Feather in close up

Part of a small feather

Thursday 14th May 2015

Whilst walking through the garden, I saw half a dozen small feathers on the lawn. Not sure what bird they were from, but they were off-white, about two centimetres long and very downy. I started to pick them up and noticed some detail along the centre. I thought it might be an idea to take a photograph. What I never realized until I was looking through the macro lens was that each minute piece of the feather was in turn another feather as you can see in the foreground. I decided on a high key image to soften the hardness of the dark areas. It almost looks like a pencil drawing!