Welcome to Round 40 of Let's Make a Collage!

The LMAC keeps growing and attracting more participants from round to round:

As shown in this chart the LMAC is on a continuous growth path since our transistion to Hive with both an increasing number of subscribers and participants.

As a welcome consequence, the weekly prize pool is growing too and has meanwhile exceeded the 100 HIVE mark! And this is thanks to all those community members who are adding to this prize pool by setting the LMAC account as a 20% beneficiary in their entry posts! Ideally, if every participant supports their fellow LMACians in this way we can ensure that the prize pool keeps growing in tandem with an increasing number of participants.

To better ensure that the weekly prize money is awarded in a deserved manner I decided to distribute the precious community bonus from now on among all winners in equal parts! Also, the tiered distribution of the base prize will become more narrow. While I encourage everyone to rally their communities when it comes to the final vote, this new prize scheme will ensure that courtesy votes for a single participant cannot allocate too large a share of the common prize pool.

And now, before we get it started, the usual (important) reminders:

• Make sure to set the LMAC community (-> account @hive-174695) as 20% beneficiary in your entry posts. Only then you are eligible to receive the community bonus if you make it to the podium. 100% of the proceeds will be added to each round's prize pool. The growing LMAC community will thank you for it!
• A curation trail has been registered on hive.vote to further support all valid submissions to the LMAC. By following this trail you will support all LMAC contributors but also receive a decent boost on your curation rewards by frontrunning a vote by me (@shaka). Find all details about the LMAC curation trail -> here.
• Entries which fail to unambigously document that all collage elements used are free of any copyright protection will not be shortlisted! It's up to the contributor to proactively provide all sources in their entry posts.
• All entries need to be posted to the LMAC community to be considered for the challenge. To help increase the visibility of our community please avoid cross-posting.

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And now, let's dive into deep sea and kick-off Round #40 of Let's Make a Collage!

What do you see in this picture that is not yet there? Let your creativity run wild and transform this scenery into whatever you wish to see. Your imagination is the only limit!

Click -> here for a HighRes version.

Those new to this contest, please have a look at the contest rules below!

Prizes

• 🥇 First Place: 15 HIVE plus 20 % of the LMAC's beneficiary rewards.
• 🥈 Second Place: 12 HIVE plus 20 % of the LMAC's beneficiary rewards.
• 🥉 Third Place: 10 HIVE plus 20 % of the LMAC's beneficiary rewards.
• 4️⃣ Fourth Place: 8 HIVE plus 20 % of the LMAC's beneficiary rewards.
• 5️⃣ Fifth Place: 5 HIVE plus 20 % of the LMAC's beneficiary rewards.

➡️ Entry deadline is June 15 end of day (midnight UTC)!

Rules

• The above photography needs to be the starting point for any further modification. I provide it for free use without any copyright protection.
• 📌 Entries need to be posted to the LMAC community and should contain a reference to this post.
• 📌 Entries need to set the LMAC community account as 20% beneficiary to be eligible for the dynamic component of the prize pool.
• 📌 Submissions further need to be linked as a comment to this post.
• 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).
• ❗️❗️ Do not forget to indicate the source of all materials used in your accompanying post. Otherwise your entry can NOT be put up for the final vote.
• All sort of editing, modification and/or manipulation is allowed as long as no copyright is affected.
• 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.

I'm very much looking forward to your contributions!

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Photo recorded by myself with an iPhone 6S