How I did it - I apologize for another Eagle photo; however, I couldn't resist. On our 3rd Eagle scouting trip this year, we were fortunate to find a Mature sitting in a tree above us. Not having one of those beautiful $10,000 lens, this was an opportunity I rarely have. I won't mention how many photos I took before he got bored with me and moved to a more difficult shooting location. A small amount of cropping was made—adjustments in hue and saturation to the Eagle. I selected the sky to bring out more blue using color balance, hue and saturation. Photoshop CS4 is my only option (no plug-ins). I selected the background and used the Gaussian blur to give more depth of field and attention to this magnificent bird. I haven't quite decided whether I prefer this shot with or without the Gaussian blur.

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Monica Woodhead - Biography   I am a Customer Solutions Rep for a company that manufactures vapor retarders and various tapes for the construction, industrial, electronics, automotive and medical fields. I also maintain the website and create brochures for them. The majority of the photos used in our brochures, I have shot. I am married for 24 years, with a daughter and a son. I have had a love for photography since I was a young girl, driving my mother crazy with all the pictures I took. Back in those days it was a Kodak Instamatic. In 1984, I began using an Olympus manual SLC. After a few classes, I started to understand how to use it. In the early 90’s, I was given the Nikon 6006 as a gift. Moving into digital, I began with the Nikon D100. It took me almost a year to completely give up the film camera. I now use the Nikon D300 with various lenses, loving every minute of it. This year I have had to give up my last film camera, a Nikonos V. After 24 years, while diving in Aruba, it died. Before our next trip to Aruba, I hope to have a digital underwater camera. As a photographer, I consider myself to be an amateur with so much more to learn. I began using Photoshop about 4 years ago. Today I’m using Photoshop CS2. My printer is the Canon i9900.