17-40 L owners....show me your shots.

[Kabz]

I have searched pbase.com for shots....

but I want to see the shots from these forums.
I am probably going to get this lens...so I want to see the versatiliy of it from Canon fans.
Thanks

[WestFalcon]

I can send you some shots if you give me your email address.

[Kabz]

Kabir.Kabz@gmail.com

[kwang0429]

I'd like to see some also... thanks.

[maderito]

A good lens with fair sharpness and good contrast:

These were shot at various focal lengths:

http://www.pbase.com/maderito/image/30968066
http://www.pbase.com/maderito/image/26334857 (http://www.pbase.com/maderito/image/26334857.jpg)
http://www.pbase.com/maderito/image/37782748
http://www.pbase.com/image/39742972 (http://www.pbase.com/image/39742972.jpg)

[stckciv]

I dont have alot of shots from this lens, I have had it a few years but most of my slides were stolen a year ago. This lens is great at the wide end, I use my 50 1.4 for mid range and only the 17-40 for wide.

I am pleased with the lens at 17 and its better at about 20. I say spring for it, its a cheap lens with excelent results!

[Kabz]

Fair sharpness? The main reason I was getting it was because thats the sharpest I found for the price

[maderito]

Fair sharpness? The main reason I was getting it was because thats the sharpest I found for the price
It is. . .just doesn't compare to the primes I use most of the time (not in the same focal length category).

[Wazza]

Here are a few shots with my new 17-40 I've done in the past week.

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/bethells_tower.jpg

http://wazz*****scity.com/temp/777.jpg

http://wazz*****scity.com/temp/fountain.jpg

All these were shot with a 20D

[Kent2]

Here is a close up shot:
http://www.palomarpics.net/WAP5.jpg

[Kabz]

It is. . .just doesn't compare to the primes I use most of the time (not in the same focal length category).


by primes you mean fixed/non-zoom lenses right?

[roanjohn]

Wazza, that first shot is STUNNING!!!

Ro1

[KelliShaver]

I was just going to say the same thing.... That first shot is beautiful, Wazza.

[Kabz]

Wazza.....incredible work.

Thanks for showing us those....any more are encouraged

[maderito]

by primes you mean fixed/non-zoom lenses right?
Right: 50/1.4, 85/1.8, 100/2.0 (macro), 135/2.0L -- all very good glass but not for wide-angle photography.

If you're using the 17-40 for landscape work, you should be thinking about a tripod (if you haven't already). Because of the tremendous depth of field in properly set up WA shots, you can get lullled into thinking that your images will be sharp. But camera shake is a factor and can ruin what you thought was going to be your best shot of the day.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Woody,

I love your last two examples,.
http://www.pbase.com/maderito/image/37782748
http://www.pbase.com/image/39742972

very nice and very different choices.

[johnleveritt]

I have searched pbase.com for shots....

but I want to see the shots from these forums.
I am probably going to get this lens...so I want to see the versatiliy of it from Canon fans.
Thanks

These shots were taken with the EF 17-40L, these were all taken handheld, no tripod:

http://johnleveritt.smugmug.com/gallery/352026/1

Nothing spectacular, Just me trying out the lens when new, in Bryce Canyon Utah.

[Anders Östberg]

Very good lens... nice range on a 1.6 camera. Here's a few:

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/userpics/10001/Waterworks_3454.jpg

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/userpics/10001/IntoTheFog.jpg

It does wildlife too :)
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/userpics/10001/Frog_3730.jpg

[ijohnson]

Someone help me. Does this lens just happen to make clouds look really cool or are people frequently using a circular polarizer. I swear that 80% of the great wide angle shots I have seen with awesome clouds in them have come from the 17-40.

[mdr]

Are they xxx-rated? ;)

[mdr]

Check out www.marcderidder.com (http://www.marcderidder.com). The photo on the home page shows the sharpness and detail with a tricky night shot using 30 seconds exposure.

Other ones showing the detail rendition are:
http://www.marcderidder.com/Pics/landscape3.htm
http://www.marcderidder.com/Pics/landscape4.htm
http://www.marcderidder.com/Pics/sunset2.htm

[morpheus]

If you have to compare the 28-75 Tamron and the 17-40L Canon, what would you say guys??

[RichieHatch]

Here are a couple for you.... (unfortunately some have clouds....)

http://www.pbase.com/richiehatch/image/36141011

http://www.pbase.com/richiehatch/image/34976910

http://www.pbase.com/richiehatch/image/34080931

http://www.pbase.com/richiehatch/image/32364885

Its a lovely lens for landscapes and not bad for portraits either...! Cant compare with the tamron as i dont have it.

Good luck

Richie

[cmM]

http://www.cmuntean.net/images/s1.jpg

[shan_30]

all of these pictures were shot with a rented 17-40l lens. i had a blast using it!

http://photobucket.com/albums/v431/shan544/import%20showoff/?

[loebas]

Someone help me. Does this lens just happen to make clouds look really cool or are people frequently using a circular polarizer. I swear that 80% of the great wide angle shots I have seen with awesome clouds in them have come from the 17-40.

Took this lens out of the box had no filters/polarizers attached and this was my first photo with the lens.
Did not eddit this photo is straight form the camera. (D300)
Took the photo -1/3 underexposure.

[EoSD30fReAk]

here's one i took some weeks ago



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v59/EoSD30fReAk/in%20the%20park/park04.jpg

[Kabz]

Took this lens out of the box had no filters/polarizers attached and this was my first photo with the lens.
Did not eddit this photo is straight form the camera. (D300)
Took the photo -1/3 underexposure.


this is what I like to see.....sweet


and thanks for all the great responses so far!

[roanjohn]

If you have to compare the 28-75 Tamron and the 17-40L Canon, what would you say guys??

No doubt it will be the Canon!!!

Ro1

[Hatem Eldoronki]

http://home.comcast.net/~eldoronki/VW6T0747.jpg

[reggie]

http://freespace.virgin.net/greg.newby/glencoe/index.html

[soccerbyron]

I love my 17-40...

[Lesmac]

Try my gallery, mainly taken with 17-40 L (1DS MKII and 10D)
Les
http://lesmclean.photoblink.com/

[dmstraton]

On the clouds, it's not always the polarizers, it's "L" contrast and color...can't be beat.

[ijohnson]

HAHA. 8 months later.

I think the confusion for me was that I have been living in Korea for so long. The pollution in the air and the general visibility problems make clouds very uninteresting. I went back to the US for 2 weeks in May this year and found this out. The clouds were amazing to me. On that very rare day here in Korea when the clouds are beautiful, my students stare out the window like there was a dragon flying around.

No polarizer or L lens can get me pretty clouds like I am used to, only a $1000 plane ticket.

[George Chew]

Greetings,
Just did a job for an interior designer.

[Sam]

Here are some of mine.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/tborquez/092105Lexi01.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/tborquez/091805Cassie02.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/tborquez/081505BodegaBay01.jpg

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y291/tborquez/090705dramaticsky.jpg

[malla1962]

Heres some of mine.:D

[malla1962]

2 more:D

[mrclark321]

Rose

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/mrclark321/IMG_0473copy.jpg

[1goodshot]

Heres a few
http://www.pbase.com/1goodshot/image/49169828
http://www.pbase.com/1goodshot/image/49170865
http://www.pbase.com/1goodshot/image/49170332