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It's actually possible using the THRESHOLD LEVELS adjustment. But success with it depends on the image you have and what selection you intend to create.  One use is to select a plain background... another is to isolate an object in the image..... you can create selection of hair details .....

Here's a quick example to show how it's done....

Create a duplicate layer of your image....

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Apply the Threshold Levels....

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Select the background or whatever you intend to isolate in the image you're working on... Apply a Mask on the layer...

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I hid the background to see the resulting mask created.

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Here's a way I used the selection. Lower the opacity of layer to darken the shadows....

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There are variations on how to do this.  The above is just the basic steps to familiarize you and to play around with.

Hope this helps......