Feathers

Brief

From the fluffy down of a chick to the brilliant stripes of a golden pheasant; feathers are remarkable not just in the way they look but also for their intricate microstructure - evolved to perfection since the times of bird's dinosaur ancestors. Over the years, feathers have proved useful to humans as well as birds, and perform a range of functions for cultures across the world. Finding settings to photograph them in shouldn't be a challenge!