Livre d'Or

"Whiteout" on a Canon Powershot I can help with (I have an S50 which is fairly old, but I'm imagining the controls will be similar). Turn the dial on the top to P then press the function button. Then use the arrow keys (mine is top right) to go left down the scale; the brighter it is, the further you need to go. When you've taken the picture, look at the display. Any part of the image which has whited out will flash. If it does flash, go left a bit further and take the picture again. I tend to go a whole stop down to start with (the scale on mine is in quarters). You can then use Photoshop to lighten the photos again.

As for the photos, A looks as if it might be an aquilegia. D looks like an anemone. B I don’t recognise, but doesn’t look like a weed, so I would wait and see if it looks pretty when it flowers, then decide! C I recognise but can’t place, but probably isn’t a weed. E is harder, it could be a weed but might not be.