Nothing much to say 
I’m just curious how would others treat this kind of photo
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Not having been there I’m not sure at all what colour(s) the lights actually had. Here’s my take:
darktable 4.4.2 XH1F4774.RAF.xmp (11.5 KB)
And a B&W version:
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Thanks for the play Here is my practising-vkdt-attempt:
XH1F4774.RAF.cfg (3.4 KB)
Your X-H1 looks good at ISO2000!
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Heh. I am liking everyones’ versions. Since the lighting is so artificial, everything looks good.
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Well, yeah, I must admit it was my intention not to tell you about the lighting - I was wandering where is the threshold when the viewers say: “I don’t like it, the colours are bad” and how other photographers perceive the scene, how they find colours looking good / bad, and when they fix them
I seek how far I can go with my edits (I’m still comparing output given by Sigmoid & Basecurve - in photos like that they can differ dramatically).
The main light was indeed quite warm and to be honest, after editing 100 pictures I found that… turning off Colour Calibration and setting good old White balance to “Incandescent” gives the most pleasing look for me 
And finally, I decided to give Fujifilm X RAW Studio a try and was suprised how much I liked “Acros + R” film simulation.
Thank you so much for your (present and perhaps future) edits!
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I like to think about it as the last, most mature and refined Fujifilm camera with the X-Trans III sensor - they had plenty of time and feedback since its launching in X-Pro 2 & X-T2 
Although all the edits are nice and educational, this one struck me - it’s something different, pleasant to my eye and I never achieve (or try to achieve) that faded look. I like it!
Did you create the used LUT (autochrome-3-…-srgb.cube) yourself or is that one (freely?) available on-line?
Thanks, I figured a number of the other edits were good in a faithful way so I might as well bring something different to the table.
Created myself, but almost never use any more as I prefer playing with the other modules. It’s just part of a style I apply which is why it’s there. Can share it if you like.