_______________________________________________________________Nothing wrong with that camera Dolce - a daughter of a friend of mine has one (the pink one). It's 7.1 megapixel, 3 optical zoom and has image stabilization. No reason why you should not get crystal clear pics with that, assuming you have all the right buttons pressed.
You obviously have some technical skills, as you have been able to crop, resize, etc your photographs and place them on this forum. Keep trying the different settings on your camera, though the auto mode should cover most situations.
Good luck with your grandchild and your travels.
Yes indeed my one has all those things mentioned above and appears to be similar camera. I just watched that RTE 2 programme you mentioned about earlier on Wild Mallorca, really enjoyed it. We were planning to go to the Parc Natural S'Albufera de Mallorca or wildlife marsh between Port d'Alcudia and Can Picafort there that he actually showed the lovely white Erget birds in next latish August. (so pleased to see it). Actually last year young Carlos and I actually got pictures of little dragonera lizards as he called them and then one or other of us managed to delete pictures by accident and practically cried over losing them. I hope we are better with the camera this year.