I would be happy to take some photos of those beauties!

As for your camera problem, I agree with what some others have mentioned about the pictures being out of focus as the apparent main problem. Are you using the flash when you take the photos? The camera may have problems focusing in low light conditions. The flash should help take care of this or, increasing your lighting by using natural lighting or supplemental lighting may help. If you can, check the shutter speed on the camera too. If the camera is set on a slow shutter speed, that may be your problem.

With most digital cameras, you should be able to get a decent picture in the automatic setting so that the camera will set the shutter speed and aperature for you. If the camera has a hot shoe and you have a speedlight at your disposal, I would recommend trying to use that with the photos to get adequate lighting.

I can't imagine a 5 megapixel camera not having a Macro setting though. You might want to check in the digital menu in the camera. It might be something you have to change in the menu as opposed to manually flipping a switch or pushing a button on the camear. I know some digital cameras have different modes that you have to access through the digital menu in the camera (portrait mode, landsape mode, night time mode, macro mode, etc.).

I hope this helps. If all else fails - I'll see you in Daytona!!

Thanks,
Celia
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