How to get tward this look

Software RawTherapee
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Here are a few images, it’s from the same website but the photos are from different photographers and come from flickr.

https://thestoryoftelling.com/selling-two-ways/
https://thestoryoftelling.com/lucky-by-design/

I really like this type of look. How is the colour palette/tinting done?

Thanks

Syv

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The Luck by Design photo looks heavily de-saturated (though not 100%) with a bit of brown/sepia (though that cast may be my uncalibrated monitor).

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something like that?

amsterdam-2
amsterdam-23888×2608 3.1 MB

amsterdam-2.jpg.out.pp3 (12.5 KB)

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Much too strong, but I can use that as a starting point.

BTW, Why are you using the wavelets?

Thanks

Syv

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Yes overdone but no time to refine. Perhaps the photo is not the best for this kind of treatment.
Wavelets is for local contrast (perhaps also too contrasty)

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What’s the difference between wavelets and the contrast by detail levels?

Thanks

Syv

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@foto
I cannot answer on the technical details. Perhaps it is documented in
rawpedia.

Inside the wavelet tool, I only use residual image/contrast and final touchup to increase local contrast. There is also the detail/local contrast tool that you can use.

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Use Faded neutral preset as a starting point and tweak it from there.

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Yes, the trick is to push the WB temperature to 60000, play with other WB sliders and desaturate.
Highlight reconstruction is sometimes required.

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I found a similar image of the bar here.
With ~ 75% desaturation and a slight color correction I could produce a similar look.

Sorry, that the sidecar file is for darktable: 4991181358_3301f505ea_b.jpg.xmp (3,0 KB).