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 (52)
brycek
Wonderful capture and history!!
Miska7
Very nice terrain, vegetation and lighting! Great capture.
lior
A so wonderful landscape!!!! Thank you for sharing,Danny! Lior
lyron
Wonderful image!!!!
decie
beautiful photo and nice pit of history, ever think of doing part time work for the local heritage center.
3x3
awesome capture Daniel x f!
flora-crassella
fantastic view! Great landscape and wonderful photo!
carlx
Excellent story and composition, my friend!!! Marvellous image!!!
magnus073
A truly fine capture of this beautiful area Danny, it really does seem to contain so much history
RocksLady
Wircklich schönes Bild!
bebert
excellent shot.
BorisB
Wonderful landscape, great scene!!
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
PD154
Wonderful with that O'Byrne touch, great one mate!
Fred255
I have a photo of that place, I was a bit nearer.
CavalierLady
Wonderful image! Fascinating history and stately character!
traceyjane
great shot, is that a little blue sky I see? when I visited Bodmin it rained and rained and rained.....all week!
artaddict2
Excellent shot, they had this place on a british postage stamp a few years ago. I heard the tales about the 'beast'. I think someone (maybe on Renderosity) photoshopped a domestic black cat and enlarged it onto the landscape like a panther lol..
adrie
Wonderful landscape picture my friend, excellent capture.
jocko500
love that little building you have here. cool shot
rocserum
Did walk around there several holidays, years ago, brings my memory back, thanks! RS
sharky_
Nice shot and for its history... Aloha
kansas
Thanks for sharing the history and photo.
babuci
Love the big open sky. Wonderful capture.
flavia49
fabulous shot and info!!
Corwin13
Splendid!!!
schonee
Beautiful Scene I Love it!
MedTran39
Beautiful!
DennisReed
Lovely outdoors!
tizjezzme
How neat it would be to live near things like this ... excellent photo Danny.