Photography Lesson

My wonderful husband, Keith, spent some time with me today teaching me how to adjust the settings on the camera I'm using (his). It's quite different from my old Mavica. Today I learned that the way I have been taking my photos (with backlighting from the windows) is resulting in them looking greyed and washed-out. Well, I'm working on an alternative setup that will provide the light I need and still allow me to position the objects conveniently. This is a second photo of Zeal with new camera settings. It's not perfect, but I'm making some progress. As you can see, I have added a matboard backing and hanging loop.