You will need a wide screen to see what I am posting. At an Air Show, I took a picture of the bottom of an F22 flying overhead with the bomb bay doors open. The camera was a Sony A6300 and the lens was an 18-200mm lens which produces reasonable results but is not the sharpest lens ever made.

If you expand the first image, there are 4 images side by side. The far right is how the RAW file looked as opened in Lightroom. The one beside it is the result of using DxO Photolab 4 on the RAW file. Deciding that I like the DxO result better, the 3rd from the right took the DxO file and subjected it to Topaz Sharpen AI - Stabilize Mode. And finally, the far left image takes the Sharpen AI image and subjected it to Topaz Gigapixel AI where I increased the size by a modest 1.4x.

Finally, the 2nd image is the whole image of the far left one in the first image.

What I am seeing is that I am getting far better results from Topaz's AI tools than I used to get with earlier releases. Used to get ugly artifacts when doing this experiment. But it does appear that Topaz has been solving this issue. Seems like there is a new version to download every couple weeks.

I belong to another web site for photographers . On this site you can post questions , photos , retouchings , and much more . Under retouching , there are many members that post their coloring of B&W photos as I have done many times under a different name then I use here . They also allow you to download their B&W and play with your coloring of the photo they posted.

This photo I posted here has the B&W copy I downloaded and the coloring I did to it . Before you say anything about the difference in the lighting , I always knock the lighting down some if there is bright outs . I thought I would share it with you all . Hope I don't offend anyone with this coloring , and I hope you all like it . Thanks for looking and if you leave a comment , thanks again......The download looks better

A few weeks ago I posted a shot showing an intentionally blurred background as a way of getting rid of a mess and created a bit of separation. Here's another, this time I've used a motion blur at 45-degrees. I've included the original for reference. The rest is a fairly simple composite. To improve the skin texture I've selectively blurred on a separate layer and then blended to taste - not nearly as effective as frequency separation but a whole lot quicker! I'd be interested in your opinions of the result. (And yes, I've at last succumbed to the pressure and converted to sRGB so display nicely!).

Couldn't decide what one I liked more, with texture or without. Shot was very simple with one flash above and to the right shooting through a defuser. Place a white sheet for light bounce under the grapes. A little sharpening in CRA and darkened the edge of the wood. The grapes wanted to fall off the table, tied them on with fishing line then removed the fishing line with the Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop. The texture was brought in as a layer, set to Lighten, then lowered the opacity, added a mask to remove the texture from the main subject & table.

If interested;
Shot with Nikon D850 & Nikon 105 mm macro
F/8 ISO 125 1/50 sec (Until now I didn't realize it was set 1/50 sec could and should have been higher, wasn't a big factor because camera was on a tri-pod.)
Godox flash 1/8 power
Black cloth and display boards were placed around much of the subject to cut down reflections.

I thoroughly enjoy sitting on our back porch and taking pics of all the little 4-legged critters and birds that avail themselves of the sunflower seeds I toss out. Invariably something is just out of twist-around capability for my hefty waist. So, I’ve been wanting to try something like this.
Twenty dollar mechanics stool from Harbor Freight (on sale), piece of Fiberglas from a tool handle I broke a few years ago, piece of sanded down PVC to slide into handle, leftover piece of oak for lower clamp (screwed to base of stool top), tool knob from somewhere, homemade clamp & knob, and ball head I bought several years ago at garage sale.
Works even better than I’d hoped. I can just spin around to whatever direction I want/need, or I can just pull it up to whatever chair I’m sitting in.
Ron