[Kaye]

I have a question about focus area and focus points. On the Nikon d90 I can select either Single, Dynamic, Auto or 3d. Well I almost always use Auto except with sports (I use dynamic). Over the last week I have been trying to learn how to photograph barrel racing. When I did a search on Flickr (found some awesome photos) I noticed that the EXIF data of the ones I liked the best show that multiple focus points where used.

Example:
AFArea Mode: Auto-area AF
Auto Focus: Unknown (2)
Primary AFPoint: Center
AFPoints Used: Center, Mid-left, Upper-left, Far Left, Mid-right, Upper-right, Far Right

But when emailing the photographer they said that the photos where taken using the Dynamic mode. But my photos only show this type of EXIF data (multiple focus points) being used when I am in the Auto mode (and that's the only mode I see multiple focus points when taking photographs). When I use dynamic mode, all my photos have EXIF data as follows:

AFArea Mode: Unknown (1)
Auto Focus: Unknown (2)
Primary AFPoint: Center
AFPoints Used: Center

It just seems that Auto (with multiple focus points) would be hard to use when focusing on something moving that fast. But the Auto is my favorite mode to shoot in and I seem to really get sharper photos when I use it.

Look forward to hearing some of your opinions on this.

Thanks
Kaye