It’s a lovely color shot. So I hope you don’t mind I’ve taken a B&W approach (through ART 16.2.1). I’ve pulled the sun/shade contrast out a bit, including through the use of a couple of Local Edit masks. I’ve also taken the liberty of cropping the image in a portrait (vs landscape) aspect to create a little “tension/action” sense into the composition - if that works?
Thanks for the chance to “Play RAW.” 
This is most likely the case as I am using the latest weekly build of 4.1.########
I agree. I was just doing a basic edit and not really trying to better the previous edit. I mentioned I used the shadow highlights module to manage the background while @akgt94 used a mask and second instance of exposure. I often lighten the subject and darken the background to draw the viewers attention to the point of interest. This seems to be what the original poster did here.
All understood! I didn’t mean any criticism with my comment… hope it didn’t come across that way. I’m always interested in new ways to do things 
I was not offended. I did not regard my edit as very artist. Constructive criticism is also essential for learning.
Are you sure you loaded the right xmp? I’m now using the latest weekly build, darktable-4.1.0+344. You mention using shadows and highlights, but it is not in that xmp. Plus, the color problem comes from a custom color calibration setting.
I played with the tone equalizer some, but I think I like mine more without that step. dt 4.0
Without tone eq:
With tone eq:
You just applied tone equalizer and stopped developing. Usually you don’t just end there. For one thing, after pulling in the highs and bringing up the lows, you can use tone equalizer in tone curve mode to add back contrast.
I did try the color calibration module on this image but gave up on it as I preferred the white balance module for this image. For some reason the XMP file has not reflected this. Hmm… not sure why.
I like the blacked-out background. I’ll look at your edit later
Thanks for the tip. I will study that.
Question: why is there a door and latch[1]? How do birds go in and out?
[1] Out of service?
That’s the back side. The clean-out hole. The sewer system.
I have plenty of shots of birds going in and out of the front door. But the round door on the back reminded me of a Hobbit house, so I got interested in that.
I’d love to see an extreme edit that looks like it came from The Hobbit / Lord of the Rings.
Intriguing.
I assumed one hole would be sufficient, since it wouldn’t be in use during the clean up.
The bird hole is much smaller. The fancy birdhouse has room to almost fit your hand inside.
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