Another challenging image is @verlakasalt FRAME_10800_2.16_2.46_R3920.0_G4128.0_B3952.0.dng
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Applying the same method above for the synthetic color target.
The area-of-interest that best represent the unclipped image is the bright reflection in the bottom of the frame.
The resulting image with the synthetic color target:
And the result of processing the Resolve nodes:
Well that does not look like the DNG.
Let’s throw some temperature correction and keep the offset level in the taste node…
That looks closer to the DNG.
Saved in Resolve as 16bit TIFF and converted in Rawtherapee to 8bit PNG.