No dof is not the best but it still is a good photograph with a good measure of detail I think. I saw one on my sidewalk here while back and it had a "grasshopper" of all things! I ran back in the house to get my camera but wouldn't you know it, as always the case, it was gone when I returned. I don't know what kind of insect this one has but it sort of looks like maybe a "lacewing"
Nice pic -- I can never get these things to sit still to be photographed.
Looks like a winged ant to me too.
Sue, the DOF looks fine to me. But the whole image looks a bit washed out, like maybe you're picking up flare from all that bright background. Photoshop histogram reports no darks below level 26. Would a level adjust help?
That is one big catch! Even now, I'm sure that ant (or whatever it is) is back from the taxidermist and mounted on a wooden plaque in this Robber Fly's den!
Mike Broderick
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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