I don’t understand why you continue to insist on this partially blurred image. It is NOT nice.
Yes, you kept shooting and I would have done the same but deleted those pictures instead of posting them. Don’t keep trash/bad examples.
Even the Topaz edition “didn’t save your butt.” Just like the much-discussed pelican image, the little bird’s resolution isn’t high enough and the sharpening looks terrible. Not long ago you promised not to publish such excerpts anymore, and you still do.
You have to accept these limitations and it has nothing to do with “defeat” – to quote someone.