Land and Light, an itinerary with the horizon as its spine

Distance first. Then weather. Then the light.

Land and Light walks the landscape in order: the far ridge and the dust, the sky you got, the hour and the season. Haze cut, sky held, nothing invented. It runs in the free Lightroom app on iPhone and Android and in Lightroom Classic.

For landscape, hiking, drone and travel photographers.

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The far ridge resolved, the sky deepened without blocking, the field left its own colour.

see it

Where you stood

Late sun on the field, warm without gold

The fence after the sun went

The lane at noon, glare pulled

Distance is the first leg. Alpine Air cuts haze hard and deepens the sky without letting it block. Continental Dry and Desert Light grade the hard inland light, blacks deep and the ochre ground weighted, the pale sky kept pale. Salt Flat keeps white ground white under a sky that carries the only colour. Steppe Wide uses dehaze as the working control over grass that stays straw. Afternoon Lean is the low dusty sun of a farmyard, warm without gold. Drone Overhead cuts the air between camera and ground and makes the pattern graphic.

Weather is the second leg, overcast by strength. Cloud Cover stays cool and documentary, colour restrained. Closed Sky is a ladder: tap down it until the flat file looks like the day felt. Grey Weather goes the other way and warms the highlights, a golden tone for drizzle and wet streets.

Then the light itself. High Noon is the everyday midday fix, clipped whites back and empty shadows given detail. Hard Sun pulls the glare and opens the shade. First Light is the hour before sunrise, land and sky separated by tone with no golden colour added. Sea Fog is kept soft with a high toe; Storm Front drops blue luminance toward black and carves the cloud out of grey.

Seasons close the walk. Spring Green pulls yellow to green and lifts the shade, Autumn Road takes the reds deep and the greens out, Polar Summer holds the snow and keeps blue ice luminous under a sun that never sets. A few presets from each leg are below, on the same photographs.

the itinerary

The Legs

324 presets across 5 territories

Distance, overcast, sun, fog and storm, seasons. Each leg opens to its collections and a few presets on the same photographs.

Altitude and distance

day

Haze cut and the sky held, from the ridge to the salt pan to the drone frame.

Alpine Air 18 presets
Afternoon Lean 18 presets
Continental Dry 18 presets
Desert Light 18 presets
Drone Overhead 18 presets
Salt Flat 18 presets
Steppe Wide 18 presets

Graded with Land and Light: Heat Haze on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Heat Haze on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Ungraded version of the same scene — Heat Haze on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Heat Haze on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it — Heat Haze on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it

Graded with Land and Light: Sky Edge on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Sky Edge on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Sky Edge on Late sun on the field, warm without gold — Sky Edge on Late sun on the field, warm without gold

Graded with Land and Light: Salt Cart on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Salt Cart on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Salt Cart on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it — Salt Cart on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it

Graded with Land and Light: Estuary Fan on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Estuary Fan on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Estuary Fan on Late sun on the field, warm without gold — Estuary Fan on Late sun on the field, warm without gold

Overcast, three strengths

day

Cool and documentary, a ladder of steps, or warmed toward gold for drizzle.

Cloud Cover 18 presets
Closed Sky 18 presets
Grey Weather 18 presets

Graded with Land and Light: Low Light on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Low Light on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Low Light on Late sun on the field, warm without gold — Low Light on Late sun on the field, warm without gold

Graded with Land and Light: Grey Harbour on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Grey Harbour on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Grey Harbour on Late sun on the field, warm without gold — Grey Harbour on Late sun on the field, warm without gold

Graded with Land and Light: Autumn Rain on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Autumn Rain on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Autumn Rain on Late sun on the field, warm without gold — Autumn Rain on Late sun on the field, warm without gold

Sun

day

Midday clipped whites recovered, glare pulled and shade opened, the hour before sunrise kept grey-blue.

High Noon 18 presets
Hard Sun 18 presets
First Light 18 presets

Graded with Land and Light: Sun Bite on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Sun Bite on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Sun Bite on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it — Sun Bite on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it

Graded with Land and Light: Tin Pail on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it — Tin Pail on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it

Graded with Land and Light: Tin Pail on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Tin Pail on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Shadow Open on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Shadow Open on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Shadow Open on Late sun on the field, warm without gold — Shadow Open on Late sun on the field, warm without gold

Fog and storm

day

Mist kept soft on a high toe; blue luminance dropped near black and structure carved from grey.

Sea Fog 18 presets
Storm Front 18 presets

Graded with Land and Light: Squall Line on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Squall Line on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Squall Line on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it — Squall Line on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it

Graded with Land and Light: Coast Fog on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Coast Fog on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Coast Fog on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it — Coast Fog on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it

Seasons

day

Yellow pulled to green, reds deep and greens cut, snow held under a sun that never sets.

Autumn Road 18 presets
Polar Summer 18 presets
Spring Green 18 presets

Graded with Land and Light: Silent Sun on The lane at noon, glare pulled — Silent Sun on The lane at noon, glare pulled

Graded with Land and Light: Silent Sun on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it — Silent Sun on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it

Graded with Land and Light: Bronze Path on Late sun on the field, warm without gold — Bronze Path on Late sun on the field, warm without gold

Graded with Land and Light: Bronze Path on The fence after the sun went — Bronze Path on The fence after the sun went

Graded with Land and Light: Grass Noon on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it — Grass Noon on First leg, the gate and the distance behind it

Graded with Land and Light: Grass Noon on Late sun on the field, warm without gold — Grass Noon on Late sun on the field, warm without gold

how it works

Yours in two minutes

Buy the setCheckout takes a card; you get a receipt by email.
Download instantlyThe preset files download right after payment. Re-download any time from your account.
Import to LightroomOpen the files in the free Lightroom app (iOS or Android) or Lightroom Classic. Lightroom saves them as presets automatically.
Tap a presetOne tap applies the full look. Every setting stays editable after.

Single-user license. Yours to use in personal and client work.
No redistribution. Don't resell or share the preset files themselves.
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Keep it forever. Files live in your account for re-download.

Netzah Elad Topaz, the photographer who makes these presets

the maker

Why I Make These

I am Netzah Elad Topaz. I take photographs and I build software, and the two keep leading me back to the same problem. You were there. The light was doing something you will not see again. Then the photo comes back flat, and it is not what you were looking at.

Closing that gap is the whole job. Every preset here is built from Adobe defaults by hand, with a written note for what it should do to a picture, and it is judged on real photographs before it ships. Nothing is a filter dropped on top of your work.

What I want is simple. You open a photo you almost gave up on, you tap once, and there it is: the day you remember, not the file your camera handed you. That is worth doing properly.

Netzah Elad Topaz, photographer and software builder

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questions

Asked and Answered

Where do I start on a hazy day?

Ridge Marker in Alpine Air for distance, or Grass Sea in Steppe Wide when the ground is flat. Both use dehaze first and hold the sky rather than saturating it.

Is this one download or several?

One ZIP, with every collection in its own folder. Import them all, or only the ones you use.

Do these work in the free Lightroom app?

Yes. Import the .xmp files in the free Lightroom app on iPhone or Android, no subscription needed. They also work in Lightroom Classic and Lightroom on desktop.

What exactly do I get?

All 324 presets from Land and Light as .xmp files in an instant ZIP download. The link also lands in your email, and the purchase stays in your account so you can re-download any time.

How do I install them?

Two minutes: unzip, then import inside Lightroom. The step-by-step guide covers iPhone, Android, and desktop.

Can I use them for client work?

Yes. The single-user license covers personal and commercial photography. The one thing you can't do is share or resell the preset files themselves.

Can I tweak a preset after applying it?

Always. A preset is a starting point; every slider stays yours to adjust.

What if it's not for me?

Before your first download we refund, no questions asked. After a download, sales are final except a technical fault we cannot fix or a duplicate charge. Details on the refunds page.