  We investigate the pion photoproduction in the \Delta(1232) region in the
framework of an effective Lagrangian including pions, nulceon and \Delta(1232).
We work to third order in a small scale expansion with both $m_{\pi}$ and
$M_{\Delta}-M_N$ treated as light scales. We note that in the $\Delta$ region,
straightward power counting breaks as the amplitudes become very large, to deal
with this problem, we suggest that the appropriate way to compare theoretical
calculations with experimental data is via weighted integrals of the amplitudes
through the $\Delta$ region.

Nuclear Theory