I've been doing a lot of experimenting lately. Unfortunately, it's caused a problem this morning.

I go to the San Diego Zoo once a week, and that was this morning.

I usually shoot RAW + JPG although I've never done anything with the RAW other than summarily delete them.

I accidentally had my Canon 550D set for RAW only this morning and came home with 158 pictures from a two-hour trip.

I tried opening all of them in Corel PaintShop Pro X4. It crashed.

I tried opening all of them in Photoshop CS5.1. It crashed.

I downloaded Photoshop CS6 Beta and tried opening all of them there. It crashed.

I was able to open all of them very easily in Lightroom 4 and easily export them as JPGs in a batch export process. Took a while though. Certainly says a lot for taking RAW + JPG out in the field.

Anyone else doing something unique or is this just an anomaly that I created for myself this morning?

First let me say that I believe capturing beautiful photos takes a talent....I am sure, I lack that talent. I love photography, but the more I read, the more I study, the more I watch, the more confused I get. I take notes, I set my camera, I focus, I click.... I get pictures! Lacking.. crisp color, crisp focus,...I see your posted ART and they are beautiful. I believe it is all operator...I have good equipment, maybe not what you use, but I use a Canon 5DII. I have heard many of you say...read and understand your camera...I am beginning to think it is beyond my abilities...... Is it really this hard?

First let me say that I believe capturing beautiful photos takes a talent....I am sure, I lack that talent. I love photography, but the more I read, the more I study, the more I watch, the more confused I get. I take notes, I set my camera, I focus, I click.... I get pictures! Lacking.. crisp color, crisp focus,...I see your posted ART and they are beautiful. I believe it is all operator...I have good equipment, maybe not what you use, but I use a Canon 5DII. I have heard many of you say...read and understand your camera...I am beginning to think it is beyond my abilities...... Is it really this hard?