Forbidden Door, before-n-after

[jays0n]

Before:



After


I had post the after of these in the "Share your shots" forum and now have the before loaded someplace so could show here. I did a little contrast first to the color one (as is shown) then to get the b&w, reduce temp, reduce color, add color, reduce color, a bit, to get the greenish metal looking b&w.

[windrider86]

I REALLY enjoy the second one. wonderful job. But I have to ask, is this really a door?

[cwphotography]

I like them both. Both shots give a little bit different to the story.

[GemMoth]

That's awesome. Desaturating can brings lots of things! I tend to put my pictures in black and white when the color are too messy and distract from the subject. But, I haven't done any picture where it brings so much textures like this!

[irishwhite]

Originally Posted by windrider86

I REALLY enjoy the second one. wonderful job. But I have to ask, is this really a door?

i imagine it's one of the large doors in the Forbidden City, or a replica. looks similar to this one: Forbidden City Door

[jays0n]

Thanks all for the great comments, I have been away from the PC all morn and could not respond. The door that last commenter linked is the same one or a very similar one. Thanks for that, as other folks asked about it.

j

[jays0n]

Originally Posted by windrider86

I REALLY enjoy the second one. wonderful job. But I have to ask, is this really a door?

Hey thanks and see the other comments, someone was nice enough to hunt one down that shows the thing better. There are more on flickr but I only did some crazy angle type shots of them when I was there.

Thanks again

j

[markov]

wow this looks nice.. amm.. but may i ask what this is?

[jays0n]

Originally Posted by markov

wow this looks nice.. amm.. but may i ask what this is?

Thank you and you sure can. This is a door on the inner side of the entrance hall into the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

j