I would describe myself as a hobby photographer at best @mattclarke, and I would agree that macro and long-exposure are enjoyable to take.

My primary thoughts for you are on composition and focus. There is quite a lot of grass to look at, and while I feel I should be drawn towards the dead grass amongst the green, just because there is lots to look at, I'm having trouble finding a focal point focus on.

I'd normally try for a subject that I can have some depth between it and its background:

Or, with a contrast difference between subject and surroundings (not the best pick-up of the colour, but as example):

As for the focus, were you using a single focal point (such as a macro mode) and were you manually focussing on the particular point you were after? This is taken with a macro lense, but it shows how the focus can be used:

Though I'm sure @holoz0r has something more profound to say then these ramblings 😂 I'm not very fancy with my camera use, but I take plenty of photos that some come out good :)