PRE|SETS
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.
