A method to recover detail in photos

[tom95521]

I sometimes have problem focusing my digital camera (Nikon P950) on birds when they are nesting in trees. My camera does not have a manual focus ring.
In Affinity I select the bird and create a mask, then use a Live Filter Light layer with texture option which creates a bump map of the image.
I have found this method helps to recover detail that unsharp mask does not. I think Photoshop also has a light filter.

https://www.affinity.studio/

https://www.affinity.studio/help/filters-lighting-effects/

Thanks,
Tom

Example (I probably recovered too much detail in this example)

 

[tom95521]

AI like ChatGPT can recover much more detail. After AI identifies the subject (or you describe it), then it can add more detail to the feathers because it knows what a Night Heron looks like. You can use a budget low resolution camera and get good results by enhancing with AI. AI masking, sky replacement, resizing, and noise reduction is common in most photo editors today. I almost always use AI to help identify new birds I have never seen before.

[digartal]

Even modern cameras with Animal detect features have these problems. I use AI but in a paid appliciation - Topaz Photo. It has now gone to a subscription type application but I have had it since the start. It also has a un upsize application as AI edited images are generally a lower resolution. For me it is a worthwhile inventment to upgrade regularly. If you are interested, have a look here - https://www.topazlabs.com/topaz-photo?srsltid=AU7gw4Xfkq6viLMGx2BZyOjtE18_1-MjfCziRU7qcXV5Q8BoJHJXlYS7

 

[tom95521]

I have been using ChatGPT for photo enlargements. I also have Topaz Photo AI 3 (old version), but I think ChatGPT does a better job from my limited testing. AI seems to be everywhere now.

Original image with prompt "enlarge this image 4 times and improve quality"
https://cleanshot.com/share/xFfSPhYt

ChatGPT 4x results with description "Seagull Gliding Over Sparkling Blue Ocean"
https://cleanshot.com/share/NCTtdGk5