How do I fix the grass?

[Energize]

I tend to take a lot of animal shots in fields, I don't know whether it's because of sharpening or not, but the grass does not come out well in my opinion, it seems rather "gritty" if you know what I mean, for example:

What settings in Lightroom can I use to fix this?

 

[Energize]

Yeah guys I realise the wire has to go, the grass thing is a more general issue I was asking about that affects a number of photos.

I'll also have a go playing around with the saturation and grass hues.

You really thing black and white it Raymond? Didn't think the tonal contrast was great enough for it to be effective.

This is a 100% crop.

 

[Energize]

Just to add as well if you're adding sharpening in LR in post, when you slide the 'masking' slider hold down the ALT key (PC) and it'll show you where the sharpening is applied. I rarely have masking set below 60, usually around 80 so it only does the very fine edges of an image.

Yeah I used to use that, but found that the results overall weren't as pleasing to me generally, maybe I'll try it again sometime.

Was this shot on auto ISO or did you set it?

Auto.