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Anonymous
If you're shooting with a D40 or D80 (D70 is gone already) shoot in RAW, first off.
To answer the main question, images of that calibre can and should be made in-camera. Don't rely on Photoshop to make mediocre photographs pop; at most, it's a means to give you some of the control you'd have in the darkroom. Work with your subject, take lots of shots (specially if it's still life) and pick the one you think works best. As above, shoot in RAW. It'll give you the darkroom-style control Photoshop's RAW converter allows. Generaly beyond that you shouldn't need much work in Photoshop. If you do, keep working at creating the shot in the camera. There's nothing essentially wrong with Photoshop postwork; if you'll get a better photo in the end, then so be it. Just don't use it as a crutch.
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