Starting ETSOOI-56

October 15th, 2015
Thanks to Jane who hosted ETSOOI-55 and to all who participated and voted. I was excited to see my windmill shot so well received. It's time to start the next ETSOOI challenge, using tag ETSOOI-56.

ETSOOI is an acronym started by MaryBeth @espyetta. It means EDITING THE SORRY-NESS OUT OF IT, or EDITING THE STUFF OUT OF IT, or EDITING THE S*&^% OUT OF IT. It was meant to be a processing strategy to use when your "photo of the day" was boring as it was or for those who simply enjoy highly processing their photos. Use any editing program you like, the more the merrier! Be creative, and most of all have fun!

This theme can have a focus, like the previous one did (sky) or can be open to anything you'd choose. I hope all are okay with a theme-less one. Take any photo you think would benefit from some fun editing and go for it. I hope we'll have many different and unique ideas and contributions!

The challenge will start Friday, October 15, and will end on Sunday, October 25th. Voting will occur on the 26th and 27th with the winner announced on the 28th of October. All times will be based on Central (Chicago) time in the US.

You are free to enter as many shots as you like, the only rule being that your shot must have been taken within the time frame. The winner will receive the honor of hosting the next ETSOOI challenge.

All pictures must be tagged ETSOOI-56.

Please considering posting images to this thread as inspiration to others.

Have fun!
October 16th, 2015
The Great Marvello Will Mystify You


October 16th, 2015
@ahleena wow! So thought provoking. Thank you for contributing!
October 17th, 2015
@taffy Thank YOU! I will probably enter more because I have been really into the photo editing lately.
October 18th, 2015
Having thought about it, I decided to post this one for ETSOOI as well...

October 19th, 2015
Just spotted your request. Will try to oblige.
October 19th, 2015
The Painters

October 19th, 2015
@golftragic Oh, this is fun!! Love the way you've brought up the colors. It makes the two artists look magical!
October 20th, 2015
A number of subtle edits.
October 20th, 2015
@salza With great effect! What a stunning shot! I appreciate your contributing to the theme too!
October 20th, 2015
You're to blame for all my foolishness, Taffy! OK...so I actually love seeing how far I can take these things!

October 20th, 2015
@Weezilou totally laughing!!!
October 21st, 2015
I did one... lots of color excitement. :)

October 22nd, 2015


Not being much of a 'editor', ETSOO-Ing doesn't come easily to me, but here's a fun one using the Waterlogue App on my iphone. It's a fun App.
October 22nd, 2015
Had some fun playing with this one!
October 23rd, 2015
@jamibann I LOVE the Waterlogue app. :)
October 23rd, 2015
@jamibann This is so cool! I have to look into that app!
October 23rd, 2015
@salza The subtle colors in this work so well, and the fun of reading your narrative and knowing there are, in fact, no cows, made me laugh.
October 23rd, 2015
This is the first time I've played along with this one. I'm teaching myself Photoshop and edited a twister into a very boring photo to try to bring a bit of excitement into it.
October 24th, 2015
@deborah63 So now I believe this shot would be a 'water spout" because it is over water, just saying'.
October 24th, 2015
@taffy so refresh my memory, how do i get my shot onto this page? I get so many brain farts these days. Thanks, M
October 24th, 2015
@sailingmusic Go to the photo in your album and look just below it on the lower right. There are three dots so click those and an 'embed code' screen pops up. In that there's a box with the long code that is an URL to your photo. Highlight that (on my mac, it is automatically highlighted when I use the cursor to click in the box), and copy it. Then come back to this thread (I usually have two screens open to make it easier) and paste it into a comment box. When you hit return, the photo should appear. If you run into trouble, let me know and I can post it, I'm pretty sure.
October 24th, 2015

October 24th, 2015
@taffy Thanks Taffy
October 24th, 2015
A little abstract - if you're interested in what it is go to my album.
October 24th, 2015
@lsquared Thanks for contributing Larry!
October 24th, 2015
@sailingmusic Glad you were able to get this to work!
October 24th, 2015
@deborah63 I'm glad you were able to post in the thread -- clever editing!
October 25th, 2015
October 25th, 2015
@dmcoile Love this!! Great lighting and intriguing low-key composition. Thanks so much for contributing to the theme!
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