Date Joined: 8 August 2002 Hello My name is Daniel O'Byrne, Â
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.Â
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 (42)
Hendesse
Beautiful shot. The mood and the light are fantastic. Excellent photo of this wonderful landscape!
iaacf
I think the landscape is beautiful as well as the picture you took of it.
marybelgium
a beautiful landscape !
KarmaSong
Rural England and Cornwall as I love them ! Superb capture, which brings to mind a lot of memories...Bravo!
Ionel
Excellent! A wonderful view!!!
BibbyBear
Absolutely stunning scenery and the clouds in the sky are so dramatically moody which creates a lovely atmosphere. Excellent capture Danny. xx
kjpweb
A good image, with lots of distractions, though - especially the cars do little for the image.
OldHippieKeyboard
Excellent POV to capture many aspects of this beautiful scenery. Well done!
spm91g
Very excellent capture!!
babuinodeoro
amazing corner captured with a stunning and sure real lighting. i like so much the stone´s bridge ar right of the pic. Relly picturesque
foxxmulder70
Such rock solid clarity! Bravo sir!
MedTran39
Beautiful! Great shot!
romanceworks
Several years ago I wrote a book that begins in England with a horseback as well as carriage ride through Dartmoor and through the moors, but I never really had a clear picture of it until seeing this. Thanks for sharing this unique landscape. CC
Richardphotos
I can imagine trying to cross one during icy weather.must be treacherous.beautiful area and capture a fine example is to be found at Postbridge, on Dartmoor. Its slabs are over four metres (13ft) long, two metres (6ft 6in) wide and weigh over eight tons each, making the bridge passable to a small cart. It was first recorded in 1380 and was built to facilitate the transportation of tin by pack horses to the stannary town of Tavistock.
carlx
Wonderful place on this fantastic capture!!! Bravo!!!!
vlaaitje
nice place to live with the water in front, very dramatic...lovely view
aljaysart
Ohh Wow that is absoulutely gorgeous...
elmurray
A wonderful image Danny. What a very lovely part of our country you have captured here. Bravo!
NightGallery
Very cool, thanks again for the info too. Looks like a great place to click off a few hundred shots...
gunsan
Wonderful shot, filled with atmosphere!
MrsLubner
Well I would say that the remarkable thing about this town is your capture of it. You've brought a feeling of slow, small village life to this with a sense of hard work and appreciation for the land that goes with it. Great shot!
PeeWee05
Not bad Dan, not great but not bad. I REALLY don't like your signature, I reckon your point with it is 'DON'T STEAL MY IMAGE'. What's wrong? I think the walls are too washed and the rest of the image is flat. Looks like you shot it is winter, so I can forgive the lack of green :)
tizjezzme
Gosh this is pretty; and you know, I hate saying anything negative to anyone; but after reading what Orchidman said, about the cars...maybe cloning the bushes all along that edge to hide the cars? I don't know... just my 2 cents. I love the shot Danny ... :)
lizzibell
Great shot...
aquablue
Beautiful Country !!! excellent Landscape as I love it ..........
RobyHermida
Beautiful shot!! Roby ;O)
tallpindo
I got my first sense of what you are talking about in Cades Cove in Smokey Mountains National Park. I had a new movie camera and people were living on 99 year leases from before the park was created. No longer was a National Park a place of just organic landscape.
sharky_
A beautiful place to be. Aloha
erlandpil
Beautiful Country !!! excellent Landscape as I love it, Agree here erland
alhak
very lovely quiet looking place, wonderful shot