Lovely sharp shot Zpyder - was that cropped or full frame?
Binary - if youre processing from raw in lightroom youll want to look at sharpening too as the RAWs generally look pretty soft in comparison to a pre-processed JPG. A few different ways to do this, some good guides available on the web.
Worth playing with some of the preset templates, punch etc to see what difference different types of processing.
To me, when I see amazing post processing on a photo, thats as much a great skill as taking the photo in the first place and all part of a photographers arsenal in creating a great image. And there are some truly stunning examples out there.
A couple of my favourite processed shots:
Going home... by
CCSawyer, on Flickr