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<p>I actually printed that one to put on my file cabinet this morning (with the others that made me chuckle out loud). I "liked" it on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/whattheduck">Facebook </a> so I don't miss them when I forget to check his site regularly.</p>

<p>Ali, for your reference about light entering the viewfinder <a href="http://www.digital-photography-school.com/cover-your-eyepiece">http://www.digital-photography-school.com/cover-your-eyepiece</a><br>

I'm sure it's rarely an issue, but something to be aware of. If it was on a tripod with the sun beaming through, then a possible cause. If you were looking through the eye piece, then it's not likely a factor.</p>

<p>If you are using a tripod and\or not looking through the viewfinder, make sure you cover the viewfinder. My XTI seems pretty sensitive to light coming in the viewfinder throwing off exposure. Even when covered it seems my XTi underexposes a bit, but certainly not 1 or 2 full stops.</p>

<p>Based on your fist post the error you were getting would suggest the card got corrupted somehow (removed while camera on, faulty card, etc). You will probably need to use some sort of recovery software to get your images back if it's even possible, most good card manufacturers offer some for free. If you also then formatted the card in your camera per the other suggestions there certainly isn't any images on the card, and recovery just got more difficult if not impossible. Good thing it was just a test shoot.</p>

<p>I agree with Mike D, not the same photo. More sidewalk on his and appears to be taken from a higher vantage point. Some of the windows are differnet too. Boarded up in yours, not in his.</p>

<p>Something like the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/749811-REG/Fujifilm_16113196_Finepix_F550EXR_Digital_Camera.html">Fujifilm Finepix F550EXR</a> might be what you are looking for. Up to 8 frames a sec, auto bracketing, 16MP, 24-360 equiv lens, and around 300.00. I'll let other chime in who may have actual experience with this scenario, I'm only basing this suggestion off a couple reviews I read.</p>

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<p>HDR handheld...that's going to be tuff. Even with my monopod I need to brace against a rock wall or tree to get acceptable results and avoid ghosting.<br>

Could use some more info, like what's wrong with using your 20D and why a point and shoot? Also, do you have a budget in mind? The Canon Powershot G12 does AEB, even has built in HDR. Burst rate isn't any better than your 20D. For that kind of money or less you could get a refurb\used XTI or and take advantage of whatever lenses you have for your 20D. Not as small as a point and shoot, but not big\heavy either.</p>

<p>Once Josh gets the links fixed I think ImagePro will be more of what you are looking for. Photo.net has always been geared to photographers sharing thoughts and ideas and not so much a place to display photos for family viewing, but since you've been here twice as long as me I'm sure you know that. I direct all my family\friends\interested parties to my Imagepro or Flickr site. I use photo.net for reference, help, and inspiration. I hope it works out for you Rick, and if you need any help with ImagePro, while I'm not an expert I'll do what I can to help get you started. If you stick with a standard template it's really pretty easy. Customizing takes a little tweaking and if I can save you some of the learning curve, shoot me a email. I have no affiliation with p.net other than being a member, just willing to help.</p>

<p>I had to try several times, lots of refreshes, but I got an ad to pop up once. I'm guessing this is the one you are hearing about?</p><div></div>

<p>Edit to the above comment, I can get to the photography.com register\login, but it apparently isn't the same as the image pro register\login. My site works, but I can't get to the Imagepro register screen either.</p>

<p>My site is up and seems to be working fine. I went to the link <a href="http://www.photography.com/login">http://www.photography.com/login</a> and got the 404 error, but if I click on register or login at the top right it lets me continue.</p>

<p>Another great way of turning people away is playing music automatically on your website that restarts even if you paused it when you go to a new page. When I hit sites like that, I never go back. There are to many choices out there to deal with even 1 annoying one (people at work researching during their downtime or lunch hour will not like this). Assuming I got the right site, I would reconsider that choice as well.</p>

<p>If you are willing to buy used and want to shave off another 30-40.00, KEH has a 55-250 in EX+ condition for 165.00 and in LN- condition for 179.00. That's going to be hard to beat, they are know for under-valuing their lenses, and have a good reputation here on photo.net.</p>

<p>For new purchases, B&H, ADORAMA, and AMAZOn are prety much your cheapest options on any given day. Make sure on Amazon you pay attn if you are actually buying from Amazon or a 3rd party.</p>

<p>I would say with the full time manual focus, non -rotating front element, and extra 50mm was worth it to me. But I also got a 50.00 rebate so I only paid about 400.00, Approx 150.00 more than the 55-250 (Based on B&H prices). The rebate is still good through July.<br /> I say "Only 150.00", but I know that's a lot of money to a lot of people. Took me a year to save up and get this lens. If on a strict budget in the 250.00 range, I would also be recommending the 55-250.</p>

<p>At the risk of people starting to accuse me of working for Tamron, I will say again that the Tamron SP 70-300 VC is an excellent zoom for the price. I just got one a couple months ago to replace a dying Canon 75-300 and absolutely love it. It does have some focus hunt issues in low light\low contrast situations, but of the 3 budget lenses I have used, the Canon 75-300, Canon 55-250, and Tamron 70-300 It had the least hunting issues and the best performance.</p>

<p>John, I got the Tamron 70-300 VC a couple months ago and love it. All the shots in my "Newest Additions" folder were taken with it handheld (at least as of today 6/28/11) if you want to take a look. Last year I also got the Tamron 28-75. Quite a pair for shooters on a budget.</p>

<p>Nature Photography 1 - Fermilab in Batavia, IL. Shore Birds, Migratory Birds, Coyotes, Fox, and pond critters of all kinds. Peter Casper keeps a <a href="http://www.fnal.gov/ecology/wildlife/diary.shtml">Bird Sightings Diary</a> so you get a heads up when something special is in the area.</p>

<p><br /> Nature Photography 2 - Our own Yard. The tagline on my site "Do you see what I see" while not terribly original came about from people looking at my photos and asking "where did you take that" and me answering our next door neighbors regularly by saying "Right here in the back yard". Even in a built up subdivision of a far western Chicago suburb, wildlife is everywhere if you open your eyes.</p>

<p>Are you using a lens filter of some sort? It can cause flare like this. <a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-feb-05.shtml">http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-feb-05.shtml</a></p>

<p>Outdoor Photographer Magazine did an article about this in their landscape issues a couple months back you my be interested in. <a href="http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/gear/lenses/landscape-lens-tech.html">http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/gear/lenses/landscape-lens-tech.html</a> </p>

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<p>From page 2: Most people think of wide-angles when they think of landscape lenses, and many landscapes are photographed with those. But many strong landscapes are shot with normal and longer lenses as well.</p>

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<p>There are noise and exposure issues in the CS5 version that need to be fixed for sure, possibly some over sharpening (I'm not at home or I would run it through some noise reduction then compare them. I don't see any ghosting (as best as I can see on the equipment I have at work anyway). I think you can probably get good results with CS5 if you play with it a bit more. I'll look at it again tonight when I'm home unless someone else chimes in with some advise. How many exposures are you combining in CS5? Also, are you creating the files you are combining from RAW files, or using JPEGS created in camera?</p>

<p>Can you describe what doesn't look good in the one with multiple pics compared to the single? Was the camera locked down well on a tripod on a non windy day so the 3 are merged seamlessly? Is it color, contrast, or sharpness that looks different? <br>

CS5 can do decent HDR, but you may also want to try out <a href="http://www.hdrsoft.com/">Photomatix</a> or one of the many other players in the arena <a href="http://captainkimo.com/hdr-software-review-comparison">http://captainkimo.com/hdr-software-review-comparison</a> . I've used both CS5 and Photomatix, both with decent results considering I wasn't shooting on a good tripod, just braced against a rock or tree trunk. I've also done the single shot conversion similar to what is described in your link. I would describe the results as different rather than better or worse.</p>

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<p>Playing with my new Tamron SP 70-300 VC on Monday (on my XTi). First decent day weather-wise when I wasn't working since I bought it 3 weeks ago.</p><div></div>

<p>I recently purchased iBird for my iPhone (also available for Android). Great way to quickly identify birds in the field without carrying around a book. Complete with nice search features, photos, links to more on Flickr, and even bird calls I've seen used to call in Dickcissels for a photo op. <a href="http://www.ibirdexplorer.com/">http://www.ibirdexplorer.com/</a> </p>

<p>Could use a bit more info on exactly what you want out of a new lens, but the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/284399-REG/Tamron_AF09C700_28_75mm_f_2_8_XR_Di.html">Tamron 28-75 f2.8</a> is a great quality lens and falls into your price range. You'll lose a bit on the wide end and gain some reach on the long end. I don't know for sure if this will meet your needs however. I use mine on my Rebel XTi quite a bit.</p>

 

<p>Possibly a cackling goose: <br /> http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Cackling_Goose/id <br /> http://www.fnal.gov/cgi-bin/ecology/wildlife/display?Cackling+Goose<br /> OR if you scroll down this page a bit, you will see some "Partially Albino" Canada and cackling geese as well as some hybrids it looks similar too:<br /> http://www.schmoker.org/BirdPics/CACG_CANG.html</p>