It is fashionable to add grunge to age photographs, distress furniture, even purchase faded and ripped jeans - efforts to represent 'weathered, unique and real' to make something stand out from the crowd.
@lesleyallen - thank for the positive comments Lesley :) I used some texture overlays to enhance the tones, but I did not turn it to sepia or split processing. In Australia in the 70's, pretty much everything that did not move was painted the colour called 'Mission Brown', and the remnants are on the fence still, and the ivy was killed by the recent frosts. I did do just a little dodge & burn on the leaves.
@monika64 - thanks Monika - just looked at it enlarged, & I agree it looks better with the black background. I knew it was not a shot that was going to be appealing as a thumbnail!!
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@jenrobcarr thanks Jennifer - I am glad the uploaded version has not collapsed into a congealed brown mess!
@monika64 - thanks Monika - just looked at it enlarged, & I agree it looks better with the black background. I knew it was not a shot that was going to be appealing as a thumbnail!!