Correcting flash of framed photo

[Photon713]

I am attaching a 1900 era photo of a family member. We were only able to take a digital camera shot from the framed early photo. Unfortunately, the photo picked up the flash of the digital camera. What do I need to do to fix this photo? I am a new member and this is my first attempt at correcting one of many black and white and color images. I use Photoshop 7 and Photo Impact Pro 8.5...Thanks

[Alison]

Repeat after me .... The crop tool is my friend, the crop tool is my friend

Just being silly.

Crop the image, which will take out a lot of the flash. I cropped, used levels adjustment layer (individual channels), change blend mode to multiply, use gradient mask to darken flash area.

I used neat image but haven't fixed up any of the other stuff. You'll need to clone or patch whatever is left of the flash area.

[Photon713]

Thank you, Alison...for your suggestions. I was not familiar with "neat image". It looks like a helpful tool/filter which I will order.

Thanks