Paulo, Francois,
Thanks for your comments. I've gone back and taken a second look at the unprocessed image. I think some of the "crunchiness" actually is inherent to the image. The image is not real sharp to start with. I was in a boat and it may have moved a bit so at 1/60 it really isn't tack sharp to start with. On top of that it is inherently contrasty, particularly the highlights on the crests of the small waves.
The processing is not overly excessive. The temp was not changed from as shot. Exposure is +0.20, contrast is +25, clarity is +15, vibrancy is +15 (slightly enhancing the blue/purple in the cloudy), and I gave it +15 saturation (which doesn't add that much more) - the colors of the clouds are very close to original. I gave it 50 on sharpening plus the jpeg sharpening for screen viewing. Processed in adobe RGB and converted to sRGB for web viewing.
I think most of the crunchiness comes from the texture of the clouds and the contrast of the wave crests rather than the processing. And as I mentioned, the fact that the image is not perfectly sharp may have added to it as well.
I'm still rather new to LR so if you have alternative suggestions I'd be happy to hear them.
Thanks!
