Wow - what a spectrum of comments! it was a very iffy submission....so I guess I should have expedted both sides. I agree that the DOF is too narrow - there really is just a sliver that's in perfect focus...and while I would love to blame it on the equipment, we were really just dealing with bad lighting - opened the aperture almost all the way just to be able to get the shot. I hadn't planned to retake it, but all the positive comments may inspire me to!
Nearly a brilliant ad shot and one I would certainly have put in the "next round" pile but to be used commercially it would need a much longer depth of field. It may be that you not have the equipment to achieve that, in which case exellent on what you did achieve.
A picture that I would have framed if it was reshot exactly as it is but with different lighting, DOF
Way too soft short DOF, I am trying but I can“t see one spot that is totally in focus. When doing macro you got to be careful because the Depth Of Field is much shorter than normal so try using a very small aperature to get more of the shot in focus. Nice effort though and good idea but unfortunately I think this will be low.