Feather Sharpening - Radius/Detail in Lightroom
I am feather sharpening challenged in Lightroom.
To get feather detail...... what is your recommendations for slider usage, particularly radius and detail sliders. I am not looking for values, but what to look for when sliding.
Here is what I do now:
Amount: I just slide it up to where it looks excessive, then back off a bit (if I make the radius smaller than 1.0, I go further, less Amount if radius is greater than 1.0)
Radius: If the bird fills the frame, and I want FINE feather detail (as always) I make the radius .9 first, then adjust Amount. My logic (please comment here) is that the individual feather vanes are so close together that I need narrow sharpening and that is achieved with less than 1.0 radius.
Detail: I usually leave this alone as it looks awful when a use this slider..... I am sure I am doing something wrong as it is called "feather detail" no?
Masking: After I set my other sliders (amount/radius/detail) I hold down Alt and move the slider until the background/sky is masked out so I am not making smooth surfaces like the sky mottled.
Then I go back over the sliders tweaking each.
Help! Tips? What is wrong with my thinking. I am not even going to ask what to do if I then apply some noise reduction (but I would love to hear an opinion on this).
Peace
Bruce in Philly