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 (26)
Faemike55
Impressive weapons loading on this bird Great capture
Hendesse
Wow... what a perfect capture. Fantastic details!
lyron
Splendid capture!!!
NightGallery
Man, that thing is a monster! Very nice catch.
carlx
Great plane and capture, Danny!!!
BorisB
Wow, really impressive this powerful bird!!
mariogiannecchini
Wonderful capture !
Lashia
Another great shot, I like the frame- thanks for sharing! :-)
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bazza
Superb shot and armed to the teeth as they say..
dragonmuse
That is some capture :)
wotan
Beautiful shot and presentation!
bobrgallegos
Awesome detail of this bird in flight!!
MrsRatbag
Wow, I am amazed at how crisp and detailed these in-flight shots are! This baby is certainly armed and dangerous, eh? Wonderful shot!
kbrog
Excellent capture! You really did a great job at these inflight captures. See all those bird ones were good practice! ;)
jophoto
What a plane!
whaleman
Zoom is a must! This bee has quite the sting!
morningglory
Amazing firepower.
magnus073
Another amazing capture Danny, your photos are always a pleasure to view
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. Like the colors of the back burners my friend. God Bless.
DennisReed
WOW! Fully Armed!
pat40
Wonderful.
RodolfoCiminelli
WoW my friend, brilliant photography....!!!
makron
Beautiful image and also terrible. Great capture.
junge1
Great capture Danny. All that is missing is the sound. Both engines in AB, must have sounded fantastic. I like the array of weaponry it carries.
bmac62
Hi Danny...looks like I missed a few of your warbirds. Photography, as expected, is sharp, clear, crisp...nothing short of superb mate!
danapommet
Well armed and a wonderful POV. Dana