I don't know much about Topaz and its effect on your images -- they stand on their own -- but I admire your timing, Anthony!
#1 -- isn't that Salma Hayek?? The hand around her shoulder looks like the hand of man in the photo behind her is whimsical;
#2 -- the contrast/contradiction between the pretty woman in the foreground adjusting her hair, perhaps in response to the distorted figure on the wall ("the order of chaos")
@GoodEgg, I really lucked out on both pictures as to timing and placement. I didn't realize what I had gotten till later on that evening in our hotel room. Yes, with both images, I skipped LR and C1, and simply used TopazAI 4. It has an "autopilot" option that scans the images and makes recommendations about how to improve them. Frankly, I don't know how to integrate AI4 with either of those programs, so I figured that "less is more." I dk if it's Salma Hayek? But I confess, when I saw her, I was so struck with her beauty, I thought my wife was gonna slug me.
As always, Brother Dan. Thank you so much for your encouragement.
The hand around her shoulder looks like the hand of man in the photo behind her is whimsical;