After looking over this wonderful web site, I must confess to being just a bit intimidated by the skill and talent that is on display here. I'm a 62 year old education professor who, for the past 5 years, has been spending an increasing amount of time photographing birds with extremely modest equipment. Now, I am contemplating a full upgrade to a Canon digital SLR this year. I am looking forward to learning from these forums and applying it to my modest efforts.