First shots with 17-40

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Had a few minutes after supper so I shot a few flowers at the folk's house with the 17-40. I am pleased with the lens for the simple fact that it needs little to no PP work if I do it right with the controls.

I shot these in RAW + smallJPEG mode ,and the RAWs look spectacular. These are the small jpeg images which still looked ok. They were just cropped-but no playing with the colors. I checked the readings in landscape mode,then switched to AV mode and adjusted from there.

I look forward to using the lens alot and recommend it to any Canon folks.

Shots handheld with a Canon 30D.

[MN Shutterbug]

Whoa, that baby is sharp.

[MARINERMAGNUM]

Thanks X. The raws look much better/sharper. Like I had said in another post,this one is better than my last one-but I don't know why.

[MN Shutterbug]

Any sharper and the last one would be cutting into my monitor.

[Steve Foss]

Really pretty comps, MM. Sure is fun and interesting experimenting with the altered scale wide angle offers. Lots more to come, no doubt.