Immersed In Moonlight | LMAC Collage FreeStyle No. 78

Each week, the LMAC Community run by Hive account@shaka holds a collage contest round for its members to participate. In the Community, you'll discover a variety of themed contest entries submitted for consideration in the contest. Hopefuls anxiously await result indicating where their creative collage scenes will be chosen for the final round of competition. If you'd like to participate, just visit the LMAC Community account here for details on the latest contest.

The LMAC Community also offers an opportunity for members to create "freestyle" collage themes and post to the Community. In the freestyle option, you have more freedom to design your creations without having to incorporate the weekly contest photo. You still, however, have rules in which you must abide by when posting to the Community.

For my Freestyle Collage No. 78, my theme is immersed in the moonlight. I wanted to portray a female bathing in the moonlight. She's content, as she has a beautiful swan to accompany her. Surrounding her were all the familiar elements of home. Even a path leading to the other side of the field where she could view the moonlight.

In preparing my theme, I located a lovely meadow in the moonlight. I decided to pair it with the LMAC Round 199 image of a house. For the female, I wanted a modest image of a woman bathing in a body of water.

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^{LMAC Round 199 Original Contest Image}

Below are the additional images for the cat, bridge, and fairy I included to give a familiar home feel to my theme:

Woman in water at night by Willgard at Pixabay
Flower dandelion by Briam at Pixabay
White bridge Contributed to the #LIL by @redheadpei
White cat sneaking behind bushes Contributed to the #LIL by @louis88
Red door Contributed to the #LIL by @brittandjosie
White flower Contributed to the #LIL by @tejimundo
Pure Fractal titled "Space Junk" created by me in Apophysis

I use Canva as my design program to blend the images into one scene. Below are my procedures so that you can see how I utilize the tools available to me in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.

I knew I wanted a shadow in the moon, so to a blank, white canvas, I added my fractal.

I then switched background color to black, then resized the fractal to fit the screen.

Added the meadow image. Unsure about whether to place it in the foreground or background, but decided on the foreground.

Resized the meadow to fit the top half of the screen. Duplicated the bottom half to fill entire canvas.

Added the LMAC contest image of a house. Removed background, then resized and repositioned it to the left side of the screen.

Added the woman in water. Removed the background. Duplicated water portion to create a large pond.

Added the door, white flowers, cat, and bridge and fairy. Removed the backgrounds where needed. Completed the project.

Below is my completed freestyle collage:

Thanks for your visit. I appreciate it. I hope you like my freestyle collage theme.

CONTEST RULES

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

It is imperative that you read the post LMAC School - Public Domain Picture sources (Free Materials for creating collages) by

Hive account@quantumg, which discusses public domain issues. The post offers valuable information on images for commercial use. Links are included to sources that offer public domain images and other images that are free for commercial uses. Using public domain pictures and free pictures for commercial use are requirements for all collages that are submitted as entries in the LMAC contest and the LMAC Image Library (LIL).

What is Let's Make a Collage?	It is a weekly photography and collage contest.
Who created the contest?	Hive account@shaka is the contest owner.
What type of contest is it?	This Contest utilizes a single photo provided by the contest owner as the basis for you to create your own photo collage by adding to the photo provided.
What are the rules?	1. Use as your starting point for your collage the photography provided by the contest owner. It is located on the contest owner's post for free use without any copyright protection.
	2. Entries are required to be posted to the LMAC community and must contain a link to the contest post.
	3. Entries need to set the LMAC account (Hive account@lmac) as 20% beneficiary to be eligible for the dynamic component of the prize pool.;
	4. Extra support with the LMAC trail to all collages where LIL assets have been included AND the respective LIL-contributors set as 2% beneficiaries;
	5. By submitting your contribution you agree that your artwork remains public domain and that it can be copied, modified and distributed, even for commercial purposes, without requiring further permission.
	6. Any graphical element that is added to the photography either needs to be your own original work (e.g. own artwork or photography) OR needs to derive from sites whitelisted by LMAC.
	7. IMPORTANT: Indicate the source of all materials used in your accompanying post. Otherwise your entry can NOT be put up for the final vote.
	8. All sort of editing, modification and/or manipulation is allowed as long as no copyright is affected.
What do you win?	Prizes listed on the contest owner's post.

Good luck everyone with whatever your endeavors.

SOURCES:
a) JustClickindiva's Footer created in Canva utilizing its free background and images used with permission from discord admins.
b) Unless otherwise noted, all photos taken by me with my (i) Samsung Galaxy 10" Tablet, (ii) Samsung Phone, & (iii) FUJI FinePix S3380 - 14 Mega Pixels Digital Camera
c) Purple Butterfly part of purchased set of Spiritual Clip Art for my Personal Use
d) All Community logos, banners, page dividers used with permission of Discord Channel admins.
e) Ladies of Hive banner used with permission of and in accordance with the admin's guidelines
f) Thumbnail Image created by me in Canva.
g) "Flames." What is Apophysis 2.09. https://flam3.com/

English is my native language.
If translation included, I use DeepL to assist my readers.
Thanks for your patience an understanding.