So I’m a big Steve McCurry look fan. Those super saturated yet muted dark colours …oh I can’t even put it into words. So I worked on it on and off and maybe some of you might be interested in the progress, and perhaps might have a thing or another to add… Either way here we go.
To begin with, some samples; then raw files below. Also, if you have raw files that look similar to the types of scenes and light that he photographs and you’d be willing to throw them this article’s way in order to do testing on them, that would be great! 
Samples so far:
Some RAW files: (think of these as play raw; edit and play with them as you please GPL style)
S7_05582.ARW (47.5 MB)
S7_05489.ARW (46.8 MB)
S7_05461.ARW (47.1 MB)
These files are licensed Creative Commons, By-Attribution, Share-Alike
The RawTherapee PP3s so far:
SteveMcCurry-like-1–for_Daylight5300–S7_05910.ARW.pp3 (14.4 KB)
SUMMER-CONTRASTY-2020----SteveMcCurry-like-4C-bluesatfix-experimental-LIGHTER–for_Daylight5300–S7_05910.ARW.pp3 (14.5 KB)
SUMMER-CONTRASTY-2020-pushed----SteveMcCurry-like-4C-bluesatfix-experimental-LIGHTER–for_Daylight5300–S7_05910.ARW.pp3 (14.5 KB)
SteveMcCurry-like-2-LIGHTER–for_Daylight5300–S7_05910.ARW.pp3 (14.1 KB)
SteveMcCurry-like-3-experimental-LIGHTER–for_Daylight5300–S7_05910.ARW.pp3 (14.3 KB)
SteveMcCurry-like-4-experimental-LIGHTER–for_Daylight5300–S7_05910.ARW.pp3 (14.5 KB)
SteveMcCurry-like-4-B-darkREDs-experimental-LIGHTER–for_Daylight5300–S7_05910.ARW.pp3 (14.5 KB)
SteveMcCurry-like-4C-bluesatfix-experimental-LIGHTER–for_Daylight5300–S7_05910.ARW.pp3 (14.5 KB)