How can I remove the sun glare from this photo? Is it possible?

[tillitea1]

[Lundberg02]

Exposure latitude is the basic problem with the pic, once you use Levels to cure a lot of that, There's not a whole lot left you can do except fake it.

[bjm61912350]

Dude! Your a freakin nerd!!! Get a life

[SaraBequette]

It's probably easier to do now than in was in 2012. I just ran across this post and had to give your image a try.

Steps taken:

1. First, I used the ruler tool to level the photo - using the horizon line (where the sky and water meet) as a level. Then, I cropped it so that the horizon line meets the vertically "one-third" from the top and the couple is centered horizontally.
2. Next, I created a new layer and hand-painted the brown shirt over the "faded" section due to the lens flare. I selected a brown color from the bottom section of the shirt. (This can be done with an even cleaner transition, I was trying to do this quickly.) I set this layer to "overlay".  Use a layer mask to keep this effect where you want it.
3. I added an adjustment layer and played with the levels until I was happy with the results. (Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels...) My result looks a bit posterized, so you'd have to play with it some more if you don't like that effect.
4. Finally, I used the clone stamp tool to paint the "faded" water, using [Alt] and clicking where I wanted to paint from (the darker blue water.)

There are a large variety of ways to make corrections such as these, but here's my stab at it:

Was a fun picture to tackle! I'm surprised you didn't get more interested in trying to manipulate it.

[Trevor.Dennis]

If we are revisiting this image, then there are some other new features we can try, like the new Make Better filter in Camera RAW.  I had it set to improve Foreground subjects in this example.

[bjm61912350]

Do any of you nerds have jobs?????

[Trevor.Dennis]

bjm61912350 wrote:

Do any of you nerds have jobs?????

Hey, thanks for bumping this.  My post put the thread at 27 views, and then it died without a single person seeing my wee visual gag.  Now you woken it up again, even if it was to get grumpy with Marion and myself. 

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Do any of you nerds have jobs?????

Difficult to tell with with written communication (edit: for me at least) so just to make sure: Was that meant humorously?

[bjm61912350]

Just sayin