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I like the clock and I don't think these are as awful as you were making them sound! The colors don't 'pop' and they have a kind of grey case, but that is mostly a lighting issue.
Try using the fill flash, bringing over a lamp, or shooting near a window.
Remeber a few people on this 'loop' are great at taking shots and then they also put them in photoshop and punch them up too. Don't be so hard on yourself!!!
If you have any sort of basic photo editing software on your computer, you should experiment with it. I usually put mine into Photoshop and use the auto color balance. Sometimes it makes a difference, sometimes it doesn't. Also, there seems to be a difference in quality based on shooting in jpegs or raw files especially when you do open one of those files in a photo editing program. If you took your photo to a lab, most likely the printer would make auto corrections to your photo. Jeff used to work at a lab and would try to color balance everyone's pictures to look their absolute best. For example, if you shoot a group of people under a shady tree their skin is most likely going to look bluish in the photograph unless the lab or you do some sort of color correcting. So, don't be hard on yourself. It takes time to do color corrections even when using the auto function not to mention the fact that you do need access to at least a basic program.
By the way, your photos made me smile. If only wine didn't give me a headache when I drink it. I loved getting a glimpse of your kitchen.
P.S. Feel free to ask Jeff questions about your camera, he really doesn't mind answering questions and may even enjoy it.
No photo editing software here, Dali. Yeah, with my indoor pics at night, they're either overly-bright, with the flash, or they have the warm, yellow-ish tint of our lighting. Not sure what to do about that, though.
Is there a tungsten setting on your camera? If so, that may help filter out the tungsten (that yellowish light you were talking about) light and color balance your shot within your camera.
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