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Lightroom presets – busy busy

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Born and raised in Detroit, c. 323 ppm CO2, Mark Graf is a Michigan photographer, naturalist, and diver whose muse is summoned by exploring the endless connections in nature; land, sea, and sky.

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Friday, February 6, 2009

Yes, of course, the apologetic blogger post about not keeping up – seems we all have a few of them around eh?   I have been terribly busy with some new work on the photography front, was out of town for a few days photographing wolves, and now back into some client work.

Presets Heaven

Presets Heaven

So it is a short post – I am still around.   As a token of appreciation for your visit and so this isn’t totally a lame waste of your time coming here…I am going to share this gem of a site for you Lightroom users….   It is called PresetsHeaven – but I also refer to it as Presets GOLDMINE!   If you don’t use Lightroom, well – take it as a tip from me and try the Trial Version.  Enjoy, and don’t blame me for the hours you are going to lose from visiting this link:

PresetsHeaven

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this post is tagged with these subjects, you are invited to explore and wander …

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  1. Richard Wong
    Richard Wong on Friday, February 13, 2009 at 1:24 AM

    Great site Mark. I downloaded one of the actions off here last month and have been using it periodically.

  2. olivia
    olivia on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 10:49 AM

    nice picture on the header, it looks like Brioni island in croatia. no?
    Also thank you for the usefull link!

    Olivia

  3. Jason
    Jason on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 4:04 AM

    What a brilliant find – thanks for pointing it out – great blog BTW

    Jason
    (wildlife artist)

  4. Andy Richards
    Andy Richards on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at 7:12 PM

    Hi Mark! I downloaded Tony’s actions and tutorials about a year ago, but still haven’t found time to really learn about them, but I obviously need to spend some time with them. So much to learn, so little time!

  5. Anita Jesse
    Anita Jesse on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 4:05 PM

    You have been missed. But, talk about returning with a big flourish. I had glanced at Tony Kuyper’s site a long while ago and always meant to return, but it got lost deep in the to-do list. Thanks a million for the reminder. Howard says it perfectly: “a goldmine”.

    Your insomnia is our gain—even though this means that I am going to spend still more time lovingly processing images now.

    Add me to the list of those eagerly awaiting the wolves.

  6. Lana
    Lana on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 7:12 PM

    I can’t wait to see some of those wolves you were shooting!

  7. Mark
    Mark on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM

    Ron, thanks – I haven’t checked it in IE lately – it appears just fine on a Mac with Safari and Firefox – guess another quirky thing about MS. I think it was something in my sidebar. I have restored it to a “basic” version until I can figure out what happened.

  8. Howard Grill
    Howard Grill on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    Mark…goldmine of a site…thanks for sharing it. This will need a good deal of exploring!

  9. Ron Niebrugge
    Ron Niebrugge on Friday, February 6, 2009 at 1:11 PM

    Hey Mark,

    I have tried you blog on two different computers, and with IE and even via NewsGator FeedDemon, and the formatting and layout is all messed up – been like this for a week or so. Is anyone else seeing this? Just thought I should let you know.

    Thanks,

    Ron