-Handheld, macro mode
-Incandescent lighting, Tungsten WB
-RGB Curve
-Copied Green Channel to new Grayscale document
-Cropped a little from right and bottom
-Resized for DPC
-USM at 12%/48 dia/TH = 0
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (second application)
-USM at 66%/0.6 dia/TH = 5 (third application)
-Mode > RGB
-SaveAs JPEG at quality 10/10 = 132kb
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I can see the attempt was to have the tip of the drill bit in focus, while the background hardware is OOF. That part worked. Using the drill bit as the main subject doesn't pack enough interest to make this a really good shot. It's nice overall.
Not sure what it is about this,
Front drill bit is good idea, but I lose it and my eye immediately goes to the oof background. Perhaps a bit more light on the foreground?