focus distance

[sedwards]

here is an example of what i mean. this is uncroped and unedited. they were roughly 500 feet away. i took the same shot about 12 times using back button focus and trying to refocus for each shot . this was the best of the 12

IMG_4674 by sedwards679, on Flickr

[Busted Knuckles]

here is an example of what i mean. this is uncroped and unedited. they were roughly 500 feet away. i took the same shot about 12 times using back button focus and trying to refocus for each shot . this was the best of the 12

looking at the grass it looks like it might be front focusing, focusing just in front of the subject - easy enough to test, focus w/ through the optical view finder, switch to live view and 10x box and see if the image gets sharper because you have to focus further or closer.