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 (31)
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
jocko500
wonderful
Littlejock
VERY clean focus and colors.. Fantástico work my friend
GiMi53
Excellent ! Very happy to see you still posting here ! :~)
carlx
Fabulous photography, my friend!!! So peaceful, too!!!
Feliciti
wonderful lighting/colors and capture in flight !!
bazza
Wow super capture Danny, looks like it is just hanging there!!
kansas
Very beautiful!
jophoto
Lovely capture!
fallen21
Excellent shot.
NightGallery
Beautiful shot, that bokeh is just gorgeous man. Lovely image.
Richardphotos
I have the 1.5 and 2.0 converters but of course not Canon brand like yours.I want the 3.0 but I hear so many stops are lost with it.I only want to use it for moon shots.very sharp action capture
kbrog
Excellent inflight capture! Perfect lighting and great details in zoom. :)
magnus073
Very nice work on this fantastic photo Danny
tommorules
Very nice Danny. Does the MkIII still "deliberately" halve the focussing speed (like the MkII) or have they fixed that?
BorisB
Excellent work with wonderful light!!!
kobaltkween
his wings look so sleek and perfect.
mps
Splendid image
DennisReed
Stunning Photography!
sharky_
Always so excellent. I need that lens ;) Aloha
bmac62
Love my Olympus E-30 but wish it had the variety of lens you can get for Canon. Beautiful resolution for 700mm and 800 ISO...wow.
rainbows
A wonderful capture, dear Danny. Sterling work. Hugs for all day. DiDi. xx
RodolfoCiminelli
Fantastic photography my friend.....!!!
MrsRatbag
Marvelous capture, so clear...well done!
MagikUnicorn
B E A U T Y
pauldeleu
Great work!
Corwin13
Nice job!
marybelgium
Superbe!
mariogiannecchini
Simply wonderful , Danny !
pat40
Stunning image.