Adam,
First I would duplicate the track . On the above copy blow out the whites by using levels (input end .5). Then add a Gaussian blur (H&V @0.1). Then drop the opacity of the track or event to around 35%.
Insert a track between the two and add a solid color generated media. The color is R200,G200,B0,A50 (as close as I can come to gold).
Play with all the settings. BTW, if you add these FX at the track level it will work for all the pics on those tracks.
Jeff
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