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 (58)
FACEART
Excellent work!
LudyMelltSekher
Hello my dear friend, This is truly beautiful, Absolutely fantastic!.Wonderful and excellent photography as usual, Congratulations! All you artwork is Very Beautiful!! It is a real pleasure to visit your gallery. A million stars**** Thank you so much for your comments.Happy weekend. Hug and giant kiss in Your heart.Luminous blesing. Ludy
kimariehere
beautiful close up capture of this gorgeous deer !!! love your out of the frame touch as well!!!
tizjezzme
What a beautiful animal; Excellent out of frame work Danny.
mps
Excellent image.
Aioros
Brilliant!
kansas
Wonderful photo of this deer. I always catch my breath at the sight of deer. Such handsome and special creatures. Glad they are now abundant in your country.
sharky_
Beautiful animal. Aloha
JeffG7BRJ
Nice one Danny, pity the mate didn't show, we have them around Rochdale, I have had to get a team to remove more than one after RTA's. One in particular was about five minutes walk from where I live, it had tried to cross the Ring Road and had been hit. The location was in a slight valle where the River Roch crosses underneath, and the shame of it is it was a quite time for traffic in that area. It was still warm when I got to the scene as well. He had a nice set of antlers as well, I took photo's of it but they were left on my works PC when I was retired, they will have been deleted now. Superb capture of this one, especially as you were out in the open, I know they are quite skittish. It looks like you have indeed found a little bit of paradise, a Red Fox yesterday and a Roe Deer today, I can't wait for tommorrow. Excellent work. Bravo!!!!!
Alz2008
Beautiful capture, excellent well done..
Hendesse
Excellent shot, fantastic details and DOF. Outstanding photo and you've presented it perfectly. Superb!!
iaacf
Wonderfull picture. I am very fond of tose animals..
shutterbugs
Excellent shot and post work!
dbyrd
Great job.
rawdodb
Beautiful little deer!!! Glad they managed to be re-instated....
RodolfoCiminelli
A excellent and very beautiful photo my friend....!!! I like the POV.....!!!
lior
So stunning photograph,Danny!5*>fav
romanceworks
So alert and beautiful. Great capture. CC
Meisiekind
What a cutie and stunning framework too Danny! Great capture! :)
Heathcroft
Excellent image- well shot!
delaorden_ojeda
A fine image my friend, great composition and pov, love the presentation, superb shot, bravo !
Fidelity2
Wow. Your image is very cool. 5+.
Littlejock
Beautiful colours and DOF, details is perfect... I glad you enjoy of the wild and natural life
Iceshark39
Stunning capture and facinating information. Lovely little buck.
rainbows
A beautiful creature and capture, dear Danny. Wonderful work. Hugs. DiDi. xx
kgb224
Excellent capture Daniel.
stuart83
Stunning capture and information
Cosme..D..Churruca
superb!