Hey, so this is where HDR tonemapping and a good understanding of photographic exposure comes into play. The reason that the original image looks that way is not due to it actually being too bright or washed out, it's due to how cameras capture and interpret the light that hits them compared to how the human eye does. Take…
Use the photographic exposure controls instead of basic and set the EV back to 0. For an outside setting the defaults should do well. You want to treat the virtual camera just like a real one. ISO controls the sensitivity to light (higher ISO = brighter image), Shutter speed controls how long the picture was taken for…