As coffee brews in the morning, I find myself doing a quick scan of the windows to see the patterns of ice that have formed in the night. Usually my attention is focused just on the windows, the ice crystals and the slow movement of light across the sky.
This morning, my eyes fell upon the white feather, an item I have photographed many times before.
It sits in a shallow dish on the window sill of my writing nook. Today I noticed that its delicate barbs almost touched the nearby pane. If it had, would it have been frozen as well?
Both infused and illuminated by sunlight, and juxtaposed against the growing blue of the sky and the sparkling crystals of the melting ice, well … the color-filled scene was near magical.
Still, after a while, I found myself switching to black and white on the camera. Just to see what would happen. I’m glad I did.
Words + Images 
What beautiful imagery! I love how you focused on such a simple element to create something so new.
You did an excellent job with all the plumy details. I can feel the magic that you spoke of.
Steve Schwartzman
http://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com
Lovely photos. I’m really glad you switched to black and white too, because the “mood” is completely different, and allows the eye to concentrate on the delicacy of the feather itself, without distractions. Very nice. ~ Julie 🙂
Beautiful photos. I really like the black and white versions. They bring out the wonderful details of the feather.
beautiful imaginative work…. I love the gold and blue..
So beautiful! Very creative idea, these are true works of art.