I Don't Let My Over Exposure Show

Sometimes you take an amazing photo except it is slightly over exposed. This is how I fix it with Photoshop.
With the file open, duplicate the image by going under l layers and click on duplicate. On this layer change the mode from Normal to Multiply. Multiply looks at the color information in each channel and multiplies the base color by the blend color. The result color is always a darker color. Therefore multiplying a color with black makes black and multiplying a color with white leaves the color unchanged.
Keep duplicating this layer until you get the density that you like. After your finished you can do two things the first being use the eraser tool on the multiplied layer and erase the parts of the image that are to dark. Make sure to lower the opacity on the eraser tool and have it set to a softer setting. There is a good possibility that there will be a color cast on the areas that are still dark. Some photos this doesn't look bad others it looks horrible. To fix this refer to our advanced article on Layer Blending Mode.
Second option would be is to flatten the layers and convert the image to Black and White. I find by simply converting the image.

Cheers,
Mike