It could be useful to evaluate the possibility of using the new DoG (GEGL version on 2.10) when you want to increase the evidence of the lights in an image.
From this original (which is BTW an excellent image)
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you may get this outcome by:
- duplicating the layer
- applying GEGL DoG (defaults)
- changing the mode to Dodge
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I know, there are many other possibilities, but why not considering also this one.