@Antoine Not your problem. Apparently, my add-on blocked it (added an exception now). The odd thing is that it only blocks your image but not most images from AWS. 
Nice contre-jour example! I even did not know that there is no native english word for this.
RT 5.8
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New rescale, the first try showed a strong square pattern
Backlighting?
Of course, I seem to be too tired.
Funny thing is, when I look up contre-jour in french or Gegenlicht in german Wiki, the equivalent english entry is named “contre-jour”
Nice edit, I like a lot contre-jours (in my case, I didn’t know about this expression, very chic).
You preserved the flood of light, which inmho is the main subject in this kind of photos.
Trouble with this image is that there is a lot of magenta in one corner (esp. on the long lady legs). Using an online tool the closest matching colour is called shimmy n shake. 
Here is my take, using just RT this time (rare I know), to test itcwb in its current form. Processing should be embedded in file. Zoom and enjoy!
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Collins English Dictionary’s definition of Contre-jour: photography
“The technique of taking photographs into the light, with the light source behind the subject.”
I personally prefer contre-jour to Backlighting!!
Yeah, I am pretty sure american photographers just call this backlighting.
My edit:
Note that the Nikon D800 has a lot of shadow lattitude, so in a situation like this, you could preserve the glaring cobbles better by underexposure.
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@Waveluke I used your profile as a base for a much more minimalistic approach (no dehaze, no wavelets, no dynamic range compression etc.)
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Using Darktable 3.0 - I tried to preserve the shadows and the colors… Hard light !
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Even the exact same 28% downscale pixel count in yours, lol. I downloaded it and did a back and forth comparison, for the fun of it. Funny we have a different definition of minimalist. I tend to use wavelets to add a slight increase in local contrast by default, and use dynamic range compression a lot, but because I use low amounts, to make the image a bit punchier, but not that obvious or detracting, I consider that minimalist.
Reading this thread I tried just to use the color balance module on this, rather difficult image. Just one instance without masking.
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I think some additional sharpening would be good 
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LOL I choose the dornbush/lighthouse image for a good reason: It’s a rather balanced (RAW). Exposure is rather good, no extreme lights/darks etc.
Not bad at all, considering!
I came to the same conclusion: You can’t adequately sharpen with the cb module.
