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This image is one I'm quite pleased with, but it almost made the scrap heap (if you don't like what I've done please say so - I appreciate all feedback - in fact feel free to offer up your take on the shot - clicking the original image takes you to a larger version).

So anyway I was quite interested in this particular piece of equipment on the Cockatoo Island shoot, but the light was bad and I was damned if I could get the white balance right. I came back to the shot several times and played with it to no avail. Finally one step before I deleted it I decided to have a go at a black & white treatment. Despite never having intended this as a monochrome (well sepia toned) shot I'm happy with the result.

This is the original image





and this is the final version

Very nice processing Peter. The final image makes the machinery more nostalgic and more 'at home'.

I like what you have done with this Peter. The lighting conditions certainly look harsh in the original shot. The result looks like you took a photo of print made 100 years ago, and I think it looks great.

The second is more exciting, visually. You introduced grain, made it monocromatic and added vigneting. I like it!

with what's been said so far, I would even try a little more sepia.