Update: A little more effort on the building.
20211030_0743.NEF.xmp (14.3 KB)
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Hello,
Here is my colourful interpretation with Dt 4.1 and Sigmoid.
20211030_0743_01.NEF.xmp (26.1 KB)
Greetings from Brussels,
Christian
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Those of you who are bringing out the lower windows of the castle - how are you doing it? I haven’t found a way yet. I’m using dt 4.0.1. I’ve tried filmic RGB reconstruction, tone equalizer, etc, etc, but I can’t get them to show.
Very difficult to me also
Hello,
Here are the presets I use regularly to correct the loss of contrast and detail through tone mapping.
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Local Contrast module, here are two presets to recover detail in the highlights and lowlights.
I set the strength between 250 and 350% (Detail slider)
bilat_Texture Haute Lumière.dtpreset (1021 Bytes)
bilat_Texture Basse Lumière.dtpreset (1021 Bytes) -
Contrast Equalizer Module: here is a preset that brings clarity and texture to the whole picture.
I set its strength between 0.1 and 1 using the Mix slider.
atrous_Clarté et Contraste Soft.dtpreset (1.1 KB) -
Diffuse or Sharpen Module: Here are three presets to add clarity, micro-contrast and sharpness. Depending on the photo, I use them alone or in multiple instances
diffuse_Clarté et texture (+ net) 3 It .dtpreset (1.1 KB)
diffuse_Clarté 2.dtpreset (1.1 KB)
diffuse_Blooming.dtpreset (1.1 KB)
Greetings from Brussels,
Christian
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Hmmm. I downloaded your xmp and re-imported the raw to use it. I see your history stack. But it does not display for me with any similarity to the jpg you posted. I obviously don’t know what I’m doing.
???
Don’t blame you. 4.0.1 will have problems opening 4.1-dev XMPs.
I used tone-eq and (just updated my edit) a masked color balance rgb on the building.
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Wait. @saliniero 's post specifically states that he’s using 4.0.1, which I also what I am using. I should be able to use his xmp.
Later: I was able to open the raw using @saliniero 's xmp, and I can now see the same result. I had ti “remove” the raw from the film roll, first (without deleting). Sorry for any confusion, which is mostly mine.
Here’s mine -
20211030_0743-Blair-Castle-rawconvert-V2-S-sRGB.xmp (76.9 KB)
@Tim , I’m on 4.1 but hopefully my XMP will work. You asked about the castle windows. See “tone curve castle” and click on and off.
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DT4.1 Using filmic… an image where I found both it and sigmoid worked well (once I settled on an approach…)
20211030_0743.NEF.xmp (11.8 KB)
Blame me. I somehow thought you were answering Christian-B. 
Thanks for this photo! The castle shines bright like a diamond 
I had to use quite a weird tone curve in RT
Uploading: 20211030_0743_RT.jpg.out.pp3…
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BTW … uploading or even saving jpg files full-sized and with 100% quality setting is a little bit of an overkill 
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ART 1.16.4.1, Affinity Photo 2
Multiple local edits in ART, layers and masks in AP. That castle was a beast and I can’t say I’ve got it just right… 
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The trees in the darkest shadows of many edits seem to show issues with blackpoint maybe?? I tried to desaturate them…DIdn’t bother to mask other than the rgb CB internal tone mask…
20211030_0743.NEF.xmp (13.1 KB)
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