Owner of MacNeil Media Group, LLC - A traveling creative services company offering photography, videography, graphic and web design. Currently serving New Mexico.
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Last Notes npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @nprofile…gfcd but it's fun to engage with retards of such a high caliber as yourself on the internet. You're not the boss of me. Or anyone. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @nprofile…gfcd uh, ok. Thank you for your... service? Get fucked. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @nprofile…gfcd the break glass in case of emergency plan we had was the 2020 election, and then the 2024 election. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @nprofile…va7h see a roadrunner yet? npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @nprofile…vk4k sounds like it might be time to go outside ;) npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil I ain't afraid of the dark. #NewMexico #Astrophotography #Photography #NightSky #MilkyWay #SilentSunday https://mastodon.macneilmediagroup.com/system/media_attachments/files/113/304/366/859/612/522/original/2b391aa6b8553f22.jpg https://mastodon.macneilmediagroup.com/system/media_attachments/files/113/304/366/879/715/575/original/6b44739dcd793c5d.jpg https://mastodon.macneilmediagroup.com/system/media_attachments/files/113/304/366/879/715/574/original/5e5929d25c0d2b92.jpg npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil This is from Devil's Garden in Escalante Utah. I spent years out there, a lot of it in the silence under the stars. It changed me, as it does. It can't not put things into perspective. #MilkyWay #Art #Utah #Photography #MastoArt #Night #Sky https://mastodon.macneilmediagroup.com/system/media_attachments/files/113/047/374/503/017/102/original/b275eda226dca3c2.jpg npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil Shooting the Perseids Meteor Shower in the ghost town of Old Hachita, New Mexico. #GhostTowns #MilkyWay #Perseids #Meteors #NightSky https://mastodon.macneilmediagroup.com/system/media_attachments/files/113/032/618/330/943/645/original/d3666917a9b8ef0e.jpeg npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1psy…pasy it's extremely unlikely that your politically polarized social media post are "doing" anything but making you feel better-than. Absolutely nobody cares what you think about the election. Nobody. Everyone is well aware of what's going on already. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1sne…m70q are they taking it seriously? Sounds to me like they're just trying to push out. Nothing interactive there. Seems bigger for threads than for the fediverse. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1zdz…tl8u in all these years, wouldn't someone have been awake to confirm? npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1tpv…zwsk this would actually be funnier if they were potatoes. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil I've been in Utah for a long time now. It never gets old. #Utah #Escalante #Media #Saturday https://mastodon.macneilmediagroup.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/551/802/376/652/160/original/2074051d9c08bf5e.jpg npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1xpc…3t05 I don't, and they don't. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1xpc…3t05 sure. That's just not how rules work for anything. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1xpc…3t05 would it make more sense for the losers to make the rules and the weak to usually win? npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil I stay up late. #PhotoMonday #MilkyWay #Astrophotography #Utah https://mastodon.macneilmediagroup.com/system/media_attachments/files/111/523/439/138/931/502/original/c05012e7191bc578.jpeg npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1npy…3sf4 They just want you to know you're being watched. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub145u…hq7w send me one of your raw astro photos. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub145u…hq7w nah, don’t fall into that trap. You can get stellar results with the gear you have - just work on the skills. If your camera is limiting, you’ll learn exactly why and be able to ensure your next camera doesnt suffer in the same way. I’d go out on a limb and say probably not the camera though. Better cameras are better - but have insanely diminishing returns. +5k isn’t gonna get you a $5k better image. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub145u…hq7w one method to combat lesser gear would be to stack the images. Take 20-50 of the same image over an hour or so. Then in post you can stack those together. Anything that isn’t present in every photo will be considered noise and removed. This allows you to shoot with insane (128, 256k) ISOs relatively noise free. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub145u…hq7w they don’t just come out of the camera looking awesome. There’s a fair bit of post processing involved. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub145u…hq7w 20 seconds is too long, the stars will streak. try 13. That was a sony a7riii. I wouldn’t consider night photography “low light”. Its a different thing than sunset, and allows long exposures. I suspect the disappointing difference you’re seeing between your own photos and others - is in the editing. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub145u…hq7w I’m sure it would. It doesn’t take much. F2.8 is sufficient on a wide (24mm or wider) lens npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub145u…hq7w just your run of the mill 10 second exposure at iso 3200. Intervalometer to take a picture every 15 seconds. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil I love spending time under the milky way. All Milky Way hours are time well spent. #MilkyWay #Astrophotography #Photography #Utah https://mastodon.macneilmediagroup.com/system/media_attachments/files/110/645/377/128/138/703/original/83b64ff7f1428c98.jpeg npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1094…2wum Volunteering on an OSS project for a while does not suddenly mean you can no longer accept a job by any of the top paying employers on the planet. npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1094…2wum There are also entitled to take jobs, for money, from any company they so choose, on account of, you know - freedom. They owe nothing. Spread facts, not rumor npub1vvahwqzcr7h9stckth62hdz3nhzet2a7tdrgf8v5urrnpy6xw5uq9k7578 Luke MacNeil @npub1094…2wum fediverse developers need to pay or their shoes too. Devs are under no obligation to share your personal values. I bet Meta pays more than Buy Me a Cofeee does.