Originally Posted by Jon Ruyle
Ditto.
I notice that you used flash with the shot. IMO, one of the primary reasons for using a flash with macro photography (Canon has two different flashes just for that purpose) is so that you can stop way down for increased depth of field. Note that subject distance affects DoF, and at macro distances and wide apertures. For your lens/body combination at the minimum focus distance of the lens (where you get 1:1 macro), the depth of field at f/2.8 is 0.03" (less than 1 mm)! Even stopping down to the narrowest aperture possible (and living with the effects of diffraction), you can only get 0.3" of DoF - and f/32 requires a LOT of light!
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