A gravelly bend in Rock Creek, which runs through Washington DC. Rock Creek Park is one of the largest urban park systems anywhere, stretching some 30 miles from its origins down to the Potomac River. It was once the industrial base for early Washington DC, housing dozens of water powered grist mills grinding the wheat, corn and grains of the surrounding farmlands. Today it is an urban oasis.
I think some of the over-sharpening is also an artifact of the JPEG compression. I'm still figuring my way around that stuff. What looks good on my monitor doesn't always translate.
Love all the texture.FWIW, I sharpen until I can just see the difference, then back off slightly. On something like this with all the specular highlights it's easy to take it too far, and actually, for web viewing, this might not need sharpening at all.