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 (54)
schonee
Very Nice I love the sky!
dragonmuse
It's often a compliment to those who do sceneic renders to say it looks like a photo... but in this case, the converse is true...your photography seems unreal, too beautiful to be real... like a beaitiful render. Amazing capture :)
npauling
You have caught the rays of the sun so beautifully in this beautiful winter scene.
MedTran39
Beautiful capture!
babuci
Wonderful smooth sepia tones. Gorgeous rays.
auntietk
Beautiful! I love the light.
rainbows
A beautiful winter scene, take care out in the cold, dear Danny. Hugs. DiDi. xx
Grizabella
Wonderful winter atmosphere!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend.I like this one a lot.
csikigyopar
Woderful picure!thankyou for comment...
RodolfoCiminelli
Impressive and fantastic photo Daniel.....!!!!
kasalin
Beautiful pov and image !!! Excellent capture and view ! Five stars :) Wish you a Very Happy New Year, dear Danny !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hugs Karin:)
Meisiekind
Oh Danny - another superb image! Gosh, at the moment you guys are snowed under!!! (Pun intended) Stunning open countryside! :)
MrsRatbag
What a beautiful landscape!
mermaid
This place has a special athmosphere per se as your words tell but your shot even gets more of this mystical athmosphere with the wonderful godrays, Danny, excellent!
brycek
Wonderful capture!!
bmac62
Wonderfully rich. I am always bowled over by such a sky and now such a sky over Bodmin Moor no less. I could go on but won't other than to add yet another of your photos to my favorites...ho hum:-)))
virginiese
stellar light and capture ! Happy new Year to you Dany !
Djavad
On pourrait y entendre le souffle qui murmure : "Plaine, ma plaine, plaine oh mon immense plaine..." (Listen : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iF4smdeCbw)
DennisReed
Stunning setting!
jarmila
fantastic light and colours
Alex_Antonov
Excellent!
HERBshines
Moors are very Superb, most would say to much land and sky, ad would go crazy because od the absents of city noise. I Thimk it's music for one's soul, My Friend.
lorandbartho
Excellent!