Date Joined: 8 August 2002 Hello My name is Daniel O'Byrne,Ă‚Â Ă‚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.Ă‚Â It emphasizes the machine rather than the man, the tool rather than the artist, the technology rather than the artistic intent.Ă‚Â It is as if Monet had been told that the reasonĂ‚Â why his paintings were so beautiful was because he had such good paintbrushes.Ă‚Â Or as if Paul Bocuse’s culinary excellence was explained away by his use of superlative pots and pans.Ă‚Â Or again if Yo-Yo Ma had been informed that his Stradivarius was solely responsible for the stunning quality of his music.Ă‚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.Ă‚Â 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.Ă‚Â It is missing the point about the human factor, about the man or the woman that actually made use of this instrument.Ă‚Â After all, art is made by artists and not by tools.Ă‚Â Tools are inanimate objects that need someone to set them in motion.Ă‚Â 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 (50)
danapommet
This is an awesome capture of this beautiful creature. So well caught. Dana
flora-crassella
a very beautiful "cat"! Gorgeous photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meisiekind
Gorgeous cat and the postwork is awesome Danny! I so often battle with working backgrounds and my attempts to get rid of them never look like this! Well done! :)
belasebok
Incredible photo. The postwork is fantastic!
MagikUnicorn
WE HAVE A LOTS OF lYNX IN NORTH CANADA :) G O R G E O U S
kenwas
Wow, what a creature!
jclP
superbe shot
wingnut55
great work, one grumpy cat.
lyron
Wonderful image!!
Erestorfan
What a GORGEOUS cat!!! I know he's a wild animal, but I would love to scratch him under the chin and behind the ears. Beautiful!
mickeyrony
Beautiful capture my friend and a superb coloured arrangement. Cheer and mile mercies. Mercies special for your visite on my 700th ((5++)) Belle capture mon ami et un superbe arrangement coloré . Bravo et mile mercis . Un mercis spécial pour ta visite sur ma 700th ((5++))
cheekyelf
Beautiful workmanship..
Hendesse
Very impressive animal photograph. Looks fantastic!!
BorisB
Excellent work, looks almost like 3D!!
kbrog
Excellent capture!
flavia49
wonderful capture!!
jendellas
Beautiful, great capture!!!!
kansas
Awesome!
virginiese Online Now!
stellar capture of this creature :-)
durleybeachbum
Magnificent! Although I can spend an unlimited time on a drawing or painting I could never do the same at the computer as I get appalling aches and pains so doing. So that is just one of the reasons that (a) my images will never be anything like the quality of yours, and(b,) my comments are usually very short!
jeroni
Excellent work and perfect realisation
dadon72
Wow, what more can I say that hasn't already been said? The work you've put into this is obvious and the end result is magnificent... such as the creature in this work.
billcody
Great work! From pose to postwork - all things from the finest!
bazza
What an amazing capture of this lynx, and post work looks wonderful Danny, very well done!!
MedTran39
Super!
dragonmuse
Beautifully done.
magnus073
I was blown away by the sheer beauty of this capture Danny, you do wonderful work my friend.
schonee
Just Beautiful!
KatandNamon
this is AWESOME!!!!!
beachzz
Incredible shot and beautiful work!!