I rarely ever use topaz but have had it for a number of years..It was free since I already had topaz denoise, might be worth checking into...thanks for looking in. Hope your not getting flooded away

Thank you Dave....I don't mind noise either but this one just had too much for my taste so I never bothered with trying to fix it..now though, after seeing what's possible with this new noise reduction I might give it another go...a casual grab indoors with high iso..it's funny but I have noticed on...

this was free if you had ai clear or denoise....it was I who over did some skin on this one, especially around the chin area, probably could have done better with the filter had I spent more time learning and adjusting along with some masking..

Well done with the back ground separation I'd say.. also the breakfast advertisement of course. You might consider an other than center crop.

I would not have posted here as it is too noisy for my taste......but I got an email from Topaz and checked it out...quite impressive, although not perfect in this case but has potential in my opinion...what say y'all ?

Good luck, I realize you probably don't have a bunch of images of people with that lens to throw together but wanted to spur some thought....thanks for explaining

I knew you knew that (about the feet)...I appreciated getting to see your work!! and the Heck with Garey..use someone else, maybe a kid

Well spotted, captured, and framed minniev......

one thing that jumped out at me...more work around the feet...as for completion, maybe a pitchers mound and or a catcher standing (just a sliver) barely intruding left side of image transformed to taste...I dunno, you and minniev are the creatives....Garey appears to be unscrupulous.

Number two the winner for me here, very well done minniev..great imagination for both, more time spent on blending and lighting with number one might elevate it to the level of number two.