digital sharpening post exposure

[photosbybrian]

Hi Bob & everyone,

I love your wildlife shots! How much post exposure sharpening do you normally apply to shots like these? I usually shoot in RAW and use Canon DPP for most post processing and conversion. I seem to be having pretty good result sharpening up about 4-5 steps in RAW, after appyling Noise reduction moderately. I was just curious about digital sharpening in general. Do you have other articles on here about how to get the sharpest images possible without distortion.

Thanks for the help.

Brian
www.photosbybrian.photoreflect.com