delete nothing

there's a rule I picked up from a professional: never throw any images away.

it's true that some pics that didn't make the grade might be reused in other ways. i've been admiring some photoshopping artwork recently and it got me thinking; i don't really try much of that stuff (apart from the odd tweak and enhancement). these two images use photos that i took a while ago - the kids in the stream is just a simple tonal and saturation shift with added noise, followed by an overlayer with an airbrush pattern, blurred.

the montage below is built up of several layers of old images i'd taken then blended with the layer transparency controls and finally the eraser tool, toggling between layers. finally an overlayer with an airbrush pattern, duplicated and the second layer colorized to a complimentary, mirrored, then blended with gaussian blur.

if i don't type this now, i won't remember tomorrow. ;o)