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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pe'rigin" data-source="post: 1734847" data-attributes="member: 48320">Ryan,It’s worth before starting any adjustment to have a good look at the image and assess what’s wrong but more importantly what’s right.I don’t see a sharpening issue here.The image of the Reed Bunting has a blue cast, which is basically ‘flattening’ your image into a flat tonal range. Visually the Bunting is blending into the background.Global sharpening will not improve that; it will sharpen the bird as well as the background.The degree of adjustment is entirely your decision; personally I think that you should try with this image.By isolating the bird from the background, loosing the cast in both cases, the Bunting can then have a light sharpen, (maybe an edge sharpen); you might even wish to blur the background.It may be a lot of work, but you’ll get a feel of what’s possible when adjusting.The result will look sharper, as the bird will be visually clear tonally of the background.</blockquote>