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 (66)
Digitaleagle
Fantastic detail awesome image!!
dragonmuse
You really are a master at capturing Bald Eagles :)
Boofy
All of the above with grand applause! Your clarity and DOF is just perfect. Jen
Chaos911
wow, excellent shot buddy!
gs1953
Stupenda immagine!
Marcel-P
A very majestic pose you captured here! Well done!!
tallpindo
Wipe your nose oh sturdy sage! The peaceful radicals begin to rage.
gunsan
Magnificent as usual!
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful and spectacular portrait my friend...!!! Impressive definition....!!!
elmurray
So magestic! This is wonderful, Danny! Bravo, my friend!
lizzibell
great capture....
rawdodb
Beautiful Portrait!!!
moochagoo
Incredible eye !
romanceworks
Marvelous shot - and love the drop on the beak.:o) CC
lior
Superb portrait,so wonderful eyes! Thank you for sharing and have a nice week end, Lior
kansas
A majestic bird. Wonderful portrait shot.
tizjezzme
Omgosh, this is FANTASTIC! Everything about it ... PERFECT-O!
erlandpil
Great sharpt portrait in wonderful color erland
Gor111
A fabulous taken eagle portrait! He is a real proud looking bird!!!
Cosme..D..Churruca
Genial Danny!
TwoPynts
Really awesome baldy portrait Danny -- congrats on LWitG! ;'D
wastl001
Very impressive shot Dan!!
delaorden_ojeda
superb portrait of this eagle, fantastic capture !
iaacf
Keep them coming as they are beautiful.. congrats on being choosen, well, at least this picture for the weekly gallery.
GiMi53
Fantastic sharp portrait !
Congratulations for your selection in LWitG (Last Week in the Gallery – week 42-2007 ) !
soepie17
Somehow he reminds me of my German teacher in school :-) Great shot!!!
gradient
A fantastic capture of this majestic bird....congrats Danny!
adonise
Fantastique photo!
busi2ness
Regal and majestic, no other words are fit. Congratulations on being chosen in the LWITG!
GOLDILOCKSUK
Wow speechless! Superb! Cathy xoxoxo