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David Luff Pictures
Australia
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 19 ส.ค. 2016
Natural History Cinematographer and Filmmaker.
From the Adelaide Hills, Australia. Living in Bristol, UK.
www.davidluff.com.au
From the Adelaide Hills, Australia. Living in Bristol, UK.
www.davidluff.com.au
Adelaide Hills Auroras
Filmed August 12/13 2024 between 8:30pm - 3:30am.
The earth was witness to a severe G4 Geomagnetic storm causing intense aurora displays visible from Tasmania through Adelaide, Melbourne, ACT and parts of NSW.
Music - Stanisha, Cafe De Anatolia - Dobra Vila
*Tech specs
Sony ZV-E1 with a 24mm GM lens.
1 second exposure, ISO 12800, 24mm, f/1.4.
S&Q mode 1 Second/frame 25 fps.
The earth was witness to a severe G4 Geomagnetic storm causing intense aurora displays visible from Tasmania through Adelaide, Melbourne, ACT and parts of NSW.
Music - Stanisha, Cafe De Anatolia - Dobra Vila
*Tech specs
Sony ZV-E1 with a 24mm GM lens.
1 second exposure, ISO 12800, 24mm, f/1.4.
S&Q mode 1 Second/frame 25 fps.
มุมมอง: 142
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Adelaide Auroras - Extended
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What a special memory to have unlocked. I traveled to Cape Spencer Lighthouse on the York Peninsula for last weekends auroras. Capturing the Aurora Australis with some videos, timelapse’s and photos was fantastic. To be able to see the brightness and subtle colouring with the naked eye was breathtaking. Truly a surreal experience. Thanks again too my friend Marty for the heads up.
The Powerful Owl - Australian Owl Documentary
มุมมอง 6K9 หลายเดือนก่อน
Have you experienced an encounter with an owl? Tell me in the comments! Filmed over the course of 3 months during the 2021 Covid Lockdown in Sydney Australia, 'The Powerful Owl' is a 1-hour documentary about filmmaker David Luff documenting the lives of a family of Powerful Owls and their two Owlets. As he discovers and films their habits, learned behaviour and accomplishments, parallels are fo...
The Powerful Owl - Documentary - TRAILER
มุมมอง 1.7K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Filmed over the course of 3 months during the 2021 Covid Lockdown in Sydney Australia, 'The Powerful Owl' is a 1-hour documentary about filmmaker David Luff documenting the lives of a family of Powerful Owls and their two Owlets. As he discovers and films their habits, learned behaviour and accomplishments, parallels are found within his own personal life. Follow our socials to keep up to date:...
The Giants Above | CLOUDS | 4K NATURE RELAXATION
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The Giants Above is a video I created to showcase the beauty of clouds. It transitions from night to day, and is accompanied by an array of ambient and cinematic music.
Memoir
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MEMOIR (the shortened version of Memoir of a breeze) is a tale told by the wind about its observations along Sydney’s eastern coastline. A truly cinematic experience delving into natures harmony and balance not often observed by humans. SPECIAL THANKS: Simeon Bryan Greg Wise Richard Welch Gerald Mair Without your support and advice this would not have been what it is. Thank you. This short film...
Cape Solander - Ours - BIG swell July 2020
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Thursday 16 July 2020 I had the honour of heading to Cape Solander to film Duke Kelleher ride Ours. There were some big waves, heavy slams and glorious victories.
Memoir of a breeze - NATURE SHORT FILM - 2020
มุมมอง 6284 ปีที่แล้ว
Memoir of a breeze is a tale told by the wind about its observations along Sydney’s eastern coastline. A truly cinematic experience delving into natures harmony and balance not often observed by humans, and the dangers they face. SPECIAL THANKS: Jaime Vives Greg Wise Richard Welch Rick Luff Kieren Black Simeon Bryan Without your support and advice this would not have been what it is. Thank you!...
International Day of Forests
มุมมอง 4204 ปีที่แล้ว
Happy Forest day everyone! Here's a few clips that i've taken over the years that I have fond memories with.
Memoir of a breeze - Trailer
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My biggest achievement in filming and creating video content. Over the last year I have spent as much time as possible out in nature filming and compiling footage to create a nature documentary of sorts. A way to showcase my best work and to provide viewers the opportunity to see nature through my eyes. And now the time has finally come to share with you all the trailer for my short film/doco M...
The Ocean - JFK speech
มุมมอง 4.4K4 ปีที่แล้ว
“We are all joined by common interest. A common devotion and love for the sea. Really I don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same p...
A taste of the Adelaide Hills
มุมมอง 415 ปีที่แล้ว
It never ceases to amaze me how beautiful the Adelaide Hills are.
Snorkeling South Bondi
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Jaime (yellow fins) showed me around some of the rocks in south Bondi while I used his Canon 5D and water housing. There's a first time for everything!
Bondi Storm clouds
มุมมอง 7195 ปีที่แล้ว
In the process of setting up to film the storm approach, I had to retreat due to the shear volume of rain and wind. So instead here's some footage of the clouds after the storm passed. Music Info: Cinematic Trailer - by AShamaluevMusic Music Link: th-cam.com/video/YFhFRU67IHM/w-d-xo.html
Smokey sunrise | BTS | B O N D I B E A C H
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Smokey sunrise | BTS | B O N D I B E A C H
Little Bay Cliffs - BTS with my new tripod
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Little Bay Cliffs - BTS with my new tripod
SNOW in the Blue Mountains NSW - 10 August 2019
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SNOW in the Blue Mountains NSW - 10 August 2019
Birds and the Trees || | N A T U R E ~ 2 0 1 8 | || Spring
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Birds and the Trees || | N A T U R E ~ 2 0 1 8 | || Spring
Water splashing at 1000 frames per second
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Water splashing at 1000 frames per second
I am really glad you caught this moment in time. A wonderful bit of work, congratulations. I like how you experienced a higher sense of consciousness while filming over the period. Thank you for taking the opportunity to make this documentary. I live close by and visited those owls when you were filming.
Well done! Appreciate the effort you’ve put in to making this video! Greetings from a Swedish youtuber! 🇸🇪
Thank you very much Daniel!
Absolute filthiest wave in NSW.
Wonderful David!
@@davepastern Thank you very much!
love the shot of jupiter and some of it's moons with the owl in the foreground at 33:46
@@EathanDou Thanks! I wasn’t sure if that was indeed Jupiter, but glad someone else could spot it ;) The 400mm lens was very useful to be able to capture these shots. Thanks again!
That's fantastic Luffy! ❤
@@fireintheheadstudio Thank you so much Sam :D
This was absolutely incredible. The story, the camera shots, the language used...and the personal connection you shared to the owls and nature as a whole. Very talented crafting of a wildlife documentary, the passion was there.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed watching my film.
Great work, David. 0:51 is simply breathtaking. I've been scouting NE Victoria for many months in attempt to take a moody photograph of a powerful owl. Very difficult to find.
Thank you very much Barry! It took many attempts to get shots like those (including accidentally erasing some from a hard drive!). All the best in your scouting and capturing of your images. Btw the full documentary is available to watch on TH-cam now too. Cheers
loved that. thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching 😊
Where is the location?!
Cape Spencer Lighthouse on the York Peninsula.
Beautiful
Thanks!
I really enjoyed the documentary David. I monitor a few pairs of powerful owls for the PO project in the lower north shore. Just a quick question: how did you manage to do so much filming without drawing unwanted attention (from the general public) to the owls?
Thank you @julierust1713 , thats awesome that you do that! Well, because the owls were located in Centennial Park, and it was during the covid lockdown, there were a LOT of local people enjoying the parklands in general. In the early stages with the owlets in the tree hollow, a perimeter was fenced off and at times there were 60+ people standing around viewing them. As the owlets left the hollow, and in the following weeks, the amount of people during the day subsided a fair bit. But considering my camera rig is not exactly inconspicuous, I would often get between 2-12 people come over to me to chat about the owls. It was fun letting some children have a look at the owls 'close up' on my camera monitor. I think because the location of the owls was relatively busy with people anyway, my presence didn't change the overall attention to the owls by the general public. I generally did not attend the parklands during daylight on the weekends though, instead I'd mostly shoot nocturnal behaviour then. But that was mostly so I didn't get the unwanted attention on ME hahaha.
🎉 thank you so much that was beautiful and amazing and really touched my heart and my soul. ❤ Bless you for sharing. We had a a pair of owls in the retirement village I live in but unfortunately I haven’t seen them for a couple of years. It’s very sad not to go down and see them where they would sleep in the tree. I love all wildlife and respect nature and I have a special spot for owls and Eagles or birds of prey their majesty leaves me breathless. Where I lived in the country for 20 years in trees in a bend in the road on the way to town I saw a pair of owls for years and another pair lived in a big shed on our property. So magical.
I'm glad you enjoyed it @1diannamolly, thank you for sharing! I hope the owls come back to visit you in the village, who knows, it could be sometime soon. They truly are majestic creatures. It would have been lovely to see them in the trees on the way to town each trip, a great landmark for the trip. All the best to you and thanks again for watching my film.
Nice work David, and what a great COVID project. Like you, I spent a lot of time during that lock down phase looking at the local PO's in my local area. Lower North Shore. I believe you have captured some world first footage in this film and will give all of us a much better insight into their behaviour and pressures that they face living so close to to homo sapiens. The chicks always make me smile when they go through their brain training routine and peer at you upside down. You've done so well to film these using only natural light, not an easy thing to do. Again well done!
Thank you! Yes it was a great project during the lockdown, a good focus for me. Although I was still studying at the time as well, it was useful that the owls were mostly active at night. That's lovely that you had a similar outlet and were able to spend time with your local PO's. Yes I think I have captured some world firsts too, primarily the parent grabbing the possum during the day, and the owlet falling. I hope this doc does help the community in gaining a deeper appreciation and understanding of these owls. Hehehe YESS the owlets were super cute when they did that! Thank you again for your comment :) It really was an experience using only natural light, but I wouldn't do it any other way for a nocturnal animal. I am not a fan of seeing bright flash photos of owls at night. Anyway, thanks again!
That was so interesting. Thank you. X
Thank you for watching it :)
Loved the images you captured. I have monitored three breeding pairs of POwls in NW Sydney for the past 5 years. None of my pairs have ever had two chicks go on to adulthood and I have never found a body of the missing birds, so I understand how you felt, but it is something you come to terms with. One pair I can pretty much tell you where they will be at any time of the year, another fledge their chick(s) and immediately disappear, I still don't know where they go. The third pair abandoned their regular hollow after two La Ninja years and I am yet to find their new one. If it has taught me anything it is that just when we think we have it all sussed out the owls do something different. Thank you for your patience, persistence and concern for what is one of my very favourite birds. :)
Thank you so much Peter. And for sharing about the three pairs that you monitor. It really is interesting how they all have such different behaviour around their locations. Also very interesting regarding not seeing both owlets go on to adulthood. It truly is a grounding experience when you don't have a resolution as to what happens to the young.. Observing these birds definitely has many teaching lessons - self induced or not. I'm glad you enjoyed my documentary, thank you for taking the time to watch it!
Wow, seldom have I felt so invested in a documentary. You did a tremendous job, both with the story and your cinematography. Truly an incredible achievement!
Thank you! I’m glad you liked it and I appreciate your comments :)
Well I didn't expect to cry over an Owl documentary today but here I am. This was so beautiful, Luffy. Congrats man - can't wait to see what you do next.
Aw thanks JJ! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for commenting and I too am excited to see what I create next.
nice!
Thanks!
Wonderfully filmed... Thankyou for such a beautiful and very touching window into the Powerful Owl's world ...one not easily captured. I'm very grateful 🙏 may it reach a wider audience 🫶
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful documentary! So intimate and graceful. Thank you for your work.
Thank you for the kind words!
I love how you see the world Luffy.. Time spent alone with Great Mother certainly changes the relationship one has with self and with others doesn't it? You co created something so beautiful and honest here in their company..this was just wonderful. ❤
Thank you so much Sam! It does indeed! The self reflective and somewhat meditative state helps to gain perspective on many things. Thank you for your kind words!
So so wonderful to watch. It touched all of my emotions, and had me sitting on the edge of my seat. This is brilliant work David! The music, the script, the storyline....it was engaging from start to finish. You're emerging as a Cinematographer to watch out for 🏆
Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
❤🎉 water is life.
Brilliant JFK
When will this documentary be available to watch
Tomorrow :D
It's called Pikers Hole. Just because some Maroubra wankers called it "Ours" doesn't mean squat. We don't go to Maroubra and call it "Ours".
Better for body boarding…try Cyclops 😅
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A mazing 😍 What a wonderful world indeed. Love how you see it ✌🏻
Can't wait to see this! 👏🏻
Totally physco, job well done
They’re insane hey!
What a massive scene! Could I have the premission to use some clip of the video and make a music video? This is so beautiful...
Thank you! Please email me at davidluff@live.com or on my Instagram and we can discuss terms.
𝘼𝙇𝙔𝙐𝙃𝘼𝙐𝙐𝙃𝘼 THE HEAVENLY FATHER BE ESTEEMED and Cover you always Thank you so much
One day I'll see this, on my travels around the world
You can do it! :)
Wonderful. May Allah guide you to happiness ever after. Please read Holy Quran words of Allah The Most Merciful. Please read The Amazing Quran By: Dr. Gary Miller
Thank you! Happy EID!
Awwwwwwooooooo fawwwwwk braa!!!!
6:39 he lost his green fin noooooo.
A comparatively "small" day at Cape Solander will still rip your head clean off your shoulders
The tow surfers being put in too deep. Trying to backdoor Solander? Not many made it. Give you the shits those guys these days.
😆Your channel is unique. Your channel is consistently supported! You've made my day! New week, new upload. Good show.
Thank you!
th-cam.com/video/Xn65fJp6m8A/w-d-xo.html I hope I added the video right. It should be a short video about Hopi belief on this subject.
Balls-n-all attitude, these Cronulla Nazis are the Duck's Guts!
It’s a trip for this SoCal rookie to see a three foot wave go double overhead. 3:30 and just everything was amazing. 🤙
Thanks! These guys are nuts hey
Beautiful work David. I feel that it's special because, although it's a personal expression, it also resonates with others' experiences of the Sydney coastline, I grew up at Bronte and many of the scenes of the waves, surfers, sandstone shoreline and cliffs, and sunrises are special to me! Congratulations on the award!
Thank you so much! That’s something that a few others have said too, so I’m very happy that I’ve helped to share the emotions and views of what so many of us hold dear! Thank you again!
Wonderful!!!!
Thank you :)
Big props for surfing this, but it’s really not a great wave
Everything was a bit south. Love to see an east swell
Surf Mad Max