Tried to capture the fine details of the old feather. Used a studio table with three halogen lights and diffusers. In Photoshop: auto adjusted for color; cropped for effect; clonned some specs out; unmasked buy 100% with a radius of 2.5 and a treshold of 2; sized for the web.
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You've got some great detail here, and a very appropriately simple composition. The creamy color of the center of the quill doesn't seem quite natural - bit bright and distracting. Perhaps an entirely b&W would be better. 7
Exceptional lighting and textures. Black background is perfect. I like the fact that the feather has some small imperfections. Two suggestions for improvement: 1) A more diagonal placement and 2) dump the border.
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