Delderby Loc: Derby UK

I would like to participate in your topic - unfortunately I do not do Elements. Picture #1 lends itself to best sharpening using a High Pass filter layer. To test this theory I saved your download and opened it in Serif's PhotoPlus X8, created a layer and increased to a radius of 5.0 before converting to a filter. This I applied to the Pic I downloaded. I guess you could also do this in Elements (if you liked the result - see below)

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Glad to have you join the party, Delderby, regardless of political affiliation

Your result is a bit more sharpened than I would normally like, but that particular image can take a lot, I think, just depends on personal preference.

Affinity Photo replaced PhotoPlus, is that right?

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Yes - with the launch of Affinity, PhotoPlus became a "legacy product". Although I try to use just Affinity, I still do sometimes use PhotoPlus - as after ten years of use I am so familiar with it.
Over-sharpening seems pretty prevalent in Photographic forums.

SalvageDiver Loc: Huntington Beach CA

If there's an xmp file, then LR and ACR will open with your adjustments.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I noticed within a month of joining UHH in 2012:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-85532-1.html

I don't know if that led to my going mostly in the opposite direction or not.

Thanks again for your interest in the topic!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Thanks Mike.

larduggan Loc: Burlington, VT

I was curious to see what would happen in Capture One...which might not suit your purposes.

In #1, I darkened the luminance of the warm colors, did some minor split toning(highlights: yellow; shadows:blue (increasing the contrast of both shadows and highlights), actually decreased the overall contrast slightly, almost doubled the default sharpening at .8 pixel.

In #2, I did much the same thing, without changing luminance, except slight darker blue in the sky.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Very nice results, thank you kindly! I keep intending to look into split toning; you may have caused me to add it to the to-do list

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Super-sharpened for impact.

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Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

This is the look I tend to think of with "over" sharpening in the way people say "overcooked" Would impact be greater without the wind machine and with a more abstract view?

It's interesting to compare with rborud's, which seems to have only the smallest branches "sharp." But there's more going on in the differences between yours and his (tonal contrast, color?)

I'll remind him that he hasn't explained his process, and in the meantime, would you state your workflow and software used on this version, Fotoartist? Many thanks.

rborud Loc: Minnesota

Thanks Linda for reminding me to show what I do, in my sharpening images. RBorud
First of all having tried so many techniques over the years and moving from brand to brand I realized I was being lead with out thinking of my needs. I decided to stop the endless updating and fix on just a few things and learn them to a level really useful. So I know some of you will be quite appalled at how I work. First of all I have only three programs I use for all my work. #1 (hold your breath) FastStone viewer. I do the bulk of my sharpening there. It is a free program for non comercial use. It is also one of the few that I know that uses Lanscom math in its sharpening section. I am sure there may be others but I do not know them. It has two sharpening sections, one very simple and the second more complex. I go between depending on what I am doing. The second section has a control of the radius of the sharpening control and can have very subtle changes, but one has to learn them. Also the engine that resizes is very good in FastStone and I have made quite large size changes to good effect. #2 I use a very much older version of Corel Paint Shop Pro. I feel I am still learning intricacies of it, even if it is three years old. I does all the layering and standard stuff in PSP files I feel well and stably. #3 a very old copy of Photoshop Number 7 (that is old) I use for some ancient plugins I at times find useful. So in answer, this is what I use. I will not argue with anyone about my use as I have felt intricate understanding trumps constant updating most times. Thanks for listening. RBorud

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Thanks very much, Russ. I have been using FastStone Image Viewer to preview my photos and tag them for which I want to edit. I guess I need to go look at all the rest of the features!

rborud Loc: Minnesota

Linda I also find the levels and curves sections very easy and good to use. RBorud

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Yes, I wanted to overdo it a little for impact. Normally I would back it off a bit. USM applied twice with different settings each time, plus high pass sharpening, plus a little added contrast.
Thanks

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Appreciated!