Quote Originally Posted by Iguide
what is wrong with a sharp crisp subject when that was the intent?

There's a difference between sharp and over-sharpened. Sharpening in post-processing is done at the expense of increased noise, so too much of it can be a bad thing (I don't thinkandnowimbroke's image is necessarily over-sharpened, just making a general comment).


I do agree that the original is definitely underexposed. Also, not sure what the WB setting was, but with an intent to show a sunset-lit scene, I think 200-300K warmer may help a bit.