Wow, Khürt, your edit of Lady Liberty is stunning.
The transformation to "fake HDR" really brings out the life in the second set. I've done that process a few times, but none I've done are successful as your version.
Finally, the Generative Fill in Photoshop and Luminar Neo's Gen Erase are both so useful in removing distractions cleanly. One simple edit quickly and easily removed the branch.