Date Joined: 8 August 2002 Hello My name is Daniel O'Byrne, ÂÂ
The belief that a good photograph is the result of a good camera places the importance upon the equipment rather than upon the photographer. It emphasizes the machine rather than the man, the tool rather than the artist, the technology rather than the artistic intent. It is as if Monet had been told that the reason why his paintings were so beautiful was because he had such good paintbrushes. Or as if Paul Bocuse’s culinary excellence was explained away by his use of superlative pots and pans. Or again if Yo-Yo Ma had been informed that his Stradivarius was solely responsible for the stunning quality of his music.ÂÂ
One can be inspired and have an idea, be very creative in making this idea into a work of art, have developed the required level of craftsmanship, without the outcome of one’s efforts being motivated by the desire to follow a vision for one’s entire body of work. Vision is an overriding envelope that encompasses both inspiration and creativity. It is a blanket that covers the entire artist’s work, a blanket that often comes later in the life of an artist, after one has perfected one’s art and moved beyond the commonplace outcome that most artists have to go through. For this reason I placed vision as the third step of this process. I placed it there not because it comes necessarily at the end of the process but because in life it is often something that artists discover later on.
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Certainly, a master needs a masterful instrument, be it a camera, paintbrushes, pots and pans or a violin, as in my examples, or other tool, since this list can be expanded to include many other professions. But to say that the quality of the art is caused solely by the quality of the instrument is to miss the point altogether about the importance of the artist. It is missing the point about the human factor, about the man or the woman that actually made use of this instrument. After all, art is made by artists and not by tools. Tools are inanimate objects that need someone to set them in motion. And to set a tool in motion so that art is created through the use of this tool, an artist is needed.
I am now retired from working as a Mental Health professional having worked in the Royal Air Force and National Health Service, giving me more time to persue my photography and artwork. I am a Semi Professional Photoghrapher. Here you will find a collection of my photographs and a selection of Digital Art, Traditional Painting and Sketches that I have also used the digital medium to enhance. Please feel free to pass on any comments. My Camera Gear
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Comments (41)
RodolfoCiminelli
Splendid colors and excellent shot Daniel....!!! Great atmosphere and effects of natural lighting....!!!
rainbows
A sublime capture, Danny, beautiful bird.. they are nearly as tall as me!!!! Thanks for info too :-) Hugs. Di.
busi2ness
Fantastic composition and pose and the presentation is very well done. It must be one of the most pleasantly coloured birds on earth. I am suprised it only weighs 6-7 pounds, it looks much heavier when taking to the wing.
Ionel
Wonderful and unusual (for me) coloring of this flamingo bird! Superb capture!!!
Richardphotos
very beautiful flamingo and superb capture
elmurray
Ooooooooooooooooooh!!!! This is absolutely gorgeous. The colours, the texture, the pose, etc, etc, etc. Superb!!!
monjo71
Beautiful composition Danny. Great pose you captured and the colours are perfect. John
Cosme..D..Churruca
Super excellent photography Danny !
kierab
Gorgeous bird!!!!
stuart83
Great capture & photography, wonderful colours
MedTran39
OH MY - what an absolutely wonderful shot of this lovely flamingo! SUPER!
kjpweb
Bravo! Love the soft colors of this one - the one I have lined up to post is more unicolor red. - So I guess, one like more, what's new to him! And this one is new (at least for me). Especially beautiful are the fine details and color nuances, that mine practically does not show. Beautiful pose and composition.
RobyHermida
Excellent photography!!!!!!!! Beautiful composition and colours!!!!!This is absolutely perfect. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Roby :O)
BorisB
A wonderful presentation of this beauty!!
ascrazy
wonderful shot, fantastic pose, thanks:-)
Margana
I had no idea they could get so big.Love this shot,Danny.It has a wonderful abstract quality that makes you pay attention to the textures and patterns of the feathers.Simply lovely!
Littlejock
Wonderful colour and focus.. Out of range... In my area is tooo far for this type of pic. You got a perfect one now
kansas
Heavenly colors! Beautiful shot.
Punaguy
Esquisite shot Dan, beautiful colors and form in this one! A winner! Aloha~
TomDart
Cheeeezzz..this is quite a fine image. Thanks!
bentchick
Simply beautiful!!!! I could look at this all day long!!!!
valcali
What a beautiful shot. ;o)
Dalyn
I like the out of box effect, nice
romanceworks
I've always been fascinated with flamingoes - great info and shot. CC
erlandpil
Wonderfult picture again erland
sharky_
A bird of beauty. Excellent shot. Aloha
short_ribs
Incredible shot buddy! Love your presentation... The shot itself is amazing awesome green background and the bird perfectly captured... Thanks for sharing. Hope you are keeping well.
GOLDILOCKSUK
Omg gorgeous! The detail is superb well done :) Cathy xoxoxo
Flannelman
Wonderful photography. We don't see any of these in the wild here but, sometimes the Rosetta Spoonbills come through. thanx ;-)
sittingblue
wow... great shot. Thanks for sharing.