It's looking good. Don't know why you are having problems with the camera now that you are in "tulip" mode :-) If you have an optical and digital zoom camera, you might be going past the optical zoom into the digital zoom region (it is usually indicated on screen but you can tell as the lens stops moving). I dont recomment using digital zoom as it just detracts from the image quality and you can digital zoom in your photo editor once you have it on your computer.
Another tip is... rather than using blu-tack on sticks to hold your parts, drill a 0.4mm hole somewhere discrete, attach some copper wire (perhaps with CA glue) and hey-presto you have a much smaller attachment giving you much less touching up headache. You might need larger wire for larger objects.
Did the dry-brushing explanation make sense?
Hope that helps,
BillyPee