1. A method for processing image information, the method comprising: receiving a first data set representative of a cross-polarized image of a scene, wherein subject matter is illuminated to substantially avoid shadows in the cross-polarized image to provide a diffuse surface texture; receiving a second data set representative of a co-polarized image of substantially the same scene illuminated to substantially avoid shadows in the co-polarized image; and performing a difference blend operation with the first data set and the second data set to provide an isolated-specular surface texture, wherein an image-capture system applies a first illumination power to illuminate the scene in coordination with an exposure that generates the cross-polarized image, wherein the image-capture system applies a second illumination power different from the first illumination power to illuminate the scene in coordination with a second exposure that generates the co-polarized image, wherein an elapsed time between separate exposures that generates the cross-polarized image and the co-polarized image is controlled.