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 (47)
J5ive
Nice shot!
kgb224
Outstanding capture my friend.
Domi48
Wow!
carlx
Fantastic POV, details and textures, Danny!!! Superb capture!!!
DarkStormCrow
Cool capture, well done....
BorisB
Excellent work with impressive details!!
minos_6
Superb capture. Love the pov!
brycek
Fantastic capture!!
Meisiekind
Wonderful image Danny and a great bit of information and history on this starting point of the industrial revolution! Well done indeed!
magnus073
Danny this is an amazing photo and being a bit of a large equipment nut I'd very much like to see this in person.
Richardphotos
I love mechanical things like this.superb shot
flora-crassella
wonderful picture and very interesting information!!!
kenwas
What a fine shot Danny!
lucindawind
beautiful capture ..I like the deep green colour
bazza
Excellent and interesting piece of equipment very nice capture and history Danny well done!!
lyron
Fantastic engine. Great capture and wonderful colors!!!
Octaganoid
Fascinating mate !! Great one.
rocserum
impressive ancient history! RS
bmac62
Absolutely sharp, crisp and clear...everything looks in focus and when you like machinery like I do...this is what I like to see...for all the details. Neat indeed.
npauling
A great capture of this intrigueing machinery. Wouldn't it be great if they made things to last like that today.
sandra46
TERRIFIC SHOT!!!
babuci
Just imagine a noise if the gears would get into action. Wonderful piece of history.
watapki66
Love shots of history like this, very nice!
jocko500
love this type of stuff .
kbrog
Great capture! I can almost hear the wheel and gears turn. :)
dragonmuse
Very cool.
auntietk
I like this very much. The composition is wonderful!
psyoshida
Wonderful image and history. Glad to see they have saved these incredible machines. The lighting here is extraordinary.
dbrv6
Excellent capture of some great engineering.
sharky_
Amazing capture. Aloha