I am almost embarrassed to put this photo on here but really need your help. I took three pictures like this and all three were out of focus. I thought they looked good when I took them. This is the main problem I have when photographing people. I took a picture of my husband with the same settings and same three focal points, top, middle and bottom. You can see my settings below and when I took the picture I had three focus points light up, top, middle and bottom of the pump. Should I have had the Aperture at say 4.5 instead of 7.1 because of the smaller focus area I wanted or should I have had focus points light up on the pump and the background before I too the shot? Please advise.
Camera: Nikon D80
Exposure: 0.077 sec (7692307/100000000)
Aperture: f/8
Focal Length: 100 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0/6 EV
ISO Speed: 400
YCbCr Positioning: Centered
Exposure Program: Aperture priority
Maximum Lens Aperture: 45/10
Metering Mode: Pattern
Color Space: sRGB
Sensing Method: One-chip colour area sensor
CFA Pattern: GREEN BLUE RED GREEN
Digital Zoom Ratio: 1/1
Focal Length In 35mm Film: 150
Gain Control: Low gain up
Quality: FINE
White Balance: AUTO
Focus Mode: AF-S
Colour Mode: MODE3a
Lighting Type: NATURAL
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Kaye1963 Sites: flickr Gear: Nikon D50, Nikon D80, Nikon D90, Sigma 10-20mm, Sigma 24-70mm, Nikon 18-105mm, tripod, monopod, remote, Nikon 55-200mm, Nikon 18-55mm, Nikon 70-300VR, Nikon 50mm 1.8 [OK to re-edit and repost my shots on dps]
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