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30. PURE BRONTE
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Another massive winter swell hit Sydney's coast over the last week generating monster sized waves putting on an impressive display of power and beauty along the coastline.

People spend hours and hours perched atop the cliffs at Bronte (pronounced Bron-tee) marvelling at the sheer power of waves crashing ashore observing surfers taking on the huge swells. What do people think about as they look out onto the huge swells rolling in and crashing up against the shore? Always wondered.... it appears to be quite therapeutic for so many people.

As it was a southerly swell generated by a huge low pressure system off Australia's southern most point in Tasmania only a couple of Sydney's city beaches are rideable in these conditions.

Bronte, my favourite beach and local, being one of them.

This is PURE BRONTE.....

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Track: Nothing Brings Me Down
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  • The Film Artist plus 7 months ago
    Wow Marcus, amazing waves so beautifully captured my friend. It is precisely for this reason why I love Vimeo so much because you get to watch such fantastic work like this. I doubt the best of the best could have done this better! :) [TFA30]vimeo.com/channels/tfa30
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  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Appreciate your kind words TFA, your right this is what Vimeo is all about - sharing creative content from around the world - I'm just lucky to call Sydney my home town with such an enormous amount of beautiful places to capture :-)

    cheers,

    Marcus
  • nick hounsfield 7 months ago
    Absolutely stunning! We need someone to make a film for us on a project in the UK. Is this something you may be able to help with?
  • Tim Boydell plus 7 months ago
    I agree, im a complete vimeo fiend this is the whole reason i got into film making.. as a surf videographer myself i love what you have done here. great tune,great visuals great waves and great sound dubbing. really liked this.... Having shot a lot of evening surf myself, i couldn't help but notice the moire on your opening landscape shots, there is a free moire filter on the net you can use to 'cure' that. its not great but it has helped me a lot in the past with the dslr glitch.... :)
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thanks for your comments Tim really appreciate it. Yeah when shooting 50p the DSLR moire issues are accentuated which is a real bummer but it's a small con to the many pro's which operating with these cameras comes with. It's not a perfect world and as you mentioned to Jorgens fcp dslr moire filter helps is minimizing this, for me using dslr's is all about exploiting their strength and navigating their weaknesses with crafty actions!

    all the best,
    MOB
  • laurence cooper 1 month ago
    Absolutely brilliant Brontes Beach is an awesome place and this is a beautiful film. It is a real spiritual place for me and I wrote a song about it called Phosphorescence
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  • Sarah Estela 7 months ago
    being a bronte local myself this is an awesome piece for reminding me why I love it so much.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Glad you enjoyed it Sarah, Bronte is a very special place!
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  • Brad Conner plus 7 months ago
    This was great! Really enjoyed the perspectives you chose for your shots.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Cheers Brad
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  • BANANA 7 months ago
    This is great. This swell has been something else and this video is aswell. So much beauty mixed with so much brutality. Speaking of which the arvo surf is calling..
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thank you Zaen, hope you enjoyed your arvo session :-)
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  • Ben 7 months ago
    Cool huges waves so wonderful captured! I love every second of it! Added to vimeo.com/channels/hdtime
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thanks Ben
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  • Trixie Barretto plus 7 months ago
    man
    so good
    but gosh those waves terrify me!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thanks Trixie!
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  • Blake Whitman staff 7 months ago
    Gorgeous.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thanks for adding to the HD channel Blake!

    Hope to get more uniquely Australian content up there to share with the Vimeo crew in the future :-)
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  • In-seong Lee 7 months ago
    It's fantastic..
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thank you
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  • gim 7 months ago
    so beautiful!!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thanks Gim
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  • Mike Conaty plus 7 months ago
    I love that you put together a "surf video" that avoids so many of the cliches of "surf videos" and presents such a fresh perspective. Tremendous!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thank you Mike, am always looking for fresh ways of shooting and telling stories.....
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  • Happysurfer 7 months ago
    Super nice shots, super nice edit!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    cheers!
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  • Mandeep S. Mohar 7 months ago
    Sheer Beauty!!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thank you MM :-)
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  • amboy korling 7 months ago
    loved it....academy award...love the photography....insane...may you make lots of money...
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    May you watch more video's like this and say that!! he he
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  • DMetzler 7 months ago
    Nice video!!! I want to be there.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Get there someday you'll love it
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  • Daniel Yee 7 months ago
    excellent harmony between the vid and soundtrack ^^
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thanks Daniel
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  • Ingra Skreba 7 months ago
    so fantastic! -- music & video & feeling! thanks!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thank you Ingra
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  • Core Surf 7 months ago
    Great choice of music my friend. Takes you there.
    Lovely.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Love the track also - was sent to me by a very special girl who loves her music :-)
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  • WEREHAUS plus 7 months ago
    well done
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    thanks
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  • Very beautiful and a great soundtrack.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    thank you!
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  • Andre Ferezini plus 7 months ago
    Very therapeutic indeed.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    great!
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  • Nicholas M. Lee 7 months ago
    wow, that just felt good to watch. everything about it was spot on.
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  • TvdB plus 7 months ago
    Dear Marcus!

    We don´t know each other but I just wanted to say thank you for this wonderful piece! I spent one winter at southcurlcurl and it reminds me of such a great time.
    Now living in Berlin I can´t wait to get back to these beaches...hopefuly someday.
    Thanks a lot! It touches so much..

    Best

    Tobias
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Your very welcome Tobias thanks for your msg, happy to hear it brings back good memories.

    Come back soon!
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  • Kim Kreiser 7 months ago
    Great - Forgot everything around me and felt I'm sitting on the shore of Bronte!
    Some amazing shots in there - especially the last one.

    Which Camera/Lenses did you use and what did you use for grading?
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    all shot with 1DMark4 and variety of L-series glass - 300mm mostly but also 24-105 for zoom capability and a variety of vari-ND filters
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  • xavier negreira plus 7 months ago
    PUREEEEEEE VIDEO man thanks a lot!!!!!!! Such a special beach!!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    totally - Bronte is so chilled
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  • Federico 7 months ago
    Fascinante!
    Muy climático.
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  • Federico 7 months ago
    Fascinante!
    Muy climático.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    thank you!
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  • Lorenzo Rui 7 months ago
    Wonderfuk! Great video! Anazinz place to be...just to be there...
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    that's what I think when i'm down there too
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  • Jackie Alford 7 months ago
    Wow - outstanding shots, beautiful music to compliment. I'm touched.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    thanks Jackie :-)
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  • Joan Montrice 7 months ago
    Perfect Balance of Lifestyle Shots and Surfing Shots and the music really completes the tone. Delightful!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    thank you appreciate your comment :-)
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  • Daniel Quintanilla plus 7 months ago
    Waves. Water. If all religion was to disappear, lets hope Zeus sticks around.

    all we can do is marvel. padrisimo film.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thank you!
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  • Adam Anthony plus 7 months ago
    You captured this week at Bronte beautifully. I was out there getting pummeled, it's much more peaceful through your lens. Very nice stuff.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Cheers Adam hope you enjoyed ALL your sessions during all these swells Bronte has been pumping and the light has been amazing!
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  • Rafael Di Grazia 7 months ago
    Amazing my friend..

    I just poosted on my website: viveradrenalina.com.br/

    You can translate it on the right side..

    The translation é Live Adrenalin.

    Great video! Thanks once again, you just made my day more peacefull.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Your welcome Rafael glad to hear it
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  • Nuclear Films plus 7 months ago
    Mate the sound design is flawless... well done it really adds a huge depth to it
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    cheers Matt totally agree the sound makes it
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  • Xyo 7 months ago
    Very beautiful work. Love the way the waves were captured. So frightning and so relaxing.
    The music sounds perfect to this short movie ! Good work.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Emiliania has a beautiful voice and this track is so good
  • Xyo 7 months ago
    I agree with you.
    I didn't know this singer and I like it !
  • Xyo 7 months ago
    And I've blogged this xyoweb.com/6087/pure-bronte ;-)
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  • Brendan Galinie 7 months ago
    Beautiful footage and editing. So amazing.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    cheers Brendan
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  • Luke Banfield 7 months ago
    Awesome piece of work, congrats! Really love the use of sound to add an extra subtle but immersive dimension.

    Inspiring!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Cheers Luke the focus on sound is just as important as the attention to composition i reckon
  • Luke Banfield 7 months ago
    Yeah - I completely agree. Something that can often be overlooked, but makes a big difference. Thanks for the inspiration... moving out to Oz in the next 6-12 months, so will be keen to buy you a beer and get the low down on the local DSLR video scene if that's OK? Cheers.
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  • Patrick McWilliams 7 months ago
    Amazing video - I'm inspired to move to oz
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Do it!
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  • Black Studio plus 7 months ago
    Nice work! Love it! I reckon my mate Matt will be one of surfers out there getting tossed around :)
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    No shortage of those mate, saw some guys get HAMMERED and somne who shouldn't have even been out. Totally amazes me how inexperienced surfers charge out into those kind of conditions - C.R.A.Z.Y
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  • Allan Moore plus 7 months ago
    You've done it again Marcus!! Beautiful footage as always and amazing mood in the edit. Captured perfectly. Thought I saw you filming down there the other day. How crazy has the swell been!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    G'day Allan,
    Thanks for your comments mate - totally cranking swells lately combined with winter light it's just been epic. If your around the hood and think you spotted me stop and say g'day :-)
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  • Radoslav Sterian 7 months ago
    n§dhera. takéto miesto by som rád navštívil
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    rad / awesome!!
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  • Adam Bruce 7 months ago
    Marcus man, Bronte is my local beach too, and right now I couldn't be further from it.. been away from home for more than a year and right now am in the middle of Serbia, in 40ºC+ heat, with not a beach in sight... this clip is making me wickedly home sick.. thanks for posting.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Mate if it helps you remember just how special Bronte is and how lucky we are to have it on our doorstep that's good enough for me. Check out the Tama clip when the Bronte homesickness wears off: vimeo.com/24717330

    Cheers mate,

    Marcus
  • Adam Bruce 7 months ago
    Thanks bud, will do.. can't wait to be back for the summer!
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  • Antonio Leal plus 7 months ago
    It's a great and amazing video!
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Thanks Antonio
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  • Jon Bryant plus 7 months ago
    Stunning Marcus. I miss Sydney...hope I get to return one day, soon.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    It's waiting for you mate... come in summer, girls are hotter
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  • Rick Hartoch 7 months ago
    Marcus!
    Beautifully paced and shot video... felt like I was floating above a dreamy and reckless sea! Cheers from Portland Oregon where the only waves we have close to these are 20 miles out to sea! Can you say what equipment you use for shooting and editing? thanks. Rick
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    G'day Rick,

    Doesn't matter how far away from the ocean + waves you are mate it's always beautiful once you get there.

    Camera was 1DMark4 and variety of Canon EF L-series lenses including 300mm IS. Edit in FCP graded with Magic Bullet Looks check out their software its fantastic for DSLR captured images, particularly when you shoot with the technicolour cinestyle picture profile - stunning colour reproduction
  • Rick Hartoch 7 months ago
    Marcus,
    thanks so much for your comments and most helpful info. I am becoming familiar with Magic Bullet. Which profiles do you like using? Thanks again so much for your messages. You are becoming a fast rising star! Terrific! Rick
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    Best thing to do is play around with all the different MB filters and profiles the finesse the ones you like the most.

    Magic Bullet Looks has a huge amount of variety when you are grading your images. Soft edges, vignettes, grad-color and loads of others that you can tweak according to your particular shot.

    Their awesome just practice and you'll find your own style.

    Also research what other editors / graders are doing and work out which filters they used then try and achieve similar looks that you like.
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  • donal logue 7 months ago
    amazing. what a beautiful piece.
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    That's definitely Bronte
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  • steph2Bordeaux 7 months ago
    Really beautiful !

    What kind of cam did you use ?
  • Marcus O'Brien pro 7 months ago
    see just above mate
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