Hi benton432:
I like what you tried to do. The overall felling on the image is that there is not anything is focus. The blurred background is beautiful yet there is not foreground clear. I see you used an aperture of f/2.5 and went to burst mode. For my experience (and it's not that huge experience) when I shout this kind of animals that are in constant move, I always shot in manual and single shot. I know there move a lot, but I prefer rather to get 1 shot that it's useful than 20 that are not.
As for your question, about the DOF, I would try to go for an aperture like f/8 or something like that, where the sharpest focus, can be obtained. Every lens is different, but you can try to find your hot spot. The exposure is good for me. You kept the detail on flower's petals and you did not blow out the white colors, so in that case you did a good job.
In conclusion, forget all my words, lol...just try manual focus next time and see what you get! =)
Thanks for sharing it!
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