The Day I always put off until absolutely necessary. It's me using the latest version of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. Why? Because they always always try to change enough basic tools and the options to "make it easier" which in this case means to more fully force Ai onto the process. Even though I DON’T WANT TO USE Ai. Arrgh, this simple edit to remove some dust shops and background distractions just took me about 1 1/2 hours. And worse yet, it is truly unclear if Adobe is not automatically converting the images you import into DNG, because I don't see that in any files. What I did find is that all the first images I applied the 2026 metadata I chose are all suddenly in .tif format (yay I selected that) BUT put them ALL into a new folder I DIDN'T EXPECT. And now they are all labeled with file names of .tif photos but the ONE file I exported as a trial run now was really really hard to find since ALL PHOTOS are now there, showing my Date Created as today, and all my original EXIF data, like ACTUAL DATE I created the photo is gone.

Anyway, just to increase my agony, here is a small vversion (for me, pixels 1200 x 900) and I've tried to reduce the photo sharpness to a lower percentage since I always edit photos full size, which is iPhone Pro Max 2998 or so by 3998 or so. Whatever. If this phioto is truly offensive to me as I now attempt to share on Ivory, don't be surprised if it goes poof! I hate hate hate all the Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom changes annually. And where the heck did my Camera Raw app go?
#Malachite #Green #Specimen #Mineral #Tucson

B̶u̶n̶c̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶g̶r̶a̶p̶e̶s̶

Ah, another grape chalcedony specimen! I’m celebrating because in half an hour we are setting off on another rockin’ day adventure. To the world’s largest gem and mineral show, Tucson.

This is the first convention center showcase I’ve been to in about 6 years. And when I saw “we”, my son John agreed to come which means Drew gets to come too, with his wheelchair. So, a family adventure today, our “day-cation” 118 miles south. To do this, we have to have both I and John push Drew and wangle the 3 of us around thousands of people in the enormous center. We leave very early in hopes we can score accessible parking. This is EPIC!
#Chalcedony #Specimen #Mineral #Crystals #Tucson #TucsonGemMineralShow

[EN] 我是死鸟入殓师 Working with dead birds in Singapore | The Healer (1/3)

“目前，新加坡只有我一个人在为死去的鸟类制作标本。” 2019年，当时还在攻读博士学位的郑雁予，主动接下了负责亡鸟热线的责任。从此，她的手机几乎从不关机，即便是在深夜收到公众发来的通报，她也总是第一时间回复。 2025年，亡鸟热线共收到约650起通报，平均每周超过10起。据郑雁予透露，大部分的死亡原因是撞击建筑物。 走进《疗伤的人》，看郑雁予如何将逝去的飞鸟，制成不朽的生命。 *视频包含鸟类尸体及标本制作过程，可能引起部分观众不适。 Note: English subtitles are auto-generated. #birds #specimen #鸟 #动物 #museum --- 立即加入《联合早报》Telegram和WhatsApp频道，获取即时新闻推送，方便掌握最新消息。 Telegram： WhatsApp： 关注我们 Follow us: zaobao.sg FB：…

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👉 https://www.emigre.com/TypeSpecimens/Modulator

Magnifique !

#specimen #typography

GoH-994: SpecImEn / 73

SpecImEn's trademark speech-based sleazy harsh noise eruptions versus 73's storming, rainy field recording ambient noise walling. One of those splits, where both sides complete each other while being fundamentally different.

https://gatesofhypnos.bandcamp.com/album/specimen-73

#specimen #gatesofhypnos #noise #harshnoise #ambientnoisewall #anw #fieldrecording #noisemusic