Just plain happy...

[EcoRick]

I took this candid at ISO 1600 late in the afternoon. No flash. It was one of my first with the 135L. I just like the expression and emotion.

C&C would be appreciated.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/EcoRick/Justplainhappy-1.jpg

[FocalPrincess]

She looks very happy...it looks like your focal point was on her mouth...maybe that's what you were going for, but you'll catch it quite a bit on the forums for not focusing on eyes...

In this case I'd actually like to see a little less tight crop, so that it shows more of what she's happy about.

[Sam]

I'm fine with the focus on her mouth since it's a shot of her laughing. To me it looks more like the focus is on her chin though.

I think it's a great idea and overall a nice shot.

[EcoRick]

Thanks for the comments. To be honest, I have no idea how to focus spot on with a moving target indoors. I had the ISO bumped up to 1600 and had the lens pre-set to 2.0, so the DOF was very shallow. Since it was a candid, it was just a "grab the camera and take a shot" moment. If she sees me with the camera, she'll run for cover. I'll have to spend more time on the forum to get a better idea how to perfect this type of shot.

[Sam]

Do you use a single AF point or do you let the camera choose for you? Selecting a single point works the best for me.

I had a hard time with Autofocus because I was used to clunky old manual cameras before and when I got my 300d I was excited to let the camera do all the work for me. The Auto features are nice, but they rarely do what you would want them to.

[EcoRick]

Single auto point with Al Servo. I didn't crop the picture at all, so you can imagine the shallow DOF.