Hi fellow Canadians- I look forward to seeing the progress of spring in Canada as reflected in our images. It's pretty slow in New Brunswick although things are slowly changing.

On the subject of hardware, I moved back to Canon just before Christmas, after a hiatus of several years with Nikon. I cut my digital teeth on the D70 but am very pleased with the 40D. However, I have a very daunting purchase looming. For many years I have wanted a really long lens and I've decided that the 500F4 will be the one. The results from this lens as posted on BPN are generally superb. Trouble is, parting with enough money to buy a decent car is not easy. Anyway, I'm pretty well resigned to do it and I think I have my wife more or less convinced. Tell me I should just do it!!