Book Development - Part 1

Here I made adjustments to the Black and White adjustment layer.  The bright white effect it gives off looks very urban and grimey.

Experimentation with the Colour adjustments, here is a sepia effect that unfortunately doesn't add much to the image.

Experimentation with the curves brought back the bright white effect, but less grungy.  Messing with the Levels feature brought back that grungy, urban feel.

All these are variations of the Hue/Saturation.  I wanted to see if I could get anything from a different coloured grate, and the last test looks grungy in its own way.

I experimented with vibrance and exposure, and found that exposure gave an urbanised look to the image.

I duplicated the grate and used the transform tool to experiment with rotation.  I used layer styles to overlay the duplicated image with the original.  The effect the second experiment gives off is really urban and goes well with my personal brief.

I coupled this with exposure and other layer styles to add to this grungy look.