I rarely shoot birds but when I do I usually need to do a heavy crop to get to a 800 pix wide image (I'm not printing so that is fine) because I'm shooting with a lens for landscapes (such as the Sony FE 16-35 on my A7R). If anyone has a workflow to pull the detail from feathers in a 1:1 crop at that size it would be very helpful.
Hi,
Topaz Labs Detail will do the job, assuming there is some detail to work with. If you really need to
crop down to 800 pixels to see the subject, there may be a bit too little detail to do a really good job, but 'Detail' will allow to enhance whatever is there.
If the image is also blurred, you may need to use a dedicated sharpening tool, like FocusMagic or Topaz Infocus, before you use 'Detail' as well, although 'Detail' has some deconvolution sharpening capabilities built-in.
Cheers,
Bart