This is simple to describe, but hard to deliver. What I want is shots
that are 100% genuine, but *look* like you faked them up. Staging your
shot is fine, & traditional-style darkroom processing is fine, as long
as it's global - no dodging, burning, clone-tool, etc.
The perfect "Faking It" shot is one where you show it to someone, & they
say "Nice shot! - That must have taken you hours in Photoshop!".
Example: < http://lo.ve.ly/gallery/DarkJester/CRW_6090?full=1 >
Given the degree of difficulty on this one, an archival shot would be
acceptable, but please try hard to produce a new image before falling
back to an archival shot.