I like it Ryan, I can almost smell the mustiness! The composition is very good, as is depth of field. Never being one to leave well enough along, and always loving to see stuff in black and white, I converted it to grayscale to see how it would look. I think it works equally well, if not better, in black and white. Black and white often brings out the abstract qualities of an image much better than does color. I can really see this one in "sepia". What do you think?
Ok, couldn't resist. Here it is in Photoshop "sepia" tone, which is really only an approximation. I think the "sepia" actually blows the straight grayscale out of the water, but that's just me. The grayscale conversion is very "cool", whereas the "sepia" adds more "warmth" to it. PS's sepia tends toward a more "cool" sepia rather than a "warmer" sepia anyway. An actual sepia toned black and white print would look much better. I have even known folks to tone a print in
coffee of all things to get that warm tone, though I have never tried it. Not sure if decaf makes a difference, hehehe. I always went with the tried and true Kodak sepia kits. Your original image was somewhat monochromatic in nature, and it seems with sepia, we are going back more to what your original looked like!
