Remember this was built in 1905 as a residence so while I don’t know, I would assume that at that time waste was simply dumped into the bay. I can assure you that that is not the case now. We have some of the strictest rules protecting Narragansett bay. So they probably use a system similar to but much larger than what I have on my boat- a large holding tank that is pumped out periodically

This is Clingstone or as several of us call it, the house on the rocks. It is a mansion that was built in 1905 by one of the famous Philadelphia Whartons who, rumor has it, wanted a place where he would not be disturbed. Clingstone is built on an Island of primarily rock that is located off the eastern shore of Conanicut Island. It remains accessible only by boat and has no electricity or running water. A wind mill today provides some power and water is brought to the home via boat. The property is available for rental and Several times a year large groups use it for entertaining, either business or political groups.

The construction itself is noteworthy. Right about the turn of the century the countries wealth seem to have been concentrated in New York and to some lesser degree in Philadelphia. The New York wealthy chose Newport as the place where they would establish their summer residence. They built their summer "cottages" along the 10 Mile drive. The most famous of which - and typical of the others - is the Breakers. Built with imported stone with interior fixtures from around the world, including solid marble bath tubs with gold fixtures. These structures are today museums open to the public and and well worth visiting if you are in the area. Especially during the holiday season when they are decorated for Christmas as they were during their period of occupancy.

Now, at about the same time that the New York wealth chose to summer in Newport, The Philadelphia wealth came to summer in Jamestown. The Philadelphia crowd, however, were Quakers shunning the ostentatious styles of their New York neighbors The result was that they built wooden mansions that were large and functional but not at all stylish. "Horsehead", high up on one of Conanicut"s most scenic outlooks is typical of the construction of that era in Jamestown.

Clingstone follows that same Quaker principle, simple but functional. By the way, Clingstone has survived all of the major hurricanes since 1905 - a real testament to the quality of the Quaker construction.

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Photolady thank you for looking and for your comments. Your suggested procedure is exactly what I did. The only exception is that I first converted to BW using Nix software. The original picture did not have much color and it was taken late in the day at 6400 iso. Using the latest version of LR I created a background mask and then increased the highlights, exposure and whites. As you can see, I was not very careful with the mask and there are several places where I should have subtracted from the mask. It was your picture that inspired me to try this. By the way, I have several pictures of two giraffes standing next to each other and battling each other with their necks and heads. As soon as I get back to my computer I will edit some of those and post here. Thanks again for your comments…Tony

An M1 with 8Gb is performance wise equivalent to 16Gb with the Intel chips. This comes about because of the architecture of the M1 and the way it uses the RAM

For the past several weeks I have been sooo impressed by the fantastic wild life shots from Photolady
. Most recently I have really enjoyed her High Key photos. I was in Africa a few years ago and I have a lot of pictures from that trip that I still need to process. So when I saw her great shots I got motivated to give it a try. Here is my first attempt. Done completely in Lightroom Classic and Nix Silver Effects. As always, comments and critique are welcome.

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Thanks. I am -playing with Topaz Gigapxel and Luminaries Neo I bought both and so far I am seeing some value in the Gig. For scaling up small crops. In other. Words, with my 45MP camera I can cut out a very small picture and with Gig I can increase the pixel dimensions. I really haven’t started playing with NEO yet.

And I have missed so many. Thank you