Hello,
thanks for all the very interesting answers !
@Jeff : Yes, this is my problem - in my opinion sharpening is one of the most critical things in lr and the process I struggle with most. Surely I tried the two presets which came with Lr, but in most cases the amount was much too low for my images. I usually photograph nature and animals. So I think with animals having feathers or coat and fur, there are many high frequency details in the image which need to be sharpended with a high amount and a small radius. This is all clear to me, but then I struggle with the details-slider. Even when the animal is only 25% or less of the picture.
And when, like you proposed in both your posting and the Lr 3 videos, sharpening comes into play, it is more and more difficult.
I hope that the new workflow-videos coming in the middle of the year will make this clearer when seeing more examples.
Best wishes
Robert