I love everything about this image, other than the "old photo" processing. The POV and colours are terrific, and all the technical stuff is spot on, but personally I don't like the added age.
Hmmm...valid point. I had the image already, it's from a few months ago, and I'd tried it in B&W and colour, but hadn't been happy with the results in either.
I saw a similar "antiqued" treatment on another forum, liked it, and wanted to give it a go, so I tried it on another image. Didn't like it as much as the one I was inspired by.
Remembered this image, gave it a go, it went much better.
IMHO there are some interesting things happening where the damage interacts with the colour, top LH and RH corners. A bit like sfumato, too, maybe.
As far as this image goes it set out to be an antique, and I'm happy with how it turned out. Maybe next time I'll see if a similar approach can pull it off without the foxing etc.
But when it comes down to it, we like what we like, don't we!