Jim Eads wrote:
I was curious as to what would happen if I took the original photo, cropped to 8x10 and then used my work flow process. I use NX2 to define black/white/neutral colors, check focus and color depth with ON1 and then try de-noise in Perfectly Clear. I also used Photo Shop Elements to bring out detail of eye, darken background and branch.
I think you should try Topaz Denoise AI. This one loses a natural look and looks highly processed.