Brad
I am not picking on you so do not take this the wrong way. But how are we suppose to see that??? I can not tell what colors that is. I know you are trying and you mention some steps you took. Maybe look in the library about taking photos of your pens. There are helpful hints. I can not comment on the camera because I know nothing about cameras. But maybe shoot in a different light source like near a window to capture natual light instead of artificial or outside. Just suggestions man.
There has been talk about people giving rude or somewhat questionable comments about pens and photos here and there are some that really object to it. But when things like this appear what are we suppose to do??
I can suggest you take your photo over to a photo shop type site and tweak the colors and contrast and play with it if you are really interested in getting some type of real review and not just the generic "looks good" answer. I happen to use Picture It and this works well for me and I am sure others may suggest other sites too. This is what came with my computer.
Like I said do not take this as a slam.
( did I put enough smiley faces in this time???)