This is a very interesting old picture of a rooster. Or is it? It must be - just check out the color scheme, the grain, and the blurring.
But then what's this? Well, it's the original picture, of course. But how'd they achieve this very effective aging effect?
Digital Photography School has a very interesting article on Antiquing Digital Images in Photoshop. It covers using a variety of techniques available in most versions of Photoshop to give that antique look to just about any image, including color removal, grain and blurring.
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