Wow what a difference between the two, very nice. I have heard of Siril, actually have it loaded on my Linux PC but not used it! -yet. Yup you must certainly be addicted but why not with these results.

Love the background OOF, really dreamy. Good work.

Agree, lovely shots.

Welcome, can't wait to see some of your photos.

The first one is near as SOOC, I did remove a dust spot or two, but the white balance was set on a saved K setting of 6784 I believe and I thought was a bit more warmer than actual. Therefore on the second pic I did lower the WB temp in PP to 6473 K in RT but everything else was SOOC. Both shots were handheld BTW, f10, 1/40th sec, 105mm, ISO 100.
The 3rd shot was on the tripod, and I set WB on camera to Cloudy, which showed in PP as temp 4104k (FYI) settings ; f7.1, 28mm, ISO 100, 1/20th sec. I did crop a bit off this one but SOOC really. I took numerous shots and underexposed in steps to stop the sunlight blowing the highlights, checking results each time.

Thanks all for the comments.

Just after Sunset when the sky really got going! hope you enjoy.
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I saw this catching the light, it's a bit whacky but here we go anyway - don't ask what I've been on!

Wow, these work for me, good photos

+1 enjoyed them.

"I hope you will forgive me editing your picture"
"I think there might be a little of it left, even so. What do you think? "
No problem with your edit BTW. I quite like it, and if there is a bit of a red tinge left, to my (poor) eyes it's a good sign, as it more realistically captures the scene. I did remember my ND filter has this effect and adjusted the colour temp (in haste I might add) from 6473 to 5492 in RT, but obviously this was inadequate. I had another look and lowering the temp even more begins to turn Blue, as you would expect, I shall now use the colour picker more often. Thanks for the comments all.