New Lens: A couple of weeks ago I purchased a used Canon 17-85mm lens from KEH. The photo's I took on Monday and they have not been touched at all. I had my 70D set for aperture at f/9...

mikedidi46 Loc: WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA

A couple of weeks ago I purchased a used Canon 17-85mm lens from KEH.
The photo's I took on Monday and they have not been touched at all.
I had my 70D set for aperture at f/9 and ISO 100. I am very pleased at the outcome of these JPEGS.

Arrangement at LEU Gardens,

orrie smith Loc: Kansas

mikedidi46 wrote:

A couple of weeks ago I purchased a used Canon 17-85mm lens from KEH.
The photo's I took on Monday and they have not been touched at all.
I had my 70D set for aperture at f/9 and ISO 100. I am very pleased at the outcome of these JPEGS.

nice shots

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

Now that you have a spectacular lens, your next step is to work on your composition skills. Although these examples will do as quick test images, they hardly will win any awards for visual appeal.

chase4 Loc: Punta Corona, California

Nice shots with a good, sharp lens/camera combo. chase

orrie smith Loc: Kansas

rook2c4 wrote:

Now that you have a spectacular lens, your next step is to work on your composition skills. Although these examples will do as quick test images, they hardly will win any awards for visual appeal.

harsh, he/she was testing out a new lens, not entering a competition.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Very nice.
Photo Gallery is a good place for sharing photographs.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

mikedidi46 wrote:

A couple of weeks ago I purchased a used Canon 17-85mm lens from KEH.
The photo's I took on Monday and they have not been touched at all.
I had my 70D set for aperture at f/9 and ISO 100. I am very pleased at the outcome of these JPEGS.

The Canon 17-85 is a nice lens, and I hope you got it at a good price. It's a pretty old model which was replaced around 6 years ago by the Canon 15-85mm. Additionally, while I really don't wish to rain on your parade, I would be remiss if I didn't alert you to a serious problem that has plagued a significant number of copies of this lens as they get older. The aperture flex cable has a tendency to fail making the lens unusable. This is a well known issue with the 17-85. Try Googling it. The cable can be replaced by you for little cost if your very handy and confident with your skills, there are videos on YouTube. Having it serviced professionally would probably not be cost effective. Most copies do not exhibit this problem, and hopefully your copy will be one of them. This was just for your information.

Festina Lente Loc: Florida & Missouri

rook2c4 wrote:

Now that you have a spectacular lens, your next step is to work on your composition skills. Although these examples will do as quick test images, they hardly will win any awards for visual appeal.

orrie smith wrote:

harsh, he/she was testing out a new lens, not entering a competition.

Perhaps, but I suspect well intentioned.
One thing that may immediately improve these test shots, is to brokeh the distracting background by start shooting with the lens wide open and go up from there.

mikedidi46, give it a try (shallower depth of field) and post the results.

Here is a good yet simple Brokeh simulator that really speeds up the learning curve. Worth playing with.
http://dofsimulator.net/en/

orrie smith Loc: Kansas

Festina Lente wrote:

Perhaps, but I suspect well intentioned.
One thing that may immediately improve these test shots, is to brokeh the distracting background by start shooting with the lens wide open and go up from there.

mikedidi46, give it a try (shallower depth of field) and post the results.

Here is a good yet simple Brokeh simulator that really speeds up the learning curve. Worth playing with.
http://dofsimulator.net/en/

nice website

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good shots Mike.