A tripod is fun, isn't it?
Suddenly your range of things you can do with your camera broadens ... and it is always good if you can do MORE, I think.
Of the two light photos I like the first more. Are the colours unchanged? Did they come out like this? Have you done something about the white balance before you took the photos?
Nothing was done to them except resizing and the border, that's it. Other than that, that's what they looked like when I took them.
And yes, tri-pods are cool I had 3 different ones to choose from and I took the higher one.. $10 more for one that would go over 30 inches taller.. so yeah, I'm happy with that as I'm 5'7 and didn't feel like bending double My mom thinks it's cool too because they can put their camcorder on it as well