Something different. This guy waited for a long long time in the basement for his portrait appointment.
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Looking forward to what you can do to this monk. Maybe you can make this image even more minimal?
Another quick play.
A blend of 0 and +3 EV in Enfuse, then into GIMP. Used my luminosity mask plug-in (five masked layers) to adjust brightness and contrast.
Tried to remove the gold on his sash - still a little rough but you get the idea.
DT 5.3 AgX
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I like how you make the faint smoke visible! Nice edit.
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After all those years in the basement, I thought I’d warm him up a bit 
darktable 5.3.0 using Agx.
Specifically adjusted the gold using colour equaliser: decreased brightness increased saturation. There was no need for two instances but I wasn’t certain I would use the same masking. Which I did.
SSecond attempt to upload xmp…
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Fine rendering of the photo @Thad_E_Ginathom only your .xmp is not downloadable…
Thank you Credit to the photographer @DanielLikesDT for the lovely pic!
I tried again with the upload of xmp
Works fine now!
Beautiful!
