I tried several angles on this one - trying to get the sound board completely in view and none of the wooden frame - but I ended up really liking this angle best. It seemed to come off as more three dimensional than the others I tried.
1. Opened JPED in Elements 3.0
2 Adjusment layers - Levels, Hue/Sat adjustment
3. Crop
4. Desaturate and colorize to sepia (bronze)
5. Resize for web
6. USM, Reduce Noise and adjust contrast
7. Dodge on cross braces
8. Save for web
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wow.. I'm shocked at the 5's & 6's on this.. I was one of your 9's and have just come back around to see where it ended up. OH well, it's a wonderful image IMO, excellent work !!!