My Graphite Drawing and its Modified Version in Photoshop

I created this drawing in 1995. It took 3 months to complete. Last night I took some time to experiment with it a bit in Photoshop. I like both versions - kind of an apples and oranges thing.

https://chromosphere.com/chromosphere_bw.jpg

...and the digitally modified version 2019:

https://chromosphere.com/chromosphere.jpg

It turned out to be rather interesting...

 

Here is a screenshot of the thumbnail images. I'm tweaking the colors, and I think I have it all balanced out. I think I like the following image the best. It's a world of difference between the original graphite pencil drawing and the digitally modified version. The best seems to be a combination of the two

 

May I ask you what it is? I am not learned.

The one you're showing is great. I am a sucker for gray colors so the bottom 1, 3, 4 look good to me too.

 

Interesting, I like the gray as it resembles the drawing itself, but the one with just a touch of color is my favorite. Thanks for sharing with me @qwikad.com

Oh, and it's a drawing of 3 christmas tree ornaments (the silver/chrome balls) set on striped fabric drawn in pencil. It took 3 months to create. Congress (Jim Kolbe) awarded me an Excellence in Fine Arts award, or something along those lines. I was amazed.