In the distance, a magical eye appears on the horizon, filling the sky with a dense fog. The wooden bridge guided by the eye unfolds and extends over the water. Behind the eye, a timeless clock becomes visible. As the center opens, the fog ushers an angel toward the bridge. She steps inside effortlessly as if being lured into the void that is the expanse of time.
Bewildered, Melanie sat at the edge of the pier watching as the bridge invites her to come. She hesitates, unsure if the images of the an angel are just a figment of her dreams turning her wish into reality.
Of late, her grief threatens to devour her sanity. The pier where memories of her father linger, is her only solace as he carefully attaches the bait to her pink fishing pole. Then, they wait and wait, laughing and munching on snacks not minding their hands bringing with it the odor to their mouths.
A universe of colors in calming hues fill her senses. She blinks as the outline of a thin man stands in the portal. Shaking her head, she trembles.
"But my father is no longer on this Earth," she murmurs, then succumbs to the feeling of weightlessness.
For my Freestyle Collage No. 72, my theme is "Angel in the Mist". I wanted to portray an ethereal theme of grief and heartache as a young girl yearns for the past. A vision brings her happiness as she spots her father in the presence of an angel.**
To assist in creating the fantasy vision, I relied upon several beautiful pure fractals I created in the advanced fractal rendering program, Apophysis 7X that resemble flowers to surround the pier and in the skyline where the girl sits.
For the background scene, I utilized a lovely free-sourced fantasy eye image. I love the various sky and landscape elements with the waterfall and crushing shoreline near the bridge. I then paired it with one of the LMAC original contest images to place as stakes on the bridge.
I also required a young girl sitting down and an angel. I decided on the images below to include I felt enhanced the scene:
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Angel in doorway by Ennaej at Pixabay
Girl sitting on branch Contributed to the #LIL by @agmoore
Blue rose Contributed to the #LIL by @mitag2398
Eagle in flight Contributed to the #LIL by @redheadpei
With the numerous images I chose to complete the collage, combining them meant I required a design program. The one I use is Canva. I share with you my procedures below. In those procedures you can view all the features I have available with my upgraded Annual Pro Membership Subscription.
To a blank, white canvas, I added the eye fantasy image.
Resized the eye image with the bridge to fill the entire screen as the background.
Added the angel image.
Couldn't easily remove the background, so I opted for a frame to fit it in the eye.
Added the bird and various fractal flowers images and repositioned them in the skyline and across the canvas, filtering some to add or lessen shading.
Added the LMAC landscape image with the poles.
Removed background of the poles, duplicated the image, then positioned and resized them.
Added the sitting girl image.
Removed background of girl; resized and positioned her on the bridge. 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:
| What is Let's Make a Collage? | It is a weekly photography and collage contest. |
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| Who created the contest? | @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 (@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. |
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/
If translation included, I use DeepL to assist my readers.
Thanks for your patience an understanding.
