Pretty new to darktable and I am struggling to achieve the same results as I can with Capture One which I have been using for years. I will be grateful for any suggestions.
RAW file:
2020-12-14-X-T3-DSCF2168.RAF (28.2 MB)
Here is a quick 5 minute editing in Capture One
Hi, I think in your picture there is very agressive sharpening. Here my edit in DT 3.4
2020-12-14-X-T3-DSCF2168.RAF.xmp (16.6 KB)
Thanks for sharing!
EDIT: Fixed the sidecar link snafu
Wasn’t expecting such a wave 
Great shot, went for the protagonist and some mood:
2020-12-14-X-T3-DSCF2168_R.jpg.out.pp3 (13.6 KB)
It looked like a dynamite explosion at first. 
Great shot!
Yes, also detail and color information got lost.
Left Capture one, right darktable 3.4.
Here my attempt:
Cool. this brings out the rainbow on the bottom left. First time I am noticing this.
Hi, I’m new! Thought I might as well start playing with this amazing picture. 
I think this image benefits from a 4:3 crop. Makes the splash more prominent and leaves only one tree for scale. I also cropped away the kind of distracting pool of water in the lower right corner.
2020-12-14-X-T3-DSCF2168.jpg.out.pp3 (15.1 KB)Deceivingly Fun!
Wanted to lift the shadows, proved more challenging than I thought. I messed wtih the filmic curve to get it close, then shaped it with a separate control point curve. Bit too blue, so I added a second white balance on top of as-shot to scooch the blue channel left. Bit of denoise, and voila. In rawproc:
