Part of the drive mechanism for an old A.B. Dick 360 offset duplicator (press is too hifalutin' a name for this one), taken on the weekend when it was idle.
Resized, no cropping.
Exposure compensation -1. One tone curve (RGB); convert to grayscale with Channel Mixer, then Duotone using Black and PMS 143; three applications of USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH=5/JPEG=6/10
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I almost prefer the original. The metallic blue gives something to the picture. Both shots are great though and definitely meet the challenge. Maybe a little more focus would have helped your score.
Thanks -- definitely my best score in a long time!
From the comments it seems I actually addressed the challenge topic in a straightforward way for a change.
Here's a link to a version (at pBase) in the original color; does anyone think it would have done better? I thought it was too dingy and grimy to score well, no matter how closely it met the topic.
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