Red Roses in photos

Latter I would like you to help me too Simon, as I take all my photos on automatic as well.

Hi O, I can hear your frustration in trying to get a perfect picture. I had a similar problem with my point and shoot. My problem was I could not get any detail into my red roses. They were just a red blur. White ones were difficult too.
So I saved up and bought a digital slr that takes RAW photos as well as jpgs Now I have a lot of fun when I put them into the puter because the editing software that came with the camera lets me fix every problem except poor focus. If the photo is too dark or light I can fix it by sliding a bar.I can changes colours from strong to weak and weak to strong. I can strengthen or weaken the contrast and on and on...
It was a great investment because I love to photograph flowers more than anything else (including people! ) and now I have a camera that will do all I want.

I think I'll end up doing that Dee, my camera is great but the reds just don't work. I've tried several different programmes to see if I could improve it but they all do everything but that. I recently downloaded a new one, Picasa 3 for mac, which is still in its early stages but is wonderful to use. Still no red joy though.
Val