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 (55)
durleybeachbum
Gorgeous!
babuci
You lucky live so close to your heaven. Such a wonderful view and a great poem to make this capture more great.
monjo71
Ahh yes, I just have to get over there someday. Just beautiful
timtripp
marvelous!
dragonmuse
Lovely.. so moody.
jeroni
Splendid composition and colors my friend
GBCalls
Attractive place! Excellent poem chosen to accompany it.
MrsLubner
Love the words and it fits so well with your photo... I got a bit of the song on the internet - a real Irish folk tune iT would seem. Fabulous lift to my day, Danny.
gerhardtroester
wish i could be there too !
MrsRatbag
A lovely landscape and beautiful poem!
jared99
Such a gorgeous place. Wonderful photo, and the poem a nice, fitting touch.
Richardphotos
stunning landscape and presentation
kgb224
Wonderful my friend.Take me with on this road with all its beauty.
npauling
A lovely poem to go with your capture. I love that misty look.
Cosme..D..Churruca
grandiosa vista... love it!
Meowgli
beautiful scene, the mist on the mountains makes it for me
sandra46
superlative shot, i feel a bit of spleen!
sharky_
Nice scenic ride and view.. Aloha
RodolfoCiminelli
Splendid work my friend.....!!!!
Stringy
With scenes like this I am very tempted to pay a visit to my relations near Cork. Nice touch with the clouds skimming the tops of the hills.
DennisReed
Beautiful!
dorothylee
Great composition!
sossy
most wonderful landscape! scottish colors and scene! reminds me of the road to the isles! ;o)
Digitaleagle
Beautiful poem and capture, I can certainly understand why you would call it heaven it's just that beautiful!!!
anahata.c
I liked this because it was understated, because you handle the muted tones so well, because the fade of the peaks in the distance is subtle & dreamy, because you gave a generous swath of sky, which gives us the source of this reflective lazy scene, because of the simplicity of the land & its 'speech' with its brush & grass and some trees (foreground), and because it feels like a quiet place that caresses and lets you be. Beautiful because it isn't spectacular: beautiful because it's inward. I have to stop for now, but I'll be back. At least I got a handful of the pieces you've uploaded recently...they've all been wonderful, and this is a beautiful shot.