Hi Peter,with the recent discussion on over-sharpening...do you guys think I oversharpened the pic?
This looks fine to me. And it's a good example for me to elaborate on re artistic tastes.
I think there is a line between artistic choice and technical error. Unfortunately it is not a crisp, well-defined line, but rather a fuzzy zone -- and as artists, we get to choose where we mark the distinction.
So if I were to critique your above image in that light, I would say for my tastes you are near and perhaps just beyond the upper edge of appropriate sharpening. And the downside of that (again just for me) is that it tends to impart a more "direct digital" look to the final image. Certainly not offensive at this level though, just close. One thing that might help is consider a slight blur mask leaving the central 2/3rds (tree trunk) in tact and just dusting off at the outer edges, like with a heavily feathered transition 2 or 3 pixel Gaussian blur.
Cheers,