Make an object look transparent in photoshop, low opacity

Hi. Using PS CS4 on Windows XP.
Below I have an image on the left with apples showing 4 that are transparent (opacity set to 50%). I am wondering if there is a way to make the apple look transparent, but not transparent to the others so that the apples look more like they do on the right (not going through each other). I understand these are completely solid, but I was wondering if there is a way to make an object look like it's transparent, but not be able to go through another object. This was really hard for me to explain so please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you.

Of course I figure it out after I write this post even though I have been trying to figure it out for a couple days.
What I did was put a Levels adjustment layer (dragged the middle slider) on those apples that were fading away after putting the opacity back to 100%.
The below picture is what I was trying to achieve:
If anyone else has another solution, I'd be glad to hear it.
Thank you!

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