a pp issue.
Fshoot, theres not one thing that will help with clarity, its a combination of L lens, good exposure and sharpening in photoshop.
the orange background in 2 and 4 is a paperoll I have no idea what the colour is called I got it while back cheap from a studio that was closing down.
the orange in 5 is a filter on my grid shooting onto grey cloth.
Thanks again
Carl