Originally posted by itshimitis Being stupid here but can't find anything in PS or LR with regard to the white point...
In the meantime, I have taken a brush with 25% on highlights and used it do burn those spots...
google "photoshop white point" for a bunch of stuff. Basically
setting the white point means selecting which tone you want converted to absolute white (0 hue, saturation and value). This is not what you would need to do. You would e.g. use the eyedropper to select the blown highlights, then use levels or curves to slightly reduce the brightest value in the selected area (see attachments -- note this is an older version of photoshop). If you look at the little arrow just above the "250" in the second image, what you are doing is re-setting the white point to that value. Once you've got it open and mess around with it, it quickly becomes obvious.
While still selected, you could then add noise in the selected area. I would do this on a separate layer, to enable changing opacity as needed. You could also do levels/curves as an adjustment layer enabling you to fine-tune the result. I suspect you can do similar things in LR, though I haven't used it.
Using the burn brush can work with finer detail, with large flat areas, you run the risk of visible streaking which may be unintentional.
Edit: just want to add you did a great job with the burning! Whatever works, eh?
Last edited by dsmithhfx; 05-05-2016 at 11:21 AM.