Beautiful. Only drawback is the bright spots in the top right. I realize it's basic editing but maybe if you had moved yourself just a little to the right when shooting it you could have avoided them. I think cropping them out wouldn't work because you would lose the nice texture on the bottom right.
Though I don't really think it detracts that much from the image, and no score lost from me on it, I'll bet you're getting a ton of "I find the gold things in the upper right distracting.". LOL!!! I love how clean & detailed the oats/wheat/whatever is! 7
An image that demonstates the subject matter of the challenge in spectacular fashion with excellant DOF and color control. Both a technical and artistic success that more than adequately meets the challenge subject in particular with the color shades. A very worthy contender for top ten honors and a possible ribbon contender.