How to reduce sunlight in one corner of video

[Scott Sheriff]

Lots of great ideas here on how to fix this.
I would offer one more that is an old school trick.
Sometimes it is possible to ‘steal’ a piece of the BG and use it to cover things like this. Could be tough due to all the edges created by the palms. Or the busy nature of the surroundings might make it easier to hide the fix. Hard to say for sure without trying. Just thought I’d throw it out there.

Scott Sheriff
Director
https://www.sstdigitalmedia.com

I have a system, it has stuff in it, and stuff hooked to it. I have a camera, it can record stuff. I read the manuals, and know how to use this stuff and lots of other stuff too.
You should be suitably impressed…

[David Roth weiss]

As I look over this thread two things come to mind:

1) the left bottom corner is hot and does draw the viewer’s gaze now.

2) when it’s fixed using even the most cursory method, if the viewer’s gaze is still focused on that section of the frame, Heather needs to work on the story, not the color grading.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles
https://www.drwfilms.com

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