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the histogram method is faster and more elegant.
I hardly ever use the exposure module. Looking at the histogram at the top right of Darkroom, if there is an area at either end that falls off, you can mouse drag left or right to pull the exposure to fill the entire graph. This is slightly different from exposure because it is increasing the tonal range instead moving everything equally. Of course, you can use masks to change exposure in certain areas, but I think
It's worth going through all the adjustment modules and move the sliders for each parameter to their limits just to see what crazy stuff happens. When you use them for real, it will be a more subtle adjustment. 
Okay, that is awesome. I really need to just spend some time in Darktable and really learn how to use it well. This picture is so much better than my original one.
I was using Darktable. "Shadows and Highlights" and "Local Contrast" were the major adjustments. A final "Local Contrast" was masked to only affect the foreground rocks. The rocks on the other side of the lake (left side) was how bright the foreground rock were before the last "Local Contrast"
Greg, did you increase the exposure of just the foreground and mountains in the background? When I brought the exposure up to where it had this kind of nice detail in the foreground it blew out the sky.