Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens Sample Pictures

A little girl holds the reins to a just-the-right-size-for-her pony.

A little girls peers up behind her sunglasses.

At a 17mm perspective, these New York City skyscrapers tower far overhead.

Champlain Mountain in Acadia National Park shows its rocks, evergreens and fall-colored deciduous trees below.

A 55mm perspective of these New York City Skyscrapers. These tall buildings in this picture were shot from the same position as the preceding 17mm shot.

A band performs under the lights on this outdoor stage.

A little girls hangs out on the floor with her Golden Retriever. Notice the legs from a formerly-stuffed tiger dog toy under the dog.

A bed of beautiful Evening Primrose in full bloom provides color in this landscape picture.

A circular polarizer filter was used to capture this mid-day Bass Harbor Lighthouse picture.

A cute little girl looks up while standing barefoot in green grass.

Water cascades over the rocks in a small stream. The relatively long exposure allows motion blur of the reflected sun.

A colorful motion blur of a little girl riding a Merry-Go-Round. Hopefully the picture does not make you dizzy. :)

A horse smells the hand of a little girl.

The location for this particular Acadia National Park silhouette is on the west side of Sand Beach. I exposed the image so that the brightest clouds were nearly blown (pure white, RGB = 255, 255, 255). This allowed plenty of detail in the shadows for the final adjustments in Canon's Digital Photo Pro.

Light from an open door in a dark barn creates a strong contrast but a soft light.

The sun sets in dramtic fashion over Lake Ahmic in Magnetawan, Ontario, Canada.

A view from Pine Creek in the PA Grand Canyon. This location is toward the Ansonia end of the canyon.

A girl rides her horse around an indoor riding ring. The light is primarily from an open barn door with eave light adding to the background illumination.

This cute little girl is sitting on a fence.

Two girls enjoy a local town carnival race car ride. I hope she uses her hands when she gets her drivers license!

A long exposure captures a blur of water flowing downstream.

A light/misting rain created great conditions for fall foliage photography in Acadia National Park this day. This particular framing avoided the unattractive solid gray sky. A level camera position keeps the trees straight up and down in the frame. This location is near Echo Lake Beach.

OK, maybe two people are upside-down.

The top of Champlain Mountain, Acadia National Park, has lots of great rock formations. And lots of Cairns. Cairns are stacks of stones to mark the trails. The Cairns are typically placed where they are especially visible including locations that will leave them silhouetted to hikers. I was trail running/photographing one evening and liked how the lines in the stones somewhat matched the lines in the clouds, so I made a few images.

At least that is what this minature cow would like to know.

Riding the train at the small town carnival is great fun (at least for a 4 year old).

A little girl carries her walking stick while hiking with her dad.

Water rushes over a small shaded waterfall.

A bed of Evening Primrose glows in the mid-day sun.

A young girl stands in the light of an open doorway.

A young girl canters her Paint around an indoor arena.

A young girl poses with a pony.

A little cutie is caught in a pretty smile.

A cute little girl holds a cute little chick.

An artistic look at the eye of a Quarter Horse mare.

A setting sun casts its last light on a stone barn.

A beaver dam lies at the base of the Bubble Mountains in Acadia National Park. Strongly colored trees ring the mountain. A CP filter was used for richer color.

Bright yellow and green lobster trap buoys stand out against the wet dock in Northest Harbor, Maine. There are an incredible number of these floating around Mt Dessert Island/Acadia National Park, Maine. Each lobsterman's buoys are uniquely color coded for identification.

A rider poses with her horse in an indoor riding facility. Lighting is from a large open door.

An Acadia National Park cairn (stone trail marker), its shadow and a little girl in what she thought looked like a nice bed.

This particular dock is in Northeast Harbor, Maine. These boats are used to get to the lobster boats moored in the harbor.

Backdropped by dark evergreens and lit by a setting sun, the granite boulders of Champlain Mountain stand out.

Tidal waters at Bass Harbor Marsh (Acadia National Park) wind side to side through the frame. Storm clouds hang low over Western Mountain in the background.