MPEG 2 Compression Artifacts

Hey gang, this was encoded from an MOV export (with compression markers); DVCPROHD codec. In this part of the film we tilt down from the trees and I get these strange low res frames, which follow into the next shot- a locked off interview shot. Can anyone give me some guidance as to and changes I might make in the preset (90 minutes best quality 2 pass) to help compresser deal withh this situation? THanks!
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Can you please post all your FCP Export and Compressor settings and if you can send me 10 seconds of the critical video portion so that I can make some tests, my email is in my profile.
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