In the Forbidden City

Taken in Beijing in the Forbidden City and converted to black and white.

There were numerous people in this picture so cloned out approx 30 - 35 people using CS5.

Again, hope you like it.

Taken with Canon EOS 5D MkII and Canon 24-105 F4.0 L IS at 24mm ~ 1/60 sec ~ F13 ~ ISO50 ~ Pattern metering.

Converted picture to black and white, adjusted various channels including red, yellow and green to allow the detail in the brickwork and paths to be seen, boosted contrast, sharpened using High Pass filter and reduced noise using noise Ninja.