Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

[nickashley]

Pictures from EF17-40mm f/4L USM using 5D III

Brooklyn Bridge Wires by nickbyng, on Flickr


Wall Street by nickbyng, on Flickr


View From Brooklyn Bridge of Lower Manhattan by nickbyng, on Flickr


New York Skyline with Empire State Building View From Rockefeller Center by nickbyng, on Flickr

[Drizzt321]

@nickashley: On the Wall Street image, how did you get that selective focus without a Tilt-Shift lens?

[dr croubie]

@nickashley: On the Wall Street image, how did you get that selective focus without a Tilt-Shift lens?

I've heard the 17-40 is soft wide open at 17mm, is it really that soft?

[marekjoz]

@nickashley: On the Wall Street image, how did you get that selective focus without a Tilt-Shift lens?

I've heard the 17-40 is soft wide open at 17mm, is it really that soft?

It's soft on the other end.

[Drizzt321]

@nickashley: On the Wall Street image, how did you get that selective focus without a Tilt-Shift lens?

I've heard the 17-40 is soft wide open at 17mm, is it really that soft?

It can be soft, but it's mostly at the far corners and nothing like that. To me, it looks a lot more like a T-S lens effect. Either that or some Photoshopping going on.

I'm a bit more sensitive to that effect now since I'm playing around with a CPS evaluation T-S lens. I sooooo want it. Can't afford it unfortunately    I need to just win the lotto.

[dr croubie]

Yeah, i'd really be hoping that it's some PP going on, no Canon lens should be *that* soft, it looks like a Lensbaby at f/8 or so...

[Drizzt321]

Yeah, i'd really be hoping that it's some PP going on, no Canon lens should be *that* soft, it looks like a Lensbaby at f/8 or so...

Well...except for the Tilt-Shift lenses which let you do selective focus like that. That's only when you use it to do that, of course, but it's one of the nifty features of those lenses.

[nickashley]

@nickashley: On the Wall Street image, how did you get that selective focus without a Tilt-Shift lens?

That just bit edge blur in PS as so busy all people would been distracting in the image, lens is great as so light and in New York the wide is just amazing what you can get in. I'd love tilt shift lens for things like this to get a nice slice of selective focus.

It is sharp lens in all stuff i've done with it mostly wide stuff.

[Drizzt321]

@nickashley: On the Wall Street image, how did you get that selective focus without a Tilt-Shift lens?

That just bit edge blur in PS as so busy all people would been distracting in the image, lens is great as so light and in New York the wide is just amazing what you can get in. I'd love tilt shift lens for things like this to get a nice slice of selective focus.

It is sharp lens in all stuff i've done with it mostly wide stuff.

Ah, makes sense. I thought it might be some PS work. Sounds like not a whole lot

[taperoo2k]

I'm quite pleased with this one, so pleased it's one of my entries in the Oxford Flickr Group's exhibition at the Botanic Garden in Oxford.


Flowers in the Botanic Garden by taperoo2k, on Flickr

Really awesome, how did you process this?

It was a 5 minute Lightroom processing job, I pretty much nailed it in camera, after fiddling with the CPL to get the dreamy look I was after. If I remember correctly cropping the image took the most amount of time in Lightroom. I tend to process things instinctively.

Since using a CPL, the softness of the lens seems to have reduced somewhat. Either that or I'm getting the hang of using the lens. It's got a sweet spot like most lenses.

[rahkshi007]

5dm2 with 17-40mm f4L and 600ex on right
Best regard from Malaysia

[taperoo2k]

Had a go at some long exposure Photography last night at an annual fair (St Giles Fair, it's been around since the 1600's). I don't think I've done too badly, given this is my first time at trying this technique. Learning by the seat of my pants again. I used a range of f numbers and shutter speeds (anywhere from 2.5 seconds to 30 seconds).

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St Giles - Night Photography by taperoo2k, on Flickr

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St Giles Fair - Night Photography by taperoo2k, on Flickr

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St Giles - Night Photography by taperoo2k, on Flickr

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St Giles - Night Photography by taperoo2k, on Flickr

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St Giles - Night Photography by taperoo2k, on Flickr

[K-amps]

Michigan Street Chicago.

[Drizzt321]

Great work taperoo2k, I love trying (and seeing) those kind of long exposures

[matukas]

5th season - Soomaa, Estonia
I took it on the road. These days it was covered with water.