shot at high ISO, then cropped, that's always difficult. looks like you used neatimage or similar programs already. Maybe bring a tripod next time and drop the ISO.
my goal is to comment on every photo in this challenge..heres urs..good luck..i love the old look u have given this..great contrast..only thing that bothers me here is the wheel is cut off at the top and the right side...i would have prefered to have seen the whole wheel8
I like the tones in this one. Very vintage looking. I only wish that the entire hand break was visible. I think you could have cropped the bottom a bit and not lost anything.
Beautiful metal object. Maybe changing th depth of field to blur more of the background would have highlighted th texture and form of the wheel. Also it would be a litle nicer to have the full wheel , too bad it's cropped at top.