Fixing a Flicker (Graphic Novel filter)

Here is my original-ish image. Among other problems, the Flicker is sort of hidden in a shadow.

I ran the image above through the Graphic Novel filter on Photoshop Elements. (This is probably my favorite image of the three posted today.)

I layered the original color image back into the Graphic Novel filter image above. It looks like... a colorized Graphic Novel filter image, but I still think I like the BW best.

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