Canon EOS 7D images soft

Hi,
I am experiencing soft , lackluster images with my Canon EOS 7D with a EFS 17-55mm lens.
Perhaps this is operator error, however I'm wondering if the focus of light settings are out of wack.
I would expect tighter focus overall. No matter what I do I can't seem to pull focus. Most of these shots were with the autofocus setting. And the watterfall shots were timer/tripod shots, incuding the movie.
These shots just seem bad.
These are a sample of Auto, P and M settings.
See what you guys think. Thanks
http://chappledesign.com/Canon_EOS_7D/

Possibly you need to tweak the autofocus microadjustment. The 17-55 is a very good lens, but it isn't an "L", and mine (also on a 7D) required +9 points of AFMA.
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