darktable 4.0.1
20221122_134044_0001.ORF.xmp (9.2 KB)
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RT 5.9 rc1
Capture Sharpening introduced by @heckflosse does miracles here. The photo looks really sharp!
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It’s a great picture 
Couldn’t resist, making an edit…
Very easy to oversharpen this - tried to resist the urge,
bring some structures into the sky,
balance the colors - not to contrasty,
a bit clarity, thats about it.
Thank you for the picture!
20221122_134044_0001.ORF.xmp (79.2 KB)
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I like your edit!
Here is a screenshot of my standard processing for this image. Well exposed and easy to process image. I used auto levels adjustment in Filmic, but then tweaked the black exposure slider to reduce the darkness of the shadows.
20221122_134044_0001.ORF.xmp (6.6 KB)
Edit: Posted image looks flatter than on my monitor. Something lost in translation to posting on the web.
Few versions …first one is filmic then next few are sigmoid tweaks stemming from trying to be sure the hands on the clock had some detail…
I kept editing the same image so I think I lost the xmp files for each but you can get them by loading the jpgs as a sidecar if any of them spark any interest
Edit" The halo on the tree line for a couple of them was present full screen but not 100 per cent I was curious how it would export… it is due to the tone eq on the clock… tweaking the settings or masking could remove it… I think I did that in a couple of the other ones not showing it…
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Thanks for sharing, here is another version with DT (current master) and filmic.
20221122_134044_0001_01.ORF.xmp (15.9 KB)
I’ve been away from the PC in the last few days, but reading on the cellphone. I’ve been wanting to do this same crop.
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My try.
darktable 4.1.0~git1081.956b53c9-8631.1
007 James Bond Frame 
The only different. In the watermark module, I use a dots.png file to create the dots effect into the circle.
20221122_134044_0001.ORF.xmp (12.9 KB)
dots.zip (957 Bytes)
Thanks for share.
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Nice photo, very delicate. I’m curious how it will compare to others.
20221122_134044_0001.ORF.xmp (13.4 KB)
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I see you used a drawn & parametric mask. Could you please explain me how you set the parametric mask? Using just the hue sliders to select the blueish hue of the sky? Did you take advantage of the range color picker?
Many interesting edits, thank you all! I’ll need some days to study them all!
I think the gradient alone works nice here. But often (if possible) i just select a profile of the sky for hue and luminance - just to be a little more precise.
More important is the feathering and mask contrast. Just get a good feathering radius and often do increase the mask contrast a bit, to reduce the mask bleeding into the landscape.
The last 3 show quite strong halo-ing around the edges between the trees and the sky. Or is me, or the smaller pixls-preview?
My own version (this sounds bad, not trying to say mine is ‘better’ than priorts of anything!! I just noticed it on his version, and hope mine doesn’t have it as well 
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Otherwise a boring version I guess, maybe with too little punch in the highlights. I did try to bring the sky out more, but there are almost no real clouds to speak of 
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20221122_134044_0001.ORF.xmp (11.7 KB)
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Ya I noted that in the comments… I didn’t go back to fix it… I mentioned that it was interesting that I did not see it at 100% zoom but for sure in the full screen preview… On export the full screen proved to be representative which often is the opposite
20221122_134044_0001_01.ORF.xmp (11.9 KB)
Tweak of the Tone eq mask seems to correct it…
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It can be a good place to start or people will also just turn on the mask display and then see how it evolves as they adjust the sliders… A good combination for a mask is hue and chroma… often you can use the chroma to refine where the hue is selected…
My second attempt, after learning from your examples. I think I’m improving.
20221122_134044_0001_02.ORF.xmp (32.9 KB)
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