Need a little more self-instruction on how to use the 100 settings on the camera or time to mess with them...I am clueless on aperature, shutter speed, and so on...these are in automatic mode, but regardless this seems like a big leap forward.

It looks a little artificial to light up specific areas but really pops and shows quite alot of detail in those spots (if that's what you want to do). You can see how the bottom areas are a little more shiny in the second picture. The first one looks much more natural.