Luke MacNeil

Owner of MacNeil Media Group, LLC - A traveling creative services company offering photography, videography, graphic and web design. Currently serving Escalante, Utah.

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2024-10-14 06:32:34

I ain't afraid of the dark.
#NewMexico #Astrophotography #Photography #NightSky #MilkyWay #SilentSunday
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2024-08-29 21:15:33

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
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2024-08-27 06:42:32

Shooting the Perseids Meteor Shower in the ghost town of Old Hachita, New Mexico.
#GhostTowns #MilkyWay #Perseids #Meteors #NightSky
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2024-03-17 19:03:29

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@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.

2024-03-17 19:03:29

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2023-12-13 20:19:16

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@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.

2023-12-13 19:18:12

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@npub1zdz…tl8u in all these years, wouldn't someone have been awake to confirm?

2023-12-13 17:07:27

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@npub1tpv…zwsk this would actually be funnier if they were potatoes.

2023-12-09 18:11:24

I've been in Utah for a long time now. It never gets old.
#Utah #Escalante #Media #Saturday
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2023-12-07 21:33:34

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@npub1xpc…3t05 I don't, and they don't.

2023-12-07 21:30:54

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@npub1xpc…3t05 sure. That's just not how rules work for anything.

2023-12-07 20:47:32

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@npub1xpc…3t05 would it make more sense for the losers to make the rules and the weak to usually win?

2023-12-04 17:57:47

I stay up late.
#PhotoMonday #MilkyWay #Astrophotography #Utah
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2023-11-24 20:17:41

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@npub1npy…3sf4 They just want you to know you're being watched.

2023-07-04 17:38:35

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@npub145u…hq7w send me one of your raw astro photos.

2023-07-04 17:31:38

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@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.

2023-07-04 17:28:50

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@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.

2023-07-04 17:25:56

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@npub145u…hq7w they don’t just come out of the camera looking awesome. There’s a fair bit of post processing involved.

2023-07-04 17:22:21

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@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.

2023-07-04 17:08:24

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@npub145u…hq7w I’m sure it would. It doesn’t take much.
F2.8 is sufficient on a wide (24mm or wider) lens

2023-07-04 16:54:56

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@npub145u…hq7w just your run of the mill 10 second exposure at iso 3200. Intervalometer to take a picture every 15 seconds.

2023-07-02 16:15:11

I love spending time under the milky way. All Milky Way hours are time well spent.
#MilkyWay #Astrophotography #Photography #Utah
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2023-06-24 22:51:37

In Utah, this is normal.
#Utah #Geology #Photography #Weird #Travel
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2023-06-24 00:46:52

Just another late night in Utah.
#Utah #MilkyWay #BentoniteHills #Photography #Mountains
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2023-06-22 18:15:58

My homie Ace and I have been camping under the milky way for the last few days.
#Camping #Astrophotography #Portraits #MilkyWay
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2023-06-18 18:39:03

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@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.

2023-06-18 18:32:56

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@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

2023-06-18 18:20:53

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@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.