^ What he said. ^ That is a fancy camera and should take good pics with out changing any factory settings. At 7.2 MP you have more than twice the quality that my camera has. Couple of other general things:
- Make sure the Macro setting is on.
- Looks like you have the flash on...... turn it off and just turn on some xtra-light or (better yet) take it outside.
- Use a background with a matte finish, not the glossy table you used in that photo. Glossy picks up glare and also messes with the auto-focus feature if it is very reflective. A piece of concrete or UN-finished wood works great. Paper works as well but plain white can be tricky to get light colored details to show.
- Steady the camera. If you don't have a mini tri-pod, stack up some books or rest your hand against something to keep it steady when you push the button.
- Push the button halfway down (as Happy explained above) and watch the LCD screen.... if it looks out of focus there, let up on the button and move the camera back just a little or use a slightly different angle.