It is a pretty good shot, for just a grab shot. The processing was in the right direction, but, of course, the eyes look deranged.
Here is what I did:
1. I used the magic wand and selected the whitest area of his shirt. I "feathered" the selection 50 pixels. You would use more on the full size image. I then copied this selection onto its own layer, and set the blend mode to "Multiply". This darkened up the brights of the shirt.
2. I then flattened the layers and then duplicated the main image layer twice more. I DO NOT mean duplicated the image. I did NOT have three copies of the same photo open. No I copied the layer twice more, so I had ONE image with three identical layers.
3. I changed the blend mode of the middle layer to "Screen". This brightened it quite a bit. Then working on the TOP (darker) LAYER, I erased away some of his right side to brighten it. I had the eraser tool set to about 100 pixels, and about 15% opacity, with a very soft edge. I only did his right side to simulate some directionality to the lighting.
4. Then I made the eraser tool much smaller, 2 or 3 pixels only, still at about 15% opacity, and I used the same process on the eyes.
I did not worry about the background as it was fine from my chair.
I hope some of this makes sense, all this talk of layers and such, but the more you play with Photoshop, the more this becomes (somewhat) intuitive. Keep with it, it will make sense soon.
Rad
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