I wanted to share with you my Freestyle Collage No. 114. My theme is animals and fowl that forage after dark.
The LMAC Community run by @shaka holds a weekly collage contest for its members. In the Community, you'll discover a variety of themed entries submitted for consideration. If selected for the final round, contest hopefuls anxiously await results indicating their placement that determines the prize awarded. It's a fun contest that any Hive member can participate. If you'd like to join in, just visit the LMAC Community account here and follow the rules of the contest for details on the latest round.
The LMAC Community also offers an opportunity for members to create and post in the Community "freestyle" collage themes. In the freestyle option, more freedom is allowed to design your creations without having to incorporate the weekly contest photo. However, contest rules still apply.
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Night foragers. Known as being "nocturnal", around seventy percent of mammals are attracted to the night. These animals possess heightened senses that allow them to not only survive, but thrive in the darkness.
After dark is a way of life for nocturnal predators as well as prey. Hoping to avoid detection, both have adapted to this way of life and have evolved to become skilled at their craft. Also avoiding the daytime competition for resources such as food and water may be alleviated.
While nighttime is for the animals who depend upon the cover of darkness, it's best that humans avoid activities during this period if possible to prevent injury or death.
In preparing my theme, I decided to utilize the theme of a human interacting with a fowl at night. I then surrounded her with elements common to the dark in a wooded area. I had already decided to add a magical touch to the dark scene with my fractal and the lady with the colorful eye.
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| Item | Contributor | Source |
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| Blue hole in space | Pixabay | Link |
| Woman | Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66 | Link |
| Night Owl Sketch | Contributed to the #LIL by @airmatti | Link |
| Colorful Eye | Public Domain Pictures | Link |
| Black birds | Contributed to the #LIL by @onyechi | Link |
| Worms | Contributed to the #LIL by @eve66 | Link |
| Crow fantasy | Public Domain Pictures | Link |
| Blue moon | Contributed to the #LIL by @mynatasha | Link |
| Pure Fractal titled "Worm Hole in Brown" | @justclickindiva | Link |
| Pure Fractal titled "Brown Flower" | @justclickindiva | Link |
| Pure Fractal titled "Worm1" | @justclickindiva | Link |
I then utilized Canva to blend the different images. Below are my steps. I began with a blank, white canvas, then added layers of elements, removing backgrounds, resizing, and repositioning items as needed that incorporate the tools at my disposal per my Annual Pro Membership Subscription.
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Below is my completed 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.
