I’ve never been totally happy with any color version so I decided to go B&W. Good luck.
2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF (26.2 MB)
2022-02-21_08-55-03_01.NEF.xmp (16.8 KB)
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Thank you. I just moved to Darktable a few months ago and have been busy reprocessing many of my photos. Can’t believe how powerful the program is.
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2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF.xmp (8.9 KB)
A great photo that I think lends itself to a fairly dramatic rendering. Thanks for sharing.
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I immediately knew when first editing this yesterday that I would keep at it and post a second version soon.
This one I developed as two layers in RT5.10, one as a base layer for the overall image (where I further shifted the WB up from the very blue camera value and increased the contrasts) and one exposed for the rocks.
Then I blended the rocks from the brighter layer into the base layer with GIMP to bring back some texture to the rocks. Not a very sophisticated edit but imho this could well serve as a way marker for any further edits I’d do.
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I love the cooler bluish mood of the original very much. SO my first try is keeping it.
file:///home/darkstar/Downloads/2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF.xmp
The second edit is as well amore burning one:
2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF.xmp (27,3 KB)
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The second edit is as well amore burning one
“amore” indeed 
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Another a little bit darker set:
Absurd colours:
2022-02-21_08-55-03_02.NEF.xmp (28,5 KB)
No colours:
2022-02-21_08-55-03_01.NEF.xmp (28,5 KB)
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DT 4.8.1 experimental.
Trying to keep the smooth gradient of the clouds and sheen of the near water while keeping the surf noisy.
OceanRock_2022-02-21_08-55-03.NEF.xmp (35.5 KB)
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The best I could do on this lap-potato. I’m saving up for a pc with dedicated gpu so I will try again because this is an amazing shot.
Another Ocean Scene.NEF.xmp (21.5 KB)
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