Topaz Detail in Workflow

[Ian McHenry]

Here is an unusual image of an Australian Pelican in Wellington Zoo which includes Topaz Detail in edit.
Original was taken @ 1600 ISO 1/4000 @ F 6.7, Minus 0.5 EV.
Workflow: 1. Cropped top off as original vertical.
2. Layer: Levels black eyedrop.
3. Layer: Lightness & contrast adjust.
4. Curves:Midtones.
5. Resized image.
6. Topaz Detail: Feature enhancement.
7. Topaz Denoise 3.
Comments & Reposts welcome.
Cheers: Ian Mc

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Maybe it would be helpful if you posted the original as well Ian.

[Ian McHenry]

Cheers Jackie.
Original resized only attached.
Cheers: Ian Mc

[Roger Clark]

Ian,
I looked at some of the highlights. While technically not saturated, the brightest areas have many of the same RGB values, e.g. 246,246,246, or change very little from pixel to pixel. Thus, there is little detail in the highlights. Do you have the raw file? If so, try reconverting with highlight recovery.

[Ian McHenry]

Roger
You got me !!!
Although edited as much as poss in Tiff the original was taken in Jpeg.
Cheers: Ian Mc