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 (36)
mininessie
awww....lovely! ^^
flora-crassella
sooooo lovely!!!! FANTASTIC picture!!!!!!!!!!
gunsan
What a lovely shot. You have to give him food to give his wife and kids! Out getting worms or whatever he likes!
magnus073
Fantastic macro capture of this adorable little guy Danny, thanks for sharing
pauljs75
This is a great shot. That he's holding a worm is a bonus. I'd submit it to a birder's magazine, if not done already.
jophoto
So sweet! He is posing for you!
GiMi53
A masterpiece picture ! Excellent image,, so well presented ! :~)
bazza
Very lovely shot love the worm in its mouth too, excellent!!
romanceworks
What a great shot. CC
BessieB
What an excellent shot, great catch
knupps
Thats a fantastic shot. A very beautiful bird.
kgb224
Such a cute capture my friend.
adrie
Beautiful and cute capture my friend.
jeroni
Fantastic image. I like very much the colors
Littlejock
Beautiful work my friend. So lucky catch and superb quality
MrsRatbag
Aww, you must turn up lots of worms for him to feed his family! What a beautiful little guy he is!
Faemike55
Fantastic and wonderful capture
DennisReed
Sweet Tweet! :)
npauling
A very beautiful capture of this cute little fellow.
evinrude
Hah! That's great. Well done.
dragonmuse
How cute.. and what a charming companion :)
tommorules
Give him some cheese & he'll be a friend for life - Red Leicester's good (& cheap!); no need to buy comté! My mother has one that sits on the back door step waiting for her to come out & feed it; once it even hopped into the kitchen for a look-around!
carlx
Very sweet!!!
rainbows
A beautiful Robin, dear Danny. I have some that visit my bird table too. Hugs for all day. DiDi. xx
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful photography my friend.....!!!
kansas
Wonderful shot. A delightful visitor.
mariogiannecchini
Splendid image , great photo , Danny !
micturn
spot on shot
blondeblurr
I do like the catch with the early worm ... very impressive, BB
fallen21
Fantastic shot.