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 (62)
RobyHermida
Excellent shot, fantastic ............. ROBY
babuci
Excelent syncronized feeding captured. Love the colors a lot.
nongo
Looks like chow time, great catch Danny, it's nice to see the different feather patterns!!!!
dbrv6
bravo - perfect capture
gradient
I thought I was seeing double as well!!! LOL Perfect timing on this one.
bpclarke
What a lovely capture! Beautiful! Bunny
magnus073
Great capture Danny, and I love the title as you caught them in such perfect time
dragonmuse
Awesome capture.
MrsRatbag
I've never seen these before -- wonderful capture!
tetsu-pino
Wow!! Lovely capture!!!
tizjezzme
LOL@Optiramma !! These are some pretty duck!
Leeco
Great shot and presentation. Thanks for sharing. Lee
kansas
A very handsome pair. Great shot. Interesting info.
artaddict2
Fantastic Danny, I don't know if you saw my Synchronised Stare upload March12 and Jeffs horses soon after but we should run a theme. they look so comical together with the same actions. great colourful birds too.
Georges_H_Hoens
Hi Dan, hope you're fine!!!
I did'nt ever seen those ducks, and your purpose remember me that I have ever being fascinated by this "togetherness" of many ducks.
I wish you a peaceful day,
Georges.
Alz2008
Beautiful image, excellent well done..
RodolfoCiminelli
Great and very balanced composition my friend.....!!! Wonderful photo....!!!!
rainbows
A wonderful capture of them dear Danny, they make me smile. Have a pretty day. Hugs. DiDi. xx
vlaaitje
what a cool shot and moment in time....perfect done..sorry for my delay, I am sooooooooooooooooo busy
romanceworks
Great shot! CC
Cosme..D..Churruca
superb capture Danny!
moochagoo
Amazing ducks !
sharky_
Do you see what I see? lol Cute little capture. Aloha
Littlejock
Great timming and colours my friend. Very lucky catch. Hugs
kleinhoon
Eye catching shot, well done!
tommorules
Lovely photo but it does show up the relatively poor colour rendition of the 10D over the 5D. Hope you get it fixed soon!!!
nikolais
they must have been practicing a lot... wonderful capture as always, Danny!
Ac-Dc
oh yeah, it´s a perfect synchro.
shutterbugs
Yes ... Carl Jung would have loved this!! Excellent shot!!!
FriedaFelicia
Hey what a fun shot! Perfect timing!