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At 25s exposure for that time of day, you are illuminating your subject with very soft light and very blue light. Your CC for the WB is better than most folks do with such strong blue light. Still a bit of blue in the log, but that could be there @ AI=AR to the blue sky in the daylight anyway (subjective to retain or neutralize).
The uber-soft light affords a decision as to whether you are trying to present the mood for the time of the day, or you are going to need to add contrast to present for a more "daylight" look. In the original, it struck me as a bit incongruous because the luminance appeared to be daylight, but the contrast is softer than daylight would be. Balancing your PP contrast to the starting point of your lighting contrast to your desired presentation can be a judicious proposition.
Your changes to contrast in the rework bring the contrast more in line with "daylight", but I might look at using a mask to retain the lower contrast in the shadow areas as they would naturally be of lower contrast anyway.
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