i'm sure you could do better with less...

[jimd]

… I mean, 64 actions. C’mon…

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2 (21.6 MB)
25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (210.4 KB)

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[Tim (Tim Cuthbertson)]

Beautiful shot!

15 steps, and only 8 of them were mine. darktable 5.0.1

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (8.4 KB)

[jimd]

cheers

[gigaturbo]

My history says 40 steps

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (26.2 KB)

[Popanz (Uli)]

I’m counting 27

25-04-10_MG_5443 (1).CR2.xmp (20,4 KB)

or maybe a bit warmer:

25-04-10_MG_5443 (1).CR2.xmp (20,8 KB)

[Thomas_Do (Thomas)]

My version in 18 steps …

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (13.5 KB)

[tankist02]

8 simple steps in ART, nothing fancy:

[streetfighter (Tim Wood)]

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (23.0 KB)

Here’s my attempt. There are a lot of modules turned on here but I only really made 1 or 2 manual adjustments (agx + crop):

1. I applied my “filmic color adjustment” style (color equalizer and rgb-primaries)
2. lens correction + denoise
3. crop + play around with agx sliders ← only real manual step
4. halation + de-sharpen + grain

[streetfighter (Tim Wood)]

And here is my more “standard” looking edit.

25-04-10_MG_5443_02.CR2.xmp (16.1 KB)

1. Added contrast in sigmoid
2. Added more contrast and color balance RGB primaries
3. Local contrast on, contrast equalizer raised
4. Rgb primaries to find some nice purple tones
5. Color equalizer to emphasize certain colors

[david]

A quick play in GIMP.

[Popanz (Uli)]

a different approach:

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (20,5 KB)

[Christian-B (Christian Bouhon)]

Hello,

Here’s a bright and soothing version.
From 1 to 20 is my basic edition.

25-04-10_MG_5443_03.CR2.xmp (25.1 KB)
DT 5.1 (master)
Greetings from the Luberon,
Christian

[dqpcoxeas]

My version…

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (20,1 KB)

[Azzy]

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (25.6 KB)

[Popanz (Uli)]

With AgX all in all 19 steps:

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (12,6 KB)

[age]

25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.arp (12.6 KB)

[photomf (massimo fiorentini)]

25-04-10_MG_5443.jpg.out.arp (11.9 KB)

ART + Gimp 3.02

[MnFlojte (Joe)]

25-04-10_MG_5443_01.jxl (639.5 KB)
25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (13.6 KB)

[arctic (Andrea)]

Here my version using agx-emulsion and positive film Velvia 100 data, plus an xpan crop.
As few steps as it gets in darktable, wb 5200K, denoising and crop, 25-04-10_MG_5443.CR2.xmp (6.5 KB).

[lylejk (Lyle Kroll)]

Crop, indeed, needed. Got rid of some distractions and also added a bokeh filter (G’MIC) since, well, I like bokeh. lol
Sharpened the bee and done.