I took a number of photos like the one here. Each was at the same settings but each time I asked the camera to focus (with a single focus point) and the focus point right on the girls face. The display on the camera shows the focus point right on her face and each time the camera confirmed focus before taking the shot.
Yet looking at the photo, it seems as though the focus has locked on the branches of the trees above and not actually on the girls face.
Edit: Focus mode was AF-S and I was mostly using viewfinder.
Other photos taken closer up are tack sharp but ones at a bit more of a distance seem all to have missed focus entirely. What if anything could I have done to help make sure the camera is locking focus at the correct place?
Obviously, such things as "get closer" or "manual focus" but assuming this is the composition I want what is the best way to have the autofocus actually focus on the correct focus point? What am I doing wrong?
EDIT: Screenshot from Capture NX-D which seems to confirm focus on face, but clearly it's not.
