A quick edit in darktable 3.4…
DSC_0694.NEF.xmp (9.6 KB)
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Is the parametric mask working with the tone eq for you?? See above on my image …parametric mask was ingnored… rough drawn mask seems fine…
I don’t normally use a parametric mask with the tone eq, but it seems to work ok.
Thank you all for your answers!
The tone equalizer preset didn’t seem to be a good starting point for me, much too bright. But I played around with masking special areas as you did and used tone equalizer, local contrast in some instances and modified black point. Still not completely happy yet, but maybe on the right way…
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Your WB is way off on this edit …try adjusting that and see where you are…
Ya I normally don’t either. I was just going to try it on the tree as there was such a HDR in the scene I wanted to show the OP how much they could reveal. Thanks for your feedback
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@ExilPrinte Wanted to mention that your photo has a postcard feel to it. Makes me warm during these winter months. 
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You’re right, didn’t notice that while editing. Thanks for the hint.
Will also have a closer look at all the other versions, really curios to analyse the xmp-Files…
I forgot to add mine but you can always just use the jpg as a sidecar in lightable. It most often has the xmp metadata embedded. Try it with mine…Go to the history panel. Select load sidecar onto a duplicate of your raw file. In the dialogue box it will only show xmp but you can change to all files and then use the jpg file…it should behave as if you had loaded the xmp…
mostly tone equalizer, some color zones (lightness on the blues), and a little bit of haze removal seemed to do the job, but if you want the rocks to be as bright as the water you’d have to keep going…
DSC_0694.NEF.xmp (41.9 KB)
DSC_0694.jpg.out.pp3 (12.3 KB)
This is my outcome with the RT 5.8. I’ve tried to get more depth and more vivid waves, no HDR look.
