Thanks for your reply:
I have attatched the folder of images I was using including with the ball on the carpet. The background image is simply the "Final Back image" inside the zip. If I correctly remember, everytime I thresholded the shadow of the ball was included. I spent hours trying different ypes of Adv. Morphology etc, but could not hack it. I tried remove the shadow from the image, in addition to the original background, with ideally the ball lefft behind. Unfortuntaly no success from my side
Thanks for your interest and help up until now
Saqib
