This is a small, 1 inch high pot of model paint, it originally had orange paint in it so I had to clean it out. I managed to slice my finger on the sharp edge inside the tin so luckily there are no blood spots on the picture anywhere...
I bought a pot of purple paint, used a syringe (borrowed from my work) and gently squeezed out the larger drop of paint coming from the tin. I then very very gently squeezed out the other little drops as I thought it added a more realistic look.
I spot edited out some dust spots, removed some of the reflections, selected the pot & paint, inverted the selection, adjusted levels to whiten the background, a little Match Colour and upped the intensity of the purple, a little Neat Image and a touch of USM…
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Nice composition. I'm wondering why the reflected light under the shadow of the paintcan is yellow while the highlights on the side are bluish in tone. I would've have desaturated those two elements I just mentioned as well as giving the background a pure white tone. Lighting appears warm. Excellent composition! It's just the lighting that bothers me.
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