About the Image(s)

I captured these two juvenile Canada Jays landing on the same fence post in Alberta while I was there looking for Great gray owls. I used it to experiment with the new Topaz Photo AI program.



Nikon Z9, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200mm, 1/1000 sec @ f/4.5, -0.334EV, ISO 160, center-weighted metering.



I opened the photo from Lightroom Classic using the File>Plug-in Extras>Process with Topaz Photo Ai protocol, which was recommended when starting with a raw file. I let Topaz Photo Ai apply denoise, upscale, and sharpen. I then exported it back to LRC and cropped it. Using the masking feature in LRC, I lightened the eyes very slightly. It took Topaz about two minutes to process, and I spent another 30 seconds in LRC.