When We Were Young | Let's Make A Collage Round 220 (Entry #3)

Hello LMAC and Hive members. Hive account@shaka, now holds a monthly contest with participants having the ability to submit multiple entries during that month for consideration. If you'd like to join in this monthly round for November, visit: Let's Make a Collage - A Contest for All Creatives on Hive - Round 220 - ✨100 HIVE in the Prize Pool!.

I wanted to share with you my Entry #3 collage for LMAC Round 220.

Reflections.

They said it wouldn't last. My family and friends, I mean. They said we weren't compatible. They said my temper was too short. They said the boy I loved was too passive, and that I would eventually lose respect for him. Fifty years later, those same people were proven wrong.

Some attended our wedding anniversary. Others, I understood, heard of the event and simply responded, "there is a God!"

Yes, there is a God.

And it took our faith in God and in each other to submit to him and allow Him to work in our marriage to bring us to understanding that compromise and communication is at the heart of any relationship.

In preparing my theme, I envisioned looking to the future and the past. To accomplish this, I located a futuristic image that felt fantastical. Since I love the water, I decided on a mystical version of an octopus. To reflect the past, I chose a simple black cut-out of a couple. Since they both love music, notes and an instrument felt appropriate. For the musical note, I included one of my pure fractals I created in the advanced fractal rendering program, Apophysis 7X.

Below are the images I included in my design:

Item	Contributor	Source
LMAC Round 220 Contest Image	Hive account@lmac	Link
Man and woman sitting on beach	Pixabay	Link
Older couple dancing	Pixabay	Link
Octopus	Pixabay	Link
Eye	PxFuel	Link
Bird flying	PurePNG	Link
Lantern No. 2	Contributed to the #LIL by Hive account@quantumg	Link
Bass Guitar	Contributed to the #LIL by Hive account@quantumg	Link
Little Egret	Contributed to the #LIL by Hive account@digitalis	Link
Pure Fractal titled "Eyes 2 Colorful"	Hive account@justclickindiva	Link
Pure Fractal titled "Bracelet"	Hive account@justclickindiva	Link

I then utilized Canva to blend the different type images. Below are my steps in which I begin with a blank, white canvas, then added layers of elements, removing backgrounds, resizing, colorizing, duplicating, filtering, and repositioning items as needed incorporating the tools at my disposal in my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.

Below is my completed collage for LMAC Round 220, Entry #3:

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 monthly photography and collage contest where monthly entries can be submitted.
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 collages 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.