Dim Whit needs assistance with White Spot

I am using PSE 9 and a Mac. I am a new learner to photography and Photoshop. Although I have read, studied, and worked with tutorials, I am having great difficulty in having success with editing some pictures I took for my niece. She is getting married and does not have money for a photographer, so she ask me to take some photos. I have been unable to succefully use the clone stamp to fix the sun spot in the middle of the couple. Maybe I am going about it the wrong way, could someone please help me walk through how to fix this photo, then "I" can fix the rest of the photos that also have this problem. I would appreciate your assistance greatly, and I know my Niece will also.

It’s a difficult situation caused by camera lens flare by taking the photo against the light rather than keeping the sun behind you.
I think all you can do I to use the dodge and burn tools. Firstly the burn tool by repeatedly clicking with the mouse to gradually darken some of the areas within the spotlight. You may need to then select the dodge tool to lighten any areas such as skin which may become too dark.
These tools are nested with the sponge tool and if you keep pressing the O key you can toggle through them.
Alternatively use one of the filters to add more lens flare turning a mistake into a feature of sparkle!

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Insert into user_tab_col_test (table_name, column_name, data_type) values ('table2', 'column3', 'varchar2')
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table1 column2
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2) Is my query proper and is this the best way to return my desired results? I.e. I want all columns from user_tab_col_test and I only want to display the constraint_name from all_cons_columns_test if the constraint_name = 'primary'.
3) Will the synatx be the same if I need to join a third table to all_cons_columns_test?
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AND C.TABLE_NAME = AC.TABLE_NAME
AND C.CONSTRAINT_NAME = AC.CONSTRAINT_NAME
and AC.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'P'
ORDER BY u.table_name
,           u.column_name
;While it is possible to use both join styles in the same query, it's a really bad idea. I suggest always using ANSI syntax, especially for outer joins, but whatever style you choose, use it consistently for all joins in the same query.
In this case, you want an inner join between tablec c and ac, so the ANSI syntax would be something like
FROM u LEFT OUTER JOIN c ON ... JOIN ac ON ...In this case, it's very important that the inner join between c and ac is done before the outer join with u. How can you make sure that happens? Well, if you have an arithmetic expression such as
12 * 5 - 1and you want to make sure the subtraction of 1 from 5 takes place before the multiplication by 12, what do you do? You can add parentheses:
12 * ( 5 - 1 )In ANSI join syntax, you can use parentheses the same way:
FROM u LEFT OUTER JOIN ( c ON ... JOIN ac ON ... )or, in full:
SELECT    u.table_name
,        u.column_name
,        c.constraint_name
,       ac.constraint_type
FROM             user_tab_col_test      u
LEFT OUTER JOIN (
                         all_cons_columns_test c
           JOIN all_constraints_test   ac
                             ON   ac.table_name     = c.table_name
                      AND ac.constraint_name     = c.constraint_name
                        ON    u.table_name       = c.table_name
               AND   u.column_name       = c.column_name
               AND   ac.constraint_type = 'P'
WHERE       u.table_name     = 'table1'
ORDER BY u.table_name
,            u.column_name
;Output:
TABLE_NAME COLUMN_NAME CONSTRAINT_NAME CONSTRAINT_TYPE
table1     column1     primary         P
table1     column2
table1     column3
table1     column4

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