In Search Of the Perfect Retreat | LET'S MAKE A COLLAGE: ROUND #106

Hello everyone and welcome back to Let's Make a Collage ("LMAC"). Another week and another beautiful landscape image with which to create our collage themes. I like working with mountains and water. This should be an interesting round for me as I'll attempt three collages again. To create the setting, I started with the photograph provided below by Hive account@shaka in his contest post: Let's Make a Collage - A Contest for All Creatives on Hive - Round 106 - ✨185 HIVE in the Prize Pool!✨

^{Image used with permission of contest owner for contest}

COLLAGE #1: Egret's Desire

For my first collage, I wanted to capture an even more serene theme by adding a beautiful centerpiece and only utilizing the rocks to divide and enhance the image. The background I found was a crystal ornament. The images I chose to accompany my theme represents an egret relaxing when he notices something that looks unfamiliar. Could it be dinner? He pecks at the object but finds he can't break it. He's so engrossed with getting to his potential meal that he doesn't see the threat approaching from above.

I uploaded all images into Canva to utilize my Annual Pro Member Subscription. The tools provided include background removal, filters, and resizing.

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COLLAGE #2: The Perfect Retreat

In creating my second collage, I located a surreal waterfall background. I also wanted to utilize my recent fractal designs to capture the waterfall inside the mirror image. The mirror fractal is known as a Julian.

As before, I uploaded the contest photo, together with all other images for this theme to Canva. Fractals look their best when viewed on a black background. This is my preference, especially for older versions of the fractal software programs.

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COLLAGE #3: The Hunter's Retreat

For my final collage, I decided to create a another fantasy scene that included a cyborg hunter. He scoured the terrain for prey. Nothing was out of bounds as he and his trusted hunter companion sought fish, fowl, and unusual animal species.

I uploaded the contest image and the following supporting images to Canva:

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I also wanted to share with you another version of Collage #3 displaying the Cyborg's attempt to hunt while in inclement weather:

I appreciate your visit and hope you like my collage.

If you'd like to preview the indices for the LIL, take click on each link to see the awesome images our LMAC members contributed:

LMAC IMAGE LIBRARY INDICES:

LIL Index post 1 of 8:
Miscellaneous

LIL Index post 2 of 8
Sky, Cloud, Landscape, Sun, Mountain, Lake, Beach, River, Nature

LIL Index post 3 of 8
Insect, Animal, Pet, Cat, Dog, Cow, Bird, Nature

LIL Index post 4 of 8
Flower, Plant, Tree, Organic, Leaf, Fruit

LIL Index post 5 of 8
Stone, Rock, Gravel, Boulder

LIL Index post 6 of 8:
House, Home, Garden,Wall, Window, City, Town,Street, Avenue

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 need to be posted to the LMAC community and should contain a reference to this 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 the public domain (having no copyright protection).
	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.

Thanks,
Hive account@justclickindiva

Happy rest of the week 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) Image created in Canva by Hive account@justclickindiva utilizing one of its free templates.

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