I am a fan of HDR/Tone Mapping as long as it isnt pushed so far that it starts to look unrealistic.

The jump into the 1d series is a big one and I know when I made the swtich I was looking for as much information on how to use everything as I could find. Here is a quick list of the majority of the things you need.

I recently picked up a few old Olympus Zuiko wide angles and used adapters to fit them on my EOS camera. Here are a bunch of useful links when looking into manual focus lens on digital bodies.

An excellent resource for digital photographers.

Some interesting shots of the Northern Lights, incredible.

Nice gallery of awesome landscapes. If you like these be sure to check out www.viewat.org especially the Utah area uploads.

The newest 70-200 provides a great bang for the buck zoom lens.

One of Canons best lens gets high marks even on a new full frame camera.

The hyperfocal distance is the closest distance at which a lens can be focused while keeping objects at infinity acceptably sharp. Learn more about how to use this in your photography.

Every photographer should have a basic understanding and knowledge of these 12 basic rules. I find #3,5,7,11 to be the most useful.