In my opinion adjusting the image in the 'darkroom' is cheating a little. I thought I would try a camera of my own, except I have a silver compact apart from my SLR.
I thought I would start with lighting above but from the front (as was easier
)to illuminate the front face and top. Using single flash through a large diffuser resulted in the image being flat and I wanted to put some life into the shot. Ideally life would come from shine from the brushed aluminium body and lens. I experimented with a second flash aimed direct through a stofen diffuser, this created the shine I was looking for but did put anything into the lens. I figured it was impossible to put something into the lens as this camera is a compact and has a separate viewfinder and the lens has so path through it.
Pic 1 - Scene
Pic 2 - Scene with diffuser
Pic 3 - Result single flash diffused
Pic 4 - Result two flashes second a little overcooked
Pic 5 - Final result.
Of course I needed the compact to take the scene photos so the subject has been replaced with my mobile phone.
Edit:- Using Nikon i-TTL the primary flash unit was set to +0.7EV and the secondary to provide shine was set to -3.0EV through a stofen diffuser losing a further one stop. A small amount to light is all that was required to finish the photo.