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Thank you for taking the time to view the shot and give your opinion.

You say that you don't know the F-stop used, that makes two of us! This shot, taken days after getting the camera, was for a minute or two, a great shot. I barely knew how to turn the camera on. If I remember correctly, everything was on AUTO.

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Now looking at it I see what you see. I try to save the bad and not so bad shots to remind myself what not to repeat. Although, sometimes that only works in theory. I have seen improvement but nothing earth shattering or anything to write home about.

I may not know how to correct the situation for the next shot but knowing what is wrong is half the battle. In this particular shot, I regret it being centered. I agree with you on depth of field but when the shot was taken, depth of field meant how far back does the corn grow.

I like the eye-catching yellow, but if you look at it long enough, you want some of your eye back. It is just too yellow. I didn't do PP on this, wanted to leave it warts and all to hopefully learn from it.

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BTW: I agree with Dave's eval of this pic. This is a pretty good capture considering your inexperience with the camera and not using a true macro lens. I do a fair amount of bug shooting and the trick at the close distances you usually have to shoot them at is getting the whole bug in sharp focus. I think this image could have done with a little more sharpening in post processing. You can check out some of my bugs at

http://lamson.zenfolio.com/p573664752/

Thanks for posting.

Geo