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 (54)
Cosine
Gorgeous shot, Danny. I hope they can fix your 5D, and for less than the price of a new one, too.
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.Pitty to hear of the problems with your Camera.
tetsu-pino
Excellent picture!!! Very very beautiful. I like this one.
tommorules
Under warranty I hope....
Meisiekind
Excellent POV and capture of this glorious guy Danny!!! Hope the 5D can be fixed soon!!! :)
Alz2008
Beautiful capture, excellent well done..
rainbows
Just beautiful danny, all wrapped about itself.. A stellar shot. I am sorry about your cam, hope it is fixed soon. Hugs. DiDi. xx
fredster66
Just an amazing image! Excellent work!
Littlejock
Your details and colours is just perfect my friend. Exquisite quality again
RodolfoCiminelli
A fantastic photo my friend.....!!! Lament that of their camera, you say that had carried out about 15.000 shots approximately, for what I have understood that is the maximum accepted by a digital camera, the inconvenience of repairing them is that later the balance of white strays and there is not form of to correct it to less than that you want pictures with dominant of color, or the other option is to take in B&W.
durleybeachbum
Marvellous!
dbyrd
Great presentation.
vlaaitje
wonderful details and such a wonderful colours and feathers, I am only not sure about the leg on the right side, if it was mines I would post work it out, hope you don't mind
rawdodb
Sorry about the 5D. Beautiful picture from it's backup tho.....
Hendesse
Wonderful colors, light and excellent details. Your 10D still works perfect. Superb shot!
lil_t
Shot not blue at all, it is superb! Sorry about your blues, tho... the camera will be as fine as your photos, if that helps, I hope! :)
beachzz
Gorgeous shot of this already gorgeous bird!!
PhrankPower
So fine. Love that color and with the one eye watching.
StandsInAwe
Excellent colors here
gs1953
Colori ed immagine fantastici!
tizjezzme
Oh, Danny, is this ever GORGEOUS... such a beautiful bird; you did perfect on this.
G_Mansco
A real beauty, flamingos have so special colours!
PD154
Interestingly Danny, a friend of mine had the same problem with his 5D, it turned out to be a small piece of debris in the works, and the guy at Jessops said it was jamming the mechanism, although I can't say how much the repair was?....Excellent shot here, The colour of the bird is exquisite!
mps
Just goes to show it's the photographer not the camera that takes the best shots.