[nappy]

I usually just leave the FD at default...anyone have a tutorial/link to controlling FD?

[-Adrian]

#1 What's the FD?
#2 Are you new to Maxwell Render?
#3 Have you read the manual that came with it?

[Bubbaloo]

Focal Distance?

Switch to a perspective view (so you can get a good view of it) and adjust it to focus on what you want.