Bit late now, but you should of PM'd me and I could of talked you through my processing steps! The crop and composition are bang on! But not too sure about the BW conversion. nice one!
You captured the location and crop for your entry very well. However, there are two things that really keep this image from being a great Déjà Vu image, the lack of tonal range and the shadow from shooting at a different time of day/year. Although there appears to be a complete tonal range in this image (there are blacks and whites), the main subjects almost appear as one shade of gray. And the shadow across the bridge is a distraction compared to the same area, which was the wow factor, in the original. Normally I try to provide some suggestions for better B&W conversion but CNovack provided the same advice I normally would.
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I’m not a big fan of tone mapping, but we are in a emulation challenge. Same shot, perfect framing, different time of day, and processing. 6.5 oh hell round up to a 7.
I like the composition of this classic scene. Thought to my eyes it seems as if a slight white point adjustment would have improved the overall contrast. The slight toning is nice. 6
Wonderful emulation of the original! Love the angles seen here that really add punch to the composition. While a great emulation there is one major flaw in the composition. The tones and contrast are very flat. They need to pop more. If this is a B&W conversion from color simply pressing the greyscale button doesn't do the image justice (something I learned very quickly when participating in the B&W side challenge) . Color tones get lost with just just the desaturation greyscale conversion. One needs to play around with different settings to really get a good dynamic range of tones. This DPCer's tutorial is a good one on Methods of B&W Conversion. Your composition is great, lighting appears good, but you really need to increase the dynamic tonal variation in your B&W tones to really make this pop.
A noble attempt at Mark's masterpiece. I actually like the shadows in your version, but his just has that wonderful metallic feel to it. I wonder how he does that?
I think the lighting here really detracts from the shot. It's caused very harsh and distracting shadows on the bridge supports. As well I don't like the toning used on this shot. That said the technicals of the shot itsef are good, nice and sharp front to back and the composition is good
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