Lightroom 4 testing

LR has done an impressive job of bringing out detail in the shadows. Have you have any problems with LR4 removing the tone curves in your LR3 photos? That's the one bug putting me off upgrading at the moment.

Mon grain de sel! J'aime les deux versions de cette photo! Elles viennent me cher her chacune différemment! Intéressant traitement! Je viens juste de télécharger LR4, alors ta chronique m'a donné le goût d'expérimenter un peu comme tu l'as fait!

I have no idea why, but both images intimidate!
I feel overwhelmed in an uncomfotable manner by the first.
The second is lifeless ... there's a barren sterility... maybe your intention?

There is something weird going on here and I'm not sure what so here's a few random thoughts.... in the first version I immediately thought "Georges Braque" - has a very abstract quality to it with the tones and shapes and angles. That, I like.

In terms of conveying the "vaultiness", I'm with you in that I don't think it does it and I think it might be something to do with the combination of the converging verticals mixed with the curve of the whole round the outside of the amphitheatre - together that gives me the impression that the whole picture is leaning to the right.

In the b/w version the contrast is too much for my taste (but I accept that is just a taste) - it feels almost like an etching.

Do not ask me why, Stéfan, but the mono picture draws me right into picture and that is something the first picture does not do with me. Yet the warm tones grab my attention in the first picture.

without the tonal differences, the second one becomes almost two dimensional.
Love the scene though