Can this be improved?

[cbutton69]

This photo is very old. The center of it is washed out by too much light. Can it be improved some way?

[gwpriester]

It would require a lot of hand retouching I think. Because the center area is washed out means there is very little detail to bring out.

You can try adding a duplicate with stained glass transparency with a Circular shape. Make the center of the center 0% and the outside 100%. Clone this several times. It will make whatever is there darker.