Haven't done old school ddg in a long time so used the rope preset I had saved for the lion. Not really liking that result, I used the ddg upscayler (with some creativity) to further enhance that result. Still not liking that, I used HI (human intelligence; lol) to get the result I liked.
I actually like it, Lyle.
May be the contrast looks to be pushed a bit too far, but overall I get a feel of human features in you edit, and that makes it interesting for me.