sooc is hard

Tuesday 10th - SOOC (straight out of camera) .
It is so hard to control my hands not even touching the crop function.
I like this under-exposed version - no over-exposed. Isn't it confusing?

[hueymilunz]

looks like an interesting challenge :) i cannot remember when was last time i did SOOC...

[Taffy]

This is stunning -- beautiful soft color tones and focus. Very cool for SOOC.

[Elizabeth]

Magical impression of the flower!

[jerry plume]

It is tough! You pulled it off tho! This is beautiful!

[Marta]

Terrific! Is it a lens baby shot? Or did you create this just by using a reasonably shallow DOF?

[sally agnew]

Great shot, love the focus :)

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful and shows even better when enlarged on black. Fav.

[Anja]

Very pretty, love the colors. I would never have guessed this was SOOC.

[kali]

oh my its a flower....

[vstap]

Like that pink!

[Joyce]

Confusing but beautiful

[Louis A. Sousa]

Absolutely beautiful.

[April]

Wonderful focal point and beautifully soft focus and colors.

[Corrie]

Lovely capture!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This is great for sooc- wonderful color and lovely soft focus.

[Yao RL]

@whimsicalgrateful Thank you, I do not have lens baby, I would love to have one. This is pure shallow DOF.

[Yao RL]

@kali66 I thought flowers suit for SOOC, they are beautiful enough without the editing,

[Krista Marson]

nice! 😊

[Juan B.]

Nice use if DOF as you said we can appreciate the beauty of that

[Carla]

Gorgeous. I was debating with myself earlier whether a cropped photo would still qualify as Sooc I decided it wasn't but it should be

[Yao RL]

@carla42 Henri Cartier-Bresson never crop his photo, it always check the four corners, so I decided sooc include no cropping. We are lucky that we are not using films, so I can select the best composition, still cheating - haha

[Nina Ganci]

puff of pink! wow

[DbJ]

Very nicely done! I know we share passion for street photography. Have you seen work by NY street photographer Jay Maisel? He also very rarely crops. HCB and Jay are my two all-time favorite photographers I admire.

[Yao RL]

@dbj I googled Jay Maisel, exciting, I should find a book about his works.