*Hello from Sid and the Critique club*
An interesting image that does meet the challenge.
Having read your comments I think you made the best job you could given the circumstances you were working under. This is obviously, as I'm sure you appreciate, not the best way of attempting this, your image has very little if anything of sharp enough focus and detail to appeal. There is another method you could have tried which I think would have been a lot easier and more successful it is called focus stacking. Basically you would have used the lens as normal with a small aperture you would take several images together each at a slightly closer position and then combined them together in PS to create an image that has sharp focus throughout.
I think you could have improved the composition of the image by using the diagonal for the stem of the feather this would have made the image more dynamic and interesting. A white or light background would have given you a high key image which would also have increased its impact and appeal.
Sorry you didn't get any comments during the challenge, I hope this makes up for it. Thanks for your submission, Sid |