Lovely sunset today

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We had a lovely sunset here today in Preston. Took a pic for posterity. I Bought myself a new digital camera last week after the old one gave up the ghost. Opted for a FujiFilm FinePix S7000 ( www.fujifilm.co.uk/digital/cameras/s7000 ) so here was a change to give it a whizz.

resized and cropped and resized original shown here - the masters are at 6MP.





I'm no photo-boy so excuse me if they aren't picture perfect so to speak, but OK for a Mr snap-happy with a new camera right...?

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That's what prompted me to take the photo. I was used to my old camera (FinePix 2800) always washing out bold colours. It struggled particularly with pinks and purples so I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out like this

beano500 said:

Ah - stunning colours!

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Oooh. They're lovely. I need to get out and do more pics