I‘ve always liked drawing feathers. Attempting to capture their delicacy and weightlessness with graphite. Here I’ve included a little drawing of feathers from my sketchbook with a series of photographic studies, again playing with light and shadows. *Hope you’re not bored with all my monochromatic posts of late, I actually do love colour! *
(click on images to enlarge)
(I ♥ the creamy, thick drawing paper in a Moleskin sketchbook, it feels incredibly luxurious.)
All images © Karen McRae
draw and shoot 
I must tell you that in a field rich with fine photographers, your photography has really captured my imagination;you have a sensitive point of view guided by strong technical skills, but with a refined, delicate touch.
Elena, I really appreciate your comment, thank you so much! I’m thrilled you enjoy my images.
Beautiful feathers beautifully photographed! I likewise love colour, but also really love monochrome images too. And I love Moleskines 🙂
Thank you Mufidah! 🙂
Bored with your monochromes? Not at all, these are lovely, esp 1st and 4th. Do you use artificial or natural light? I have a series of pieces of cutlery photographed in low winter ligth with amazingly long shadows.
Glad I’m not boring you Karl,
I usually use natural light for the shadows (early or late day low light) but the 6th and 8th photograph in this series are made with artificial light.
Nice cutlery series! 🙂
So cool! I had to read the caption before i even had an inkling some were drawn! Nicely done!
thanks sista! 🙂
Really nice photos, well executed! Really like the shapes you create and the mix between real feathers and drawings! Cheers, John
Thanks John!
Such a well-done balance with shadow and light on such delicate subjects!
Thanks so much, love your photography! 🙂
So simple and so beautiful
Thanks Gaby. 🙂
Interesting to see how the shadow captures the shape of the feathers and simplifies it for the eye.
Oh yes, Karen, these feather pictures are also superb, just like those white flowers but infinitely soft – extremely well done! FATman
Appreciate your feedback, thanks for stopping by!
The feather photos are delightful. I love your results with the play of shadows. The hint of color in the soft browns enriches them. Extremely nice work.
This is Visual Poetry. Excellent.
robert