The Powerful Owl - Australian Owl Documentary
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
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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.
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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.
loved that. thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching 😊
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.
Beautiful documentary! So intimate and graceful. Thank you for your work.
Thank you for the kind words!
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!
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 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 :)
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!
🎉 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.
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.
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!