Challen gettin' funky

[Loving It]

I need some help with indoor action. This is a photo of my daughter dancing. In this one, if you zoom closer,
she has a soft focus and the audience behind her has a sharper focus. Is that because she is moving and they are not?
How do you keep the focus on your subject when they are in fast paced action? (In this dance she moves closer then
farther away or behind other dancers. When I see her again, the focus is on the dancer that was in front of her.)

Thanks in advance



Canon Rebel Xsi
Exposure: 1/250
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 50mm
ISO: 800

[barabe]

A picture would be nice...

[Loving It]

Can you see it now?

[JerInTheBox]

Nope. You sure it's not set to private?

[Loving It]

I'm not sure what the problem is. The picture is set on public. I looked at this thread before I logged in, and I can see the picture. I reposted the link. Hope you can see it now.

[SandeeWig]

Well, I can see the picture and I see what you mean by the focus. Can you tell me how you focused and what focus settings you used?

i.e.
1. Did you let the camera pic the focal points, or did you set a particular focus point?
2. Did you have the focus settings on AI Servo or AI Auto Focus or One Shot - in a situation where the subject is moving, it should be set on Al Servo

[Loving It]

I can't remember if it was auto focal point. It was set to AI Servo. I don't know if there are any tricks to keeping one person in a moving group in focus or if it is just practice.

[SandeeWig]

I think the trick is to select one of the nine focus points you want to use, then lock the focus (depress shutter halfway) on your subject behind that focal point. The camera should (set on al servo) attempt to keep the focus on that subject as it moves.

I haven't played w/ it too much, but I think that's how it works. Others, please correct me if I'm wrong.

May take some practice too.