Mexico City Postcard Challenge by jyokota

Mexico City Postcard Challenge

My get-pushed partner challenged me to send her a postcard from Mexico City. Here's an attempt! I learned how to export my photo into a Pages document, add the text, the curlicue design, and select a color from the image to match the photograph. Seeing it posted here, though, I realize I could have made the text a little lighter and larger to be more prominent.

PS What I really wanted to write across the whole image is, "Don't wear perfume to closed-in spaces!" The conference I was attending had the inclusive theme, "May Everyone Really Mean Everyone." But clearly, "everyone" does not include people like me; because of my perfume allergy, I ended up coughing when a heavily perfumed person came and sat in front of me, and I had to leave, and I missed the concert. It included regional folk dancing and spectacular visual elements in the second half, and I could hear the audience oohing and clapping wildly as I sat alone in the hallway outside this orchestra hall.
@julieco -- a rather belated posting of my postcard you challenged me to do! I took the image that week, but I've had too many things going on to sit down and create a postcard. Think of this as a slow-mail delivery postcard! Thanks for the challenge, it was fun to learn how to add lettering and curlicues to my photo. I took this photo from where I was seated before the concert began, before I had to leave.
September 25th, 2014  
This is beautiful. Love the pov and tones. A very crisp clear orchestra shot.
September 25th, 2014  
Great POV and available light. Pity you missed the whole thing.
September 25th, 2014  
Fantastic low light picture.
September 26th, 2014  
So sorry to hear that you missed the performance. I have perfume allergies myself, so I sympathize. Great picture in low light conditions.
September 26th, 2014  
Great capture
September 26th, 2014  
@jyokota what a shame you were forced to miss the concert. This does make for an unusual postcard though.
September 26th, 2014  
Good outcome of the various processing strategies you used. I like the scale.
September 26th, 2014  
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