Used crude selection (and inversion of that selection) to create two layers on which to adjust curves and opacity. Cropped and sharpened.
Hoping that I brought out the "antique" mechanics of the piece.
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At first I thought this was an interesting picture that looked almost like a picture of a painting because of the lack of depth and it may in fact be that, but I like the break in the flatness by the feeling of movement of the pendulum