It's time for the big payoff. In the Layer palette, change the mode from Normal to Screen. Immediately, you should see a change in the photo--it should look somewhat radioactive. Don't worry, you didn't do anything wrong. We'll fix it.

Grab the opacity slider and reduce the effect until it goes from "difficult to look at" down to "pleasantly romantic." Where you land is a matter of taste, of course, but you can see my final version on the right.

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