My wife and I recently went to Yellowstone. I have been working through all my photos and I have a question. I will post an uncropped resized and a 100% crop for examples. This bear was between 100 and 150 yards away. I took several shots of him. I didn't have my tripod but had the camera was supported on a tree with the Os (IS) turned on. Shutter was 1600. As you can see in the crop, nothing is in focus. The focus point was on his shoulder. Every shot of this bear turned out like this. Is there something about this scene that my camera could not get a good focus? Maybe I shouldn't have had the OS on since I had it supported against a tree. Maybe I am expecting to much from a crop at this distance. My camera is a 7D Mark ll. I have hand held this setup at 600mm with great results with a lot slower shutter speeds but the subject was a lot closer. I am just trying to get a handle on what I can expect out of my setup. Maybe I am doing something wrong or I have an issue with my lens. I took some shots of other grizzlies with my tripod at similar distances but slower shutter speeds and it seems they turned out about the same.
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