PeeWee, you might try an experiment on depth of field. What I did was set up several toothpicks, perhaps 1/2 cm apart in a row going away from me. I put some red color on one in the center and focused on that on. Then I played with aperture and my actual camera distance from the subjects. You will be quite surprised how the focus drops off in foreground and background, considering the center toothpick the point of focus. Backing off a bit with the cam will help increase the dof and you can crop your final image as you desire. Some of the best shots of people, bugs, all these things benefit greatly by having a sharp subject and the distractions of background somewhat blurred, even if ever so delicately. With close macros, shallow dof is a given. Part of it is the reality of the science behind lens and aperture and part is artistry of a deliberate shallow dof when suited to the image. In your shot here, if the bug was a tad sharper(not always easy to do! LOL) the blur would help the critter stand out visually. Ah, but what do I know..we try and sometimes get a good one. Some macro shooters here seem to always get good ones..at least that is what we are shown.