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 (60)
Richardphotos
magnificent capture.wow!dead on no less
MedTran39
Awesome capture!
npauling
A super capture of him coming towards you and you have got that feeling of motion. Lovely.
bpclarke
Spectacular capture. Such fierce concentration. Bunny
JDoc
Holy cow! Terrific!
shutterbugs
What an amazing expression. Excellent action capture!!!!!!
MOODYBLUE92954
STUNNING WORK ONCE AGAIN
aquablue
Excellent !
micturn
Extremely well done.
Alz2008
Beautiful image and capture, excellent well done..
RodolfoCiminelli
Sesational and very opportune shot my friend....!!! Impressive picture....!!!
JeffG7BRJ
It looks like a Great BIG Grey to me Danny, lol. Excellent capture, I can see his focus is not fixed on you or your lens, so I feel OK with this one. #;0) Some of the shots you take look like they are heading striaght for you. I often wonder can they see themselves reflected in the lens, and would this distract them or even make them change course to attack. Has anything like that happened to you I wonder? I know you use a big lens, and the bigger the lens the bigger the reflection I would think. Superb work. Bravo!!!!!
Meisiekind
Glorious image once again Danny!! Wow... :)
romanceworks
You get some truly amazing flight shots - and love the motion you added. CC
junge1
Excellent capture Danny. I hate to think how much time and effort this takes to catch it just so. Very well done!!!
NekhbetSun
What a shot ! wowwww....and I'm a big owl nut :o)
MrsLubner
I just keep looking at this...the flight feathers curled like fingers gripping the air, the fanning of the wings so broad and the "I mean business" face is incredible.
kbatty
Incredible shot!
fractalinda
When John brought this up last night I literally gasped. What amazing and beautiful photography.
Littlejock
Great spot focus on the head. Fantastic action shot.. so hard to catch.. Colours and details is great as usual
Iceshark39
Fantastic shot! What an intense expression. Beautiful eyes on that bird.
lucindawind
excellent!! and a beautiful owl
Carlahoon
Wow, Excellent work.
stuart83
Magnificient capture, shutter speed just right showing the wing movement
mps
Wonderful image.
Turin_Returns
What a work of genius! This truly shows your exquisite expertise. Score = 5
RedundantlyAbundant
Totally mesmerized by this!
emay68
OMG! This is stunning! :o)
iaacf
Well, you've done a greart job here. It looks like he is moving indeed. Otherwise also a very beautiful capture.
knupps
Just amazing.