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 (32)
Tanialmeida
i would love to put my hands on this one, just my cup of tea ;0]
A_
Pretty pretty pretty. What a lovely place. And a great shot!
Akinom
What a lovely picture! Great shot of this wonderful place, Dany!... hmm... when taking a shot of a lovely place such trafic signs always disturb me, but this is just my humbled opinion ;o)
Niutek
Yes, the traffic signs in places like this make me wanna cut them right down with an axe! :O But it's a really beautiful shot, anyway - very peaceful and romantic :)
darksecret1
beautiful shot. :)
linkinpark
Great shot,it is wonderful how the bridge is hidden in those green plants and trees!
borsy
Beautiful image and place!!!
spiderwebb
These are truly the elements that make up fairytales~
gunsan
So many shades of green, and such a wonderful old bridge! Like entering a fairytale.
DrmzRmyne
Beautiful Bridge! Great shot. You know you should go back early in the morning or late evening to get a shot of this bridge again, so picturesque.
ascrazy
Superb photo, Dany!! I like this mood and lihgt!!
SophiaDeer
This is gorgeous Dan!! Looks like a magical fairyland. Bravo!!
Tommy3D
Fantastic work as always Danny!! A storybook image, expect to see an old time carriage cross at any time:)!
RodolfoCiminelli
Cool and very beautiful landscape...!!! he has a very balanced composition...!!
funkandjazz
Absolutely lovely! Love all that green and the bridge couldn't be more picturesque. Just beautiful... :)
kansas
A beautiful woodland scene. Lovely stone bridge.
pjaj
Beautiful image Danny!
moonfish
Lovely...the branch and leaves at the top of the image add a natural frame...
gallimel
fascinating.. all that green bring happiness naturally :)
addy
Beautiful refreshing image :)
skoeter
book me a bed and breakfast nearby!! Great shot!!
ShadowWind
A very beautiful bridge and great shot...
HobbyHopper
This is beautiful & dreamy!! The lighting and perspective are fantastic!
jyriviuhko
Yummi!! Very nice shot.. Beautiful!!
calum5
Splendid scene Dan!Im Still waiting for the removal van for our flat swap!lol..:0)
jwdell
Awesome!!!
Doublecrash
Wonderful light! I like specially the overexposed green in the foreground, it's a blotch of sun that jumps out of the screen!
tallpindo
It hews to our sense of fair play that something so rubble strewn in composition could last beyond the lives of exact uniformly set and hewn brick. The more natural sense of beauty that once went with 4 matches. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exod.20 [25] And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. Exod.32 [4] And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Deut.27 [5] And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. 1Kgs.6 [7] And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
enax
Like Meli this green makes me happy.
vlaaitje
al this green, it is so wonderful.......the power of nature that we can catch with our eyes......We all must be careful what nature us brings......sorry if you read typo's I'm a Dutch woman, but I try to explain it in my words........