You've actually got us to get the manual out (sony cybershot 3.3) It does macros, and we've really been lazy about figuring them out.
We need some coaching, I think most of the problem might be flow/movement, but how do you deal with that ? Everything collapses when you turn off the flow.
Here's some attempts not worthy of posting.(man those fox corals DO like to be photographed don't they...)
beginner macros