I couldn’t resist. My own quick pass in RawTherapee…
20180415_0021.jpg.out.pp3 (12.4 KB)
I did sharpen slightly in GIMP and add a little bit of grain.
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Such a colorful flower, but b/w is also nice. Thanks @sls141 and @patdavid. So here is my above version without color.
20180415_0021_01.CR2.xmp (7.7 KB)
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My alt take.
2 gmic → interpolate bad pixels → equalize local contrast → crop → high contrast B&W → flatten, brighten and add contrast to mids and lights → sharpen (tonal) → resize → sharpen (edge) → add frame.
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My fav crop so far, intimate, nurturing the deep B&W, full of movement… well done bud!!! 
PS
Allow me to imitate the master
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I tried to go the opposite of vibrant or b/w, and choose to unleash some pastel onto this tulip.
Using RawTherapee: 20180415_0021_RT.jpg.out.pp3 (11.2 KB)
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That is high praise. I did spend a lot of time working and thinking on what to do with the soft factor. My colour image was purposefully subtle yet detailed so as to get the viewer to linger on it and look beyond the plastic appearance. The second, as you remarked, is about texture and movement. I am not an artist but thanks to @Thomas_Do, I was inspired to be one 
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20180415_0021.CR2.pp3 (11,1 KB)
after RT, get to gmic (equalize local histograms // -fx_map_tones_fast 20,0.2,11,0 // -simplelocalcontrast_p 25,1,50,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 opacity 40%), then silver-efex 
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Cracking image, beautiful flower. This was lots of fun to let loose and push the limits of color and contrast, keeping detail in the brightly lit feathered edges of the petals. Was trying to pay close attention to the blues and greens, also the incredible violet and brown anthers on the stamen. Exported as flat and neutral as possible from darktable, and took it all the way up in gimp.
Darktable flat export
Full blast chiaroscuro out of gimp
edit: In all my excitement I didn’t sharpen the final result, so fixed that.
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Parrot Tulip by Thomas_Do CC BY-NC-SA.CR2.xmp (7.2 KB)
Here’s my version, as edited on my live stream! You can still see the process for the next two weeks at twitch.tv/chicagocameraslinger
Thank you for sharing!!
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darktable 2.7, XMP embeddedDay mode:
Night mode:
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I used a great deal of time in RGB curves to pull the colors within the gamut.
As a consequence I’ve got a nice color separation between yellows and reds:
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