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 (50)
skoeter
You're becomming a macro expert!! V
aangus
Absolute magic.
BabyC
Very lovely image here! Beautiful job!!
4142
Beautiful find indeed love the colors as well as DOF & POV thanks ~Chris~
glix70
WooooW!!! Excellent dreamy purple flower!!! the vision of the paradise!!! Spectacular emotional macro shot!!! Thanks!!! :)
jimry
The quality of your work reflects the quality of the man inside... super 'tography mate :)
funkandjazz
And beautiful hues they are! Love the dof and composition Danny. Excellent as always! :)
Simplicity
Excellent work here. You captured the mood.
jstsittinghere
beautiful color! excellent shot!!!
Syncopate
I was wondering how you got that effect! And it was your little spider friend who helped. Excellent purple hues! Great stuff. :c)
borsy
Excellent image, Danny!!!
cynlee
luv these 2 colors together... another floral jewel to admire in all it's intricacy... exquisite! :]
Masema
A most unusual looking flower...luv the POV, excellent shot Dan!
gunsan
This is color poetry!!!
jcv2
Verrry beautiful!
Enmos
Very beautiful shot !! Somehow the droplets make this a very active image !! Excellent work !!
sinistar
Your talent to spot the unusual and make an image of sheer beauty never ceases to amaze me my friend!!
YohannR
Very beatifull... love how the intimate details of the center of the flower become so clear... colours are beautiful...!!!
zatman
Perfection!!
wildfire2003
There isn't much of anything more beautiful then what nature provides. Gorgeous shot Dan, beautiful colors captured!
Tedz
ooooh Danny....manly hugz...sigh...this Succulent is Salubrious....swoon
RodolfoCiminelli
Great macro Daniel.....!! Stupendous shot....!! Very beautiful palette of colors....!! Vote
tallpindo
So there were no flowers in Eden and they were added after the expulsion of Adam and Eve in the way the fig leaf became clothes. "Behold the lowly lily, yet, Solomon was not arrayed in greater finery than these." and Solomon was only wearing clothes because he knows he is naked and is the wisest of such. Ergo the earth! It must have been bare rocks in Eden.
vjerana
Wonderful! E+V!!!
Varian
Beautiful. It somehow looks both gentle and dangerous, lol.
ShadowWind
Very pretty shot...
estevez
Wonderful scene floral ! Lovele colors and details. Great technieur . " my vote" Congratulations !
WiserAngel
It's just lovely, Dan. I love the purple!!
kansas
Gorgeous wildflower. Love the purple.
RobertTheoret
Great shot. BRAVOS!!!