I happened onto this by accident.
I was making a first attempt at getting out of auto modes and failed
as you can see. However it was a chance to play with PP and I
was happy with the results, so thought I'd share how I did it.
1. Before (resized only, don't mind the clutter..lol)
2.After
I used mainly plugins for this and worked in PSP.
Cropped and cloned out the distractions first.
Then used Photo Wiz BW Styler: Bromoil
Alien Skin Exposure 2: Tonality: Shadow Recovery-Moderate-50%
Filters Unlimited 2: Image Enhancement/Automatic Historgram Optimizer: 222
PSP's Digital Camera Noise Removal: 50, 50, 50, link checked, 50.5, 12.9
Duplicated the image and set blend mode to Soft Light at 80% opacity
I then used the Sharpen Brush a bit on the detail
I hope that someone finds this info useful.