Piney sunrise as it looked ... ?

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I am not saying this is what the OP wanted in the image, but I just did this edit for the heck of it using a single exposure. The shadow recovery was mainly achieved using the color balance rgb module in DT V4.5.
IMG_9815
IMG_9815.CR3.xmp (17.6 KB)

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I wasn’t looking for anything specific, just curious what would be done. Your version (and mine as well) shows a little more visual detail than was immediately visible to my naked eye onsite, but that’s usually the way I work as well. Nice job.

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IMG_9816-hdr
IMG_9816-hdr1920×2877 2.22 MB

Using some strong HLR in filmic
IMG_9816-hdr.dng.xmp (19.7 KB)

EDIT…tone eq mask needs tweaked as there are some artifacts in the tips of the tree line… didn’t notice them originally…

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IMG_9814-2
IMG_9814-22668×4000 3.5 MB

IMG_9814-2.jpg.out.pp3 (14 KB)

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Playing with RawTherapee, GIMP L-a-b and GIMP GEGL Color C2g - two versions.

IMG_9816 GEGL C2g
IMG_9816 GEGL C2g4012×6016 15.6 MB

IMG_9816 GEGL C2gM
IMG_9816 GEGL C2gM4012×6016 12.5 MB

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I went for a rather subdued look.
IMG_9815.CR3.xmp (14.9 KB)

IMG_9815
IMG_98151334×2000 1.88 MB

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Okay, my first try was to convert the three images in RT and then merge them in GIMP. Then the darkest image alone with some tone curves and weird saturation boost looked better than the merger - here it is

IMG_9815_RT-7
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IMG_9815_RT-7.jpg.out.pp3 (17.0 KB)

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That’s pretty close to how I remember it.

Thanks.

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