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Teach me something - C&C please

Started Jan 29, 2013 | Discussions thread
f3nr15
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A Little Wonder

A Little Wonder

Had the occasion to visit friends who have a one week old bub today. Took the opportunity to play with my new acquisitions - the 40mm pancake STM, and a 430EX II speedlite. I only took a handful of snaps, and I still don't know anything about using the speedlite, but I liked this shot.

I'm still frustrated by focusing - in this photo, the focus seems to be on my wife's upper sleeve, even though the autofocus confirmation flashed over the babe's face, which mas my intended target.

How do you guys and gals approach focusing? Is it a matter of russian roulette with the AF? (Either half-pressing the shutter-button repeatedly until the satisfactory AF point is auto-selected, or taking so many photos that one of them will have the appropriate AF point?) Or do you focus manually, and risk missing "the moment"?

Any focusing tips or C&C of the photo would be welcomed.

(PS: Used the clone tool in Elements to remove the edge of an iPod that was sitting on the arm of the couch, thanks for the tip dave vichich!)

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