Opinion from sharpening experts

I kept it just a hair softer deliberately, as one of the things that personally bugs me is a sort of swirly effect in the dense branches of foilage that happens with overprocessing.  By keeping it a tiny bit less sharp, I avoid that effect, and in print, it looks better (to me, that is).

All personal preferences here.....but the point is that you should be able to adjust your workflow to get the kind of results without that oversharpened/overprocessed effect that your original postings had.  An initial lighter touch with the sharpening tools seems to be the trick.

Thanks for the challenge, it was fun to give it a shot ! 

-J