One of the objectives of my latest London visit was to get some shots in of Big Ben before it is totally shrouded in scaffolding from early this year for the next 3 years. This is the last of the sequence for the moment. For this one I moved a very short way from the last shot to the start of the paths tunnel under Westminster Bridge. After setting uo with the tripod out of the way of walkers, cyclists and skateboarders I got this shot inbetween the passers by.

The picture was taken on a tripod with a Sony A700 with a Sigma 10-20 mm lens at 20mm. I took 3 shots for HDR but used the minus 2 EV image to process in the Develop Module of Lightroom 5. Adjustments were made to the whites and blacks and with the adjustment brush to get the correct exposure throughout. Then edited in Photoshop. Darkened just the clockface with a brightness adjustment layer and a layer mask. Cropped to suit and then further editing with Topaz Clarity and DeNoise. Some tidy up with the heal and clone tools. Worked very well to remove litter from the pavement.