Trying not to be afraid

[QuietOne]

I'm not looking for critique of the pictures so much as some assurance that I'm stepping in the right direction. I'm trying to allow the results of some of my flower pictures to be bright, because they were. These were really white, especially when the sun was out. The daffodils I took (see here) were really that bright a yellow. Am I sticking my big toe far enough in the water?