Picture taken with high brightness

[Armando Ivan]

Hi All,

My first post and it's for asking for a little help. Someone took this photo of me with my phone but the brightness settings were set really high. I have no experience with photography, tried to fix it with picasa or other simple programs moving around the brightness setting but no good results. Wondering if someone could help me to make it look normal?

Thanks a lot!

 

[Stric9]

This picture was way over exposed. This is the best I can do with it. The solid white area are clipped and you can't regain that data.

In my opinion the best tools for working on this are in Camera Raw. Click Edit>prefrences>file handling> then select this option.

Then open your image and play with the white balance sliders to get the best results.