I will have to keep reading through this bit by bit, and playing with my camera, for it to connect usable information in my brain. It is starting to sink in.
Time to play with my camera.
I took this photo a few years back. I don't know what I did to get the background darkened, and the leaves and some blooms clear. But lots of the blooms are over exposed. .Sony Cybershot ISO-100, f/5.3 Exp. 1/320 sec.
It seems that I had much better luck with the little Sony than I do with my Nikon D40.