Hit me with your best SOOC!

December 17th, 2011
So i was thinking of possibly starting a challenge? I've never really been involved with many challenges and i thought maybe starting one would help me get more involved with the people on here! So heres my proposal.. i was thinking, Running January 1st till January 8 with bringing in the new year with some good ol' SOOC photos! i know we all love our photoshop... but with the new year comes new challenges, and i was thinking this one would be both challenging and fun! Photos of anything you take could be shared, as long as they are SOOC. But we'd have to be honest! by lying you'd only be cheating yourself... so whos in? i would like to know who's all interested! comment your thoughts :)
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I'm the editing type :)

December 17th, 2011
SOOC, except for the signature obviously.

December 17th, 2011
My whole project this year has been SOOC! I'm letting myself loose on editing next year :)

Some of my faves..


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just a crop
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Definitely in - first week of January, all sooc!
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I'm 95 % sooc, so not too hard to do!
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I did a week of sooc back in October with @orangecrush and a few others. It was fun and I would be up to doing it again. You'll have to remind me though... 1st Jan is still 2 weeks away with a lot in between ;)
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I will prob need reminding tho
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Yes, reminding, most def! :)
December 17th, 2011
This is definitely my best sooc - and the only one that made it into my top ten ;):


I edit waaaay too much and would love to go a bit simpler next year so that challenge would be just what I needed!
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Almost all my photos are SOOC this is my most recent. Occasionally I do a little crop!
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and i really like this one too -



December 17th, 2011
Definitely in....but will need the reminder as well!
December 17th, 2011
just went through nearly my entire project and realize i have maybe three pics that are SOOC. i love photoshop way too much to even consider this challenge. it's a rarity i get an image that spot on SOOC, like the below...

December 17th, 2011
I'm not a huge editing fan. I'm still learning so I really enjoy when I feel I get a good shot SOOC. I had several I wanted to post but I'll just do one...my latest. I was happy with the props, the lighting, and the overall goal was accomplished in this one...to give a little humor. My comments read: Walter seems to get the hang of this gift wrapping stuff but, Animal???...not so much.

December 17th, 2011
great idea. i've often thought of a sooc challenge. some of these are wonderful!
December 17th, 2011
@shyanewiegers Im not very good at all this so not very familiar with all the terminology so can you tell me what SOOC is please lol? Is it where no editing etc has been done on the photo??
December 17th, 2011
@mmp28 That's right. It stands for Straight Out Of Camera.
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Here is mine from the other day:

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@eosin Thank you so much. Been scratching my head wondering what SOOC stood for lol!
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I shoot in RAW, so tweaking is required MOST of the time. However, I do have times where I refuse to tweak anything

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not my best but my most recent
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@minxymissk well then i guess this challenge would just be too easy for you ;)
@mmp28 SOOC means straight out of camera!

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Wow its wonderful to see so many beautiful pictures and comments of people interested in this challenge! i know January is still a few weeks away but i was just curious to see if it was actually worth suggesting without looking silly. Love the SOOC photos and cant wait to start the challenge! i will remind everyone in a new discussion dont worry.
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around 40% of my project is sooc. I was very pleased when I saw this ones on the computer. 100% sooc...













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One of my early ones and still my favorite SOOC
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my favorite photo from my first year is SOOC
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Yesterday's photo was sooc! Only added my name to it.

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December 18th, 2011
@cheyrebecca You are awesome!
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SOOC except for a touch of vignette
December 18th, 2011
@grammyn Thanks Katy!!! That made my day :))
December 18th, 2011
@cheyrebecca I am so glad. You have a great talent and I would follow you but you have so many that you really don't need me!
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December 20th, 2011
Pretty much I just use Photoshop to crop. This was shot at a 4:3 ratio and I crop things to a 3:2 ratio so technically this is not SOOC, but no other adjustments were made.

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January 3rd, 2012
@shyanewiegers So what is the tag for the challenge
January 3rd, 2012
@peterdegraaff SOOC-week is the tag! there is a new thread called SOOC week, if you would like you can post your pictures from the week on there. At the end of the week i will start a new thread where everyone can post their favorite from the week.
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