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 (36)
Jay7347
My jaw just dropped on the texture of this little beauty...cool work! vote -jay
Sekadhar
Absolutely perfect!!!*****!!!
LICORNEDECRISTAL
very beautiful macro!!!!!
1010
A stealth bug, awesome.........
iaacf
Looks like a green stink bug.. very beautiful macro !!!!
Akinom
WOW... look at the texture!!! Superb, Danny! Hope you had a great time on the chess competition!
Cosme..D..Churruca
Stuning macro... chapeau !
soulofharmony
absolutely stunning macro dan.. pretty alien like .. excellent work..:).
Enmos
Wonderful macro work here mate, weird buttie tho ;oP Fantastic work !! :o)
Tedz
I must be part Bug...as I have been told that I have Specialized Sucking Mouth Parts too...well...darn...it is cute...just like Me :]
Perry6
What a beauty! He looks like something out of a science fiction movie! Excellent shot!
Raven_427
Still having fun with your MP-E65 Danny? DOF is extremly narrow on this one and i'd love to see that spare space in front of the bug instead of it's back. Just an idea .. :-)
cricri99
a flying tortoise ? great shot and vey beautiful work...excellent
RodolfoCiminelli
Wonderful job my friend!!! Impressive detail!!! V
addiek
Groovy detail.. even the concrete looks good
nongo
LOL @ Tedz!!!!!! excellent macro work, and I DO appreciate the info too!!!! ;)
Jean-Luc_Ajrarn
Thanks for this spectacular photo! One never gets a chance to see that much awesome detail on a creature that small. Beautiful photo! :D
SophiaDeer
Beautiful close-up! I love the color of the green.
WonderfulCreation
cool bug heh.. was a bit more dof not reachable? It's a bit to shalow in this shot imho... what your F value?
1pearl
Excellent picture !!!
danob
f7.1 Tom yes at 3 times magnification with the MPE-65 So only a few mm DOF maybe a crop of the front may have worked better
crrunchyfrog
Beautiful and educational as always :) Thank you so much for sharing such a great capture.
Kropot
Nice pov and dof here Dan. Its like a little green bag.
MedTran39
Awesome! I had never heard of nor have I ever seen this kind of bug! Very interesting!
GOLDILOCKSUK
Awesome closeup really amazing V Cathy xoxoox
gunsan
Oh my... glad he isn't my size!! Super macro!
zaberc
beautiful macro !
mss
Great Colors and DOF and Subject and Info...Thank you!
tommorules
Great shot Danny, are those holes in the shell ..erm... pores?
borsy
Excellent!!!