No, I'm not an expert at any of this, far from it. Somebody turned me on to Topaz Labs plugins for PS probably a year ago, but I never got the download right or something. Anyway, I just downgot a bundle of plugins to go with PSE7, which is what I use 99% of the time. I also have CS6, but haven't looked into using the plugins there. I haven't gotten into the habit of using it yet. Anyway, I just wanted to share my experience with this one image and see if someone might have some useful input or experience or whatever.
Original image:
In PSE7 without plugins (you can probably see what I did):
And with sharpening and detailing plugins:
Corrections/suggestions welcome. Please be kind with your comments. I'm still a noob.

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