Out of focus

The enclosed image has been rejected by the staff because is out of focus or not sharp. I agree with them and accept the judgement but the fact is that I worked fine with the DoF and as everyone knows not all the plain can be in focus. Some flowers in a line are in focus fi I watch at them at 1:1 resolution, but it doesn't seems literally out of focus.

On the other hand I agree that the image is not sharp or a little bit confused, this could have more sense.

Thanks to all.