Grandfather's clock, ASA 3000 (it was dark!), sharpened as possible and noise reduced. Channel mixer used to render b/w and image inversely spherized (distortion), then radial blurring.
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Johannes - This is an interesting image and I like the end result overall. Just food for thought...there's a slight chance you could have some trouble trying to get an image validated using the techniques as described. The thinking in prior circumstances is that an element has been added that didn't exist in the original capture. Best of luck to you in future challenges.
Zoom, zoom, zoom. Sounds like a Mazda car commercial. :P Nice job keeping focus on the center of this to get a clean zoom on the numbers. Good luck in the challenge.