With my hand I cut the photo in two ... the left side is an epic battle between Blue and Orange!!!
As others have said, WOW~!!!!!!!!

I think this belongs in the Post Processing section or the Main.
But: I have been with Topaz before it was Topaz. My problem with ON-1 is that I purchased Resize in 2018 and to update would have meant a yearly fee. 2018 is lifelong. Does that extend to all things? I am not sure... but the bitter taste lingers.

I have the AI but also kept my Topaz pre AI ... I find that while auto AI is quick and easy... that manual control is at times a better problem-solving choice. I especially like Topaz Clarity for contrast and color adjustment ... each is broken down into stages of tweaks.

This shows the character of a horse better than a detailed photo... I very much like the shading and color change of the background lower right.

Very effective... Well done. I am sure you are getting faster and this shows you have come quickly to great sketching.

Looking back to my painting days in the mid-1960s, I was careful about getting oil paint or charcoal onto the carpet ... no one would notice if you spilled a few photons.

Sorry Linda your photo created a feeling of nausea.
It did what was intended.. so..

MY REACTION TO LINDA'S VERTIGO

Say What!!!! My view is that only the lower half with the animal perched in the tree looking down in puzzlement is the story. Who cares about the height of the trees??? CROP TO THE STORY.

Great artistic work ... but makes me wonder, if you were to try actual charcoal and chalk my bet is it would be marvelous for your ability to be displayed...
ya, I know I am old-fashioned and am dated as prehistoric BC era ... BC meaning... Before Computers.

Some day AI will use her as a model for a Pseudo Robotic Woman.

Oh to be young again....

There are times when less is more, this is one of those times.

The AI is your brain... skillful use of tools.

I had to look this one up: The Despeckle filter smoothes areas in which noise is noticeable while leaving complex areas untouched. The effect is that grain or other noise is reduced ...

My favorite genre of film. all three of your images are flawless...

#1.. the vulture at the water tank. i recall a murder movie ... the body was hidden in the apartment building water tank... investigating complaints of odd taste revealed... yuck... a rotted body. What movie???

#2.. A ripoff of Hitchcock's Rear-Window... but the murderer digging holes in the garden, being watched by James Stewart, is Stella.

#3.. ONE WAY is a strong message with which to begin the photo story. The array of lines going at many angles is quite effective... the only true horizontal is the vague line under well-fed Stella.

"To prepare myself for the 75% eclipse, I went out and shot the sun. Well, everything else is Photoshop."
Done in Photoshop because when you shot the sun the camera sensor was destroyed!!! ?

I agree, "Nicely done Rudolf."

I like the use of the blue and the orange complementary colors. The birds are a great touch tying the sky to the land... you could use these birds in photos in the future.

I am a crop-a-holic... I split the photo so the sun comes up in one place in each half. For the right side lower hills... and clone the birds to the upper right of that half.

The left half is fine as is... but water reflection and the shoreline are not connected, this could be accomplished by agitation with waves. Give a try using Flamingpear Flood 1 free archived or Flood 2.
http://flamingpear.com/older.html

A pallet knife painting for sure.