Make faint pattern stand out

[adalyac@gmail.com]

Hello,
On the attached     photo, I am interested in making the faint water droplets on the surface where H905 is written stand out as much as possible. I'm playing around with colour balance etc, but I'm no expert.
Would anyone have tips on which image transformations to perform with Gimp?
Thanks!

[fluffybunny2]

Zoom in.
Select by color the droplet highlights in 'Add to Selection' mode.
Save the drop highlights to a channel.
Create a new transparent layer called Highlights.
Selection from your saved channel.
Fill the highlights with white and reduce opacity as required.
Now create a dropshadow layer based on the Highlight layer.
Reduce it's opacity as required.

I didn't select every droplet but here is an idea of what the results will look like.
   

[adalyac@gmail.com]

(Sep 12, 2014 10:52)fluffybunny2 Wrote:  Zoom in.
Select by color the droplet highlights in 'Add to Selection' mode.
Save the drop highlights to a channel.
Create a new transparent layer called Highlights.
Selection from your saved channel.
Fill the highlights with white and reduce opacity as required.
Now create a dropshadow layer based on the Highlight layer.
Reduce it's opacity as required.

I didn't select every droplet but here is an idea of what the results will look like.

Wow that's amazing, thanks! The thing is, I need to be able to do this automatically without knowing where the droplets are. Is there a way to tell Gimp to do this everywhere that's yellow?

[fluffybunny2]

It's right next to the 'make coffee' 'do shopping' and just between "pick up the kids" buttons

[Akros]

The method shown by FB2 must be what produces the best result.

With unsharp mask (or similar filter) can get something more automatic. But depending on the image other adjustments may be necessary.
Using Filter-enhace-Unsharp Mask