underexposed with a flare

[j2e4a8n]

Well, I tried a lot on this one.

Check for the floare when corrected for exposure

[imported_ganna]

CM and I touched this :)

[ggroess]

Very nice...

Jean,
The flare might have to be tackled on the individual channels...

Greg

[j2e4a8n]

CM and I touched this :)

See the kind of oblique window above the guy legs

Can we get rid of that?

[mikemeister_admin]

Nice work Ganna.I selected the group and the shadow and pulled down the brightness,result looks kinda photoshopped.Maybe some sort of selection and gradient fill,problem is flare continues along shadowline and back to camera.

[imported_ganna]

CM and I touched this :)

See the kind of oblique window above the guy legs

Can we get rid of that?

It will take lots of time and patience and I still don't know what result to expect. Can try with the clone stamp tool to get rid of the hard transition between light and dark but I do not know of an easy way to do it.

[ggroess]

You could try:

Split channels from the channels pallet.  Edit each separate image in B&W to remove the flare in gray scale. 
Then copy each channel back into the original replacing the old flared channel with the new repaired channel.

The commands are just copy and paste using the channels pallet and if you take a few minutes you can get a fairly good repair.

More time and effort would only help..  I have 5 minutes into this...

[imported_ganna]

Thanx Greg, this is a new method to me. Will give it a try.