Thanks for the link, I'll digest that before heading to the office.
No filters, both shots were just point, zoom and click auto's (I do this quite a bit despite people having warned me against it, i just make sure its faded a lot before doing it)
Light was fading fast when I took the shot, but it had been a blisteringly hot clear day.
The camera was an S2 IS w/ canon converter giving 630mm i think, the settings it chose were 1/160th, f4.0.
BTW, this is the sunset shot I was after, which the above sun is cropped from. Its called 'Energy'
