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How it was done

The idea is to give this image more atmosphere and produce an antique look.

• The image was duplicated in the Layers panel.

• Turn off the visibility of the top layer.

• The Background image was made active and an Adjustment layer for Black & White was added.

  The default settings are a good average starting point but the opportunity is there to give colours a brighter or darker tone.

• A tint can be added here also, and a very pale orange was added.
  
  
  
• Turn on the visibility of the top layer.
  A change of Mode and Opacity will give some colour to the final image.

  Several Modes can improve the result and it's all a matter of taste and how strong an effect you want to achieve.
  I settled on Vivid Light at 25%.

• Flatten the image.

• To darken the corners and create a vignette Lens Correction was opened. The Vignette sliders of Amount and Midpoint create this effect.

• Some noise texture would help. That is found under Filter > Noise > Add Noise. A small amount of Gaussian Monochrome noise does the business.
  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
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