I have a rather realistic set of xmas ideas... only one of them santa coughmy parentscough is wiling to get me (the cheapest of the lot i am thinking ):

A nice tripod - yet to research that
580ex flash, and maybe a 430/420 as a slave
sigma 2x teleconverter
some stands / equipment for setting up props etc.

And a partridge in a pear tree.

But yeah - mainly the ability to be able to get out and take shots and then not geting RSI spending too much time on the computer would be fine by me ie. good health :)

"In every colour, there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
Man is the dream of the Dolphin"

Rich Meadows Photography