affinity photo Vintage rusted look

[unni]

This is an old scrap diesel electric engine.
To give a vintage look, the color and texture were modified selectively.
A layer (overlay blend mode) with stampings of a grunge brush was used to bring patches of rust.
The patches were selectively revealed through a black mask.
Channel mixer adjustment layer is used with its output channel red selected and green slider
to +200, red and blue slider around -30. This changes leaves from green to red-yellowish.
Again, revealed selectively by painting white on the inverted adjustment layer mask.
Similarly, levels, curves, unsharp mask, clarity were applied selectively by inverting each of the masks
and painting on it with white brush. Finally, a vignette was applied.
ABR brushes were downloaded from internet (Grunge_Brushes_by_Aramisdream)

The goal was to lead the viewer to the instrument panel, give a rusted , abandoned and vintage look.
The exhibit is actually inside Chennai railway museum, India.

First image is processed to achieve the goal.

 

This image below is unprocessed original.

[AffinityJules]

Nicely done.

One thing though. . .Personally, I would've left the greens, green.

[unni]

thank you @AffinityJules. i felt that the warm color for leaves would give a better match for the vintage look. 

[AffinityJules]

Yes, I get that. It's just that I have an indelible memory of rummaging around junkyards as a kid, and all the vehicles were always enveloped with the local shrubbery. Rust & Green, a hard memory to shake.