I think you are right Phil which is why I was asking the question - it looks awful on my laptop but because my CRT is getting on a bit now I was wondering if it was on its way out.i'm using a LCD,i sometimes think the crystals make the image look different to a CRT but thats just my opinion.
This looks ok on my CRT (calibrated) monitor but on my Laptop it looks well over sharpened. Does it look over sharpened to you - if so what type of monitor are you using (CRT or LCD)?.
Certainly do not take offence Keith constructive criticism is always welcome. Interesting comments Though - just shows how we all view things differently. For info I now always sharpen before NR ( I am not 100% sure I even used NR on this image as I very often use the blur tool instead - not on the bird but on the surrounding area ).Oversharpened on my calibrated LCD. It kinda looks (and no offence meant, Roy) like it's been "robustly" sharpened to make up for detail lost by NR.
And there's a kind of "smeared" look to it, where you might expect a close-up shot like this to show fine feather detail.
I've attached a lightly sharpened 100% crop of a Titchwell robin taken with the 100-400mm (and TC) on the 30D to show what looks "natural" to my eyes. You can see a difference in the feather detail.
Again, no offence, Roy - I'm just fussy about things looking natural and not heavily processed.
Looks bloody fantastic on my monitor too....congratulations Roy !!
Like I say, it is interesting how we view thing differently because I view the Robin shot as being soft but that it just me. I guess it would be boring if we all had the same views.
Like I said at the beginning Peter on my Laptop it looks absolute Cr*p but it looks ok on my Calibrated CRT. Mind you everything looks dreadful on my laptop.On my LCD laptop screen it looks a bit over sharpened. Sort of an icy look to the feathers.
Still, not to the point of disturbing.
I'm just fussy about things looking natural and not heavily processed.