Attached Link: Sunset over Bryce in Winter

If your friend is still unconvinced, have him take a look at this URL. This is a photo by another amateur photographer named A. Cemal Ekin; I really like his stuff. Remind him/her that this was reduced and jpeg'd so that it would fit within the posting guidelines of that site (640x480 200k or less). It was taken with a Nikon Coolpix 995 - a 3.14megapixel consumer digital camera. In the end, it's not the equipment, it's the photographer. -=>Donald