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 (31)
mininessie
beautiful¡
lior
A so lovely and superb capture, Danny!
dixievb
Magnificent! Just love being able to see every feather...
Cosme..D..Churruca
splendid bird!
TheRingess
This is a lovely shot of a lovely bird, thanks for sharing.
jophoto
Awww! He looks so beautiful! Great shot Danny!
NightGallery
Beautiful owl! Such a nice shot of it. Sweet!
BorisB
A wonderful presentation!!
Feliciti
indeed wonderful soft and magical lighting for this beauty !!
dragonmuse
Such a beautiful creature.. you really do justice in your captures :)
carlx
Wonderful and lovely owl!!!
romanceworks
Such a beauty. CC
bmac62
Fascinating bird...wish I could see and hear as well or near as well as he does. But then the sensory overload would probably be way too much. Colors and feather textures are superb.
kbrog
Beautiful portrait capture of this Owl! :)
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
mps
Marvelous image
sandra46
EXCELLENT IMAGE! GREAT BIRD!
Blush
Tis a beauty Even more so zoomed in like you said:) I got up a new one too hope you drop by Hugs Susan~
bazza
Wow what a wonderful looking bird so majestic looking too.. Great in zoom and fabulous capture Danny..
MrsRatbag
What a gorgeous creature! And a really wonderful capture, detail on zoom is awesome!
magnus073
Great capture of this adorable little guy on guard here Danny, always a pleasure to visit your gallery
Lashia
Beautiful soft animal, great capture- thanks for sharing! :)
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fallen21
Excellent shot.
rainbows
beautiful bird, dear Danny. Hugs for all day. DiDi. xx
mariogiannecchini
Wonderful capture and shot , Danny !
RodolfoCiminelli
Fantastic image my friend.....!!!
flora-crassella
fantastic picture!!!!!!
Digitaleagle
Lovely work Danny, Beautiful!
GOLDILOCKSUK
It looks regal it's so beautiful! Cathy xoxoxo
DennisReed
Very distiguish looking!