Feather
These pictures are a selection from those taken for a recent project. The idea was to select a simple object and explore it in depth. In this case I choose a small feather (the first picture in the gallery below shows the feather in its entirity) and I spent about 2 - 3 hours exploring textures and design.
Setting yourself a project such as this is quite demanding and requires a lot of thinking about as you create more pictures. The obvious photographs are taken first and then you need to use your imagination to create images that are different from those already made. It is a good excercise to improve your compositional skills and it is also very enjoyable.
The photographs were taken with a Nikon D300 with a 105 macro lens and using window light for illumination. One picture was taken using a set of bellows.
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Feather 2
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Feather 3
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Feather 4
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Feather 5
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Feather 6
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Feather 7
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Feather 8
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Feather 9
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Feather 10
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Feather 11
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Feather 12
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Feather 13
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Feather 14
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Feather 15
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Feather 16
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Feather (dropping) 17
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Feather (dropping) 18
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Feather (dropping) 19
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Feather (dropping) 20
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Feather (dropping) 21
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Feather (dropping) 22
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Feather (dropping) 23
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Feather and Shell 24
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Feather and Shell 25
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Feather and Shell 26
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Feather and Shell 27
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Feather and Shell 28
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Feather and Shell 29
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Feather and Shell 30
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Feather and Shell 31
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Feather (tied up) 32
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Feather (tied up) 33
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Feather (tied up) 34
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Feather (tied up) 35
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Feather (tied up) 36
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Feather (multi-exposure) 37
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Feather 38
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Feather (in bed) 39
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Feather (in bed) 40
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Feather (Bellows) 41
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Feather and shadow 42
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Feather and shadow 43
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Feather and shadow 44
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Feather and shadow 45
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Feather 46
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Feather 47
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Feather 48
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Feather 49
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Feather 50
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Feather on water 51
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Feather on water 52
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Feather on water 53
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Feather on water 54
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Feather on water 55
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Feather 56