Originally posted by plmuzikmaster very nice shot... for some reason, i am seeing an "effect" that makes it look like it gets out of focus really fast the farther back you go...
That's an effect called Depth-of-field. Using selective depth of field you can create all sorts of effects like this.
The wider the aperture on your lens (i.e. the lower the number) the smaller the amount of distance that seems in focus. This is one of the reasons why there are lenses that are f1.4 / f1.2 etc.
IRC, Canon made a lens back in the 60's that was f0.95. I would imagine the DOF would be very small indeed and would require an extremely critical eye on focusing.