It must be. The amount of detail is incredible, and even trying to extract data from the before picture, it doesn't come close to what you see in the newly processed image.
My attempt: https://i.imgur.com/QZDDEB5.png
My attempt: https://i.imgur.com/QZDDEB5.png
Imagine:
1. Film -> Method 1 -> Photo #1
2. Film -> Method 2 -> Photo #2
Instead you tried:
3. Photo #1 -> Method 3 -> Photo #2
Which instead gives you a badly edited Photo #1. You don't have the source code, so to speak.
Looking at it "correctly" the man's image is obvious.
I enjoy image-art for this 'eye of the observer' opportunity.