Edited with Krita 5:
Used many cross-channel adjustment filter masks to separate the sky from the ground.
Layers Outline:
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Second attempt. Now with oversaturating. Thanks to @lylejk idea. However, I did LAB color adjustment for this one and went with boosting the green part of A. I did more than just that. I applied levels luminosity to the ground, sharpened image a bit. Still with Krita 5.
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Slight color difference between trees emphasized with the Hue-by-Hue curve in
L*a*b*
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It is a really strange and tricky picture. I can’t reach a point, where I’m really satisfied. Anyway another try:
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What a wonderful tree!!
This one done in ART with, among others, the new Tetrahedral Color Warping (HSL) module.
PS. No masking used.
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Hey everybody, I am blown away by the inventiveness and the variety of renditions. It is inevitable that something must be compromised. My personal pick is the second post by @Popanz because it really achieves the separation between the foliage of the Poinciana and the tree behind on the left.
@Jean-Marc_Digne, this particular Poinciana specimen has already lost a lot of its colourful blooms, however some others nearby are just coming into their best. There are some truly grand specimens over 100 years old in the vicinity of Wellington Point :
but these are almost always impossible to capture without powerlines or other infrastructure. Sadly, many have the top of the crown hacked away for powerlines to pass through!
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Not in flower (it was April), but the largest specimen in my tagged collection.
I was completely unaware of this kind of tree before this thread, so I looked it up. I’m surprised to learn that it is a type of bean plant!
@paulmatth , where can I find this “Tetrahedral Color Warping (HSL) module”. Which version of “Art” is this module in? Where can I find documentation?
Edit:
Paul answered my question (thank you), see below. Also I found a topic about this on this forum:
https://discuss.pixls.us/t/new-feature-support-for-ctl-scripts
Hello @iarga , it’s the latest version of ART, 1.21. Get it from here:
https://bitbucket.org/agriggio/art/downloads/
You also need to download the ctl scripts, they are here:
https://bitbucket.org/agriggio/art-ctlscripts/src/master/
As usual with ART: no documentation, apart from some words of Alberto / @agriggio
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Hi,
I’ve added one-line descriptions of the filters to the README
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For some reason I tried this one on both RT and ART.
I didn’t try to “equalize” values, just tried to make the picture feel nice and bold the red.
I also tried not to use “advanced” color settings (HSL, curves, etc). Just “played” with the “simple” controllers.
I first used RT, then ART, then 2nd attempt on RT.
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I liked in RT:
- That the clouds feel more “real”.
- More detailed feel of the tree trunks.
- That It was pretty fast and easy to get this result.
I did try though in second version to make the sky feel more like in ART, but couldn’t get there quite right.
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I liked in ART:
- More “natural”, clear look, of the sky.
- Less detailed = more “easy-on-the-eyes” (subjective, of course).
I assume if I would have tried harder “one-on-one” settings, or somethings like that, I might have gotten more look-alike results, but again, I did this in NO professional manner, just tried to make it feel nice and red 
and to see “something” about my “work-flow” (I’m still very new to this).
Thank you for the practice!
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