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So I have a coupon to get a free 11x14 and free 16x20 that came with a camera purchase and will expire before I take anymore photos like these. Here are some of my better photos, but I can't decide which are the best 2. I thought maybe some outside opinions could help me, because of course, I like them all.

So if you're bored and have two minutes, http://www.shumard.shutterfly.com

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I honestly can't decide... but I do want to know what kinda equipment you used. The coloring of those pictures really pop right out. They've got some great definition.

Just a Canon A80 4 megapixel camera for most. Believe me, for every nice shot, I have a dozen over/underexposed ones in a folder. I don't know what I'm doing, but I learned that dinking around with the manual settings netted me much better photos. Like the Salt Lake sunset; I bet that took 15 shots to match real life to the photo. I honestly thought I was going to lose the light before I got the real colors captured.

It does have shortcomings though, I added photos: "Colorado River E. of Moab" "Zion N.P. @ Springdale" and "Sunset near Arches N.P." to show some issues I've had with "graininess," especially in low-light.

The one big thing people overlook is tripods. I have a little "Ultrapod" that I got at REI that's all of 3 inches tall. Works wonders for clarity and especially for twilight shots.

I added the "Near Paonia, CO" shot to show how much the tripod helps. I was in a hurry to take the photo, but for the life of me, I couldn't stand still enough to get a clear photo with the slow shutter needed to capture the twilight.