IPad Stuck in recovery mode with important photos

Hi,
My iPad 2 iOS5 got stucked with the iTunes and USB picture (recovery mode I think).I tried to restart holding home and power buttons for 10s and nothing happened.
I had important photos in there. Any idea how to recoverthem.
Thanks.

A simple search of the forum for "error 28" yields may results, one being...
Error 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 34, 37
These errors typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process. FollowTroubleshooting security software issues to resolve this issue. In rare cases, these errors may be a hardware issue. If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#error28

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