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 (62)
pjaj
Fantastic artwork Danny! Excellent job and a vote!!
susanmoses
you can't take a bad photograph can you Danny-O? Bravo... more landscape shots please! lovin' this!
RobertTheoret
Super capture again. Like the framing alot. Weldone my friend. BRAVOS!!!
Varian
What makes them think it's natural? It doesn't look anything like the surrounding area. Strange stuff in the world, I reckon. And, um, where's the cheese? ;)
danob
Well it has been weathered over many centuries it is granite the same rock as the surrounding stones.. I think the name comes from cheese Wring a press they use to flatten cheese there are other stones that are burial sites for the ancient people that lived here 3500 to 5000 years ago but these are natural formations
logiloglu
excellent photography . a magical place.!!!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!
vjerana
Fantastic place! Excellent photo and shot!!!*
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellent shot Daniel....!! I coincide whit logiloglu is a magical place....!!
Isabelle711
Most Gorgeous Image. I may have to set there upon one of those rocks and take in all the beauty. Excellent. :)))
xoxo
Wow! Gorgeous. Truly magical. Excellent work!
environaut
Fantastic and unusual formations! Excellent capture my friend!!
kansas
Great photo. There are rock formations similar to this in parts of my country. I enjoy seeing them.
borsy
Excellent image, Danny!!!
Tedz
Looks like a pile of Pancakes...great POV...wonderful wonders ;]
zulaan
Wow ! Excellent find and excellent image !!!!
SerenityBlue
Excellent photo! I've never seen the likes of that type of formation before, so it is something new for me. They do look like pancakes. All we need is the syrup! ;o)
patmartj
Excellent framing, brilliant composure
addiek
Wonderful composition & colors. I think they make an interesting almost surreal topic. Kudos!
vlaaitje
What a wonderful place Danny....the mood is so lovely. Now I can understand why you always said to me Cornwall is such lovely place.....you prove it with this image.....thanks for sharing
Blush
Wow I love how those rocks are shaped on top of one another Like someone said You always take beautiful photos Love it and Vote I got up some new one too come see me Hugs n love Susan~
Roswita
Lovely place Danny
hasexx
lol funny stones and excellent shot
jimry
Great framing for the pancakes :)
kenwas
Great image of an interesting site. Well framed by the tree branch.
tallpindo
The tree catches the rustic forms in their most rugged forms.
skoeter
WOW a giant triple mac!!!! Fred Flinstone will YabbaDabbaDooo this one ;0) WILMAAAAAA!!
gerbach
Wow, that must be manmade. But if it' Neolithic period, this area had no earthquakes for a long period ! Excellent shot!
WandM
Exeptional view. Wonderful!
Georges_H_Hoens
spectacular formation and a perfect shot Daniel, I'm fascinated by those stone formation, sometime we can imagine that in a far far past, some giants (gentle giants) did play some unknow games with stones.
jcv2
Fantastic pancake rock formation! Very remarkable! Excellent shot!