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There's an article in Photo Techniques magazine (think it's the current issue) about a Photoshop technique. It's hard to describe, but you make the dark areas look a little more "haunting", and there's a bit of a shadow around them. Great technique which I want to try out myself. Interestingly enough, the author credits W. Eugene Smith with the initial idea. Apparently he used to blow cigar smoke thru the enlarger's light to get a similar effect...

This does sound like a cool trick. I'll have to check it out. When I was in a photo class, the instructor was telling us about some famous photog who use to put drops or water on his paper, then expose his negatives. The water drops would distort the final print. I never did try that, but I bet it would be interesting.

Also, the Orton Imegery Technique was done with film too. It's much easier to do in PS now.