DA 18-135 WR, Show us what it can do

**paulh** · 07-07-2022, 12:45 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by mattb123

I love the versatility when I need to go light and don't exactly know what I'll be shooting.

Exactly! Lovely shots. Matt.

At the Conejo Botanic Gardens, K-5

Basie · 07-10-2022, 01:45 PM - **12 Likes**

It works as a landscape lens for me. This one as late afternoon from a place called Elephant song camp in the Haonib valley. At 18mm with the KP

**paulh** · 07-10-2022, 04:07 PM

Originally posted by Basie

It works as a landscape lens for me

It certainly does. Nice comp, light & colors!

Basie · 07-12-2022, 09:22 AM

Thanks paulh. Sunset colors after some rain and it is difficult to not get a nice shot

SpruceBruce · 07-12-2022, 11:12 PM - **7 Likes**

KP, one of my favorite walkaround lenses!

Southeastern Minnesota

**paulh** · 07-13-2022, 09:50 AM - **2 Likes**

Heading up the path at the Ventura Botanical Gardens on a hot September day. DA18-135 on K10D

**RICHARD L.** · 07-13-2022, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by paulh

Heading up the path at the Ventura Botanical Gardens on a hot September day. DA18-135 on K10D

Now, that's a swell image, Paul. Really beautiful. Did you tweak your "color palette" ?

Regards

**paulh** · 07-13-2022, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by RICHARD L.

Now, that's a swell image, Paul. Really beautiful. Did you tweak your "color palette" ?

Regards

Thanks! Very little tweaking, Richard. I used my default low-iso auto-matched curve (Rawtherapee) preset which works really well with the K10D files. Then adjusted the horizon and resized for the web.

simon_199 · 07-14-2022, 12:50 PM - **11 Likes**

21mm, slightly cropped

simon_199 · 07-15-2022, 12:24 PM - **8 Likes**

A few more

nicolpa47 · 07-15-2022, 02:00 PM - **5 Likes**

Sunset cloudscape at Porthmeor Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall - taken on K-3ii

**Geodude** · 07-16-2022, 06:34 AM - **3 Likes**

Milling wheels made from scoria (a type of basalt).

simon_199 · 07-16-2022, 06:40 AM - **9 Likes**

At 40mm F8

nicolpa47 · 07-16-2022, 01:54 PM - **5 Likes**

"Sky, Sea, and Sand" at Porthmeor Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall - taken on K-3ii

**rayallen** · 07-16-2022, 03:45 PM - **6 Likes**

Church in Berrima, NSW. These were shot in 2017 but have now been reprocessed using PSCC. First one is a three shot bracket processed as HDR. K-3 and SMC Pentax-DA 18-135mm.

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07-07-2022, 12:45 PM - 1 Like	#4441
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,273	Originally posted by mattb123 I love the versatility when I need to go light and don't exactly know what I'll be shooting. Exactly! Lovely shots. Matt. At the Conejo Botanic Gardens, K-5

07-10-2022, 01:45 PM - 12 Likes	#4442
Basie Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Windhoek, Namibia Photos: Gallery Posts: 989	It works as a landscape lens for me. This one as late afternoon from a place called Elephant song camp in the Haonib valley. At 18mm with the KP

07-10-2022, 04:07 PM	#4443
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,273	Originally posted by Basie It works as a landscape lens for me It certainly does. Nice comp, light & colors!

07-12-2022, 09:22 AM	#4444
Basie Pentaxian Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Windhoek, Namibia Photos: Gallery Posts: 989	Thanks paulh. Sunset colors after some rain and it is difficult to not get a nice shot

07-12-2022, 11:12 PM - 7 Likes	#4445
SpruceBruce Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Posts: 119	KP, one of my favorite walkaround lenses! Southeastern Minnesota

07-13-2022, 09:50 AM - 2 Likes	#4446
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,273	Heading up the path at the Ventura Botanical Gardens on a hot September day. DA18-135 on K10D

07-13-2022, 02:30 PM	#4447
RICHARD L. Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2018 Location: Quebec City, Quebec Posts: 6,582	Originally posted by paulh Heading up the path at the Ventura Botanical Gardens on a hot September day. DA18-135 on K10D Now, that's a swell image, Paul. Really beautiful. Did you tweak your "color palette" ? Regards

07-13-2022, 02:52 PM	#4448
paulh Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: DFW Texas/Ventura County, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 33,273	Originally posted by RICHARD L. Now, that's a swell image, Paul. Really beautiful. Did you tweak your "color palette" ? Regards Thanks! Very little tweaking, Richard. I used my default low-iso auto-matched curve (Rawtherapee) preset which works really well with the K10D files. Then adjusted the horizon and resized for the web.

07-14-2022, 12:50 PM - 11 Likes	#4449
simon_199 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 613	21mm, slightly cropped

07-15-2022, 12:24 PM - 8 Likes	#4450
simon_199 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 613	A few more

07-15-2022, 02:00 PM - 5 Likes	#4451
nicolpa47 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,031	Sunset cloudscape at Porthmeor Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall - taken on K-3ii

07-16-2022, 06:40 AM - 9 Likes	#4453
simon_199 Pentaxian Join Date: Oct 2014 Posts: 613	At 40mm F8

07-16-2022, 01:54 PM - 5 Likes	#4454
nicolpa47 Pentaxian Join Date: Apr 2016 Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,031	"Sky, Sea, and Sand" at Porthmeor Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall - taken on K-3ii

07-16-2022, 03:45 PM - 6 Likes	#4455
rayallen Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Forresters Beach, NSW, Australia. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,014	Church in Berrima, NSW. These were shot in 2017 but have now been reprocessed using PSCC. First one is a three shot bracket processed as HDR. K-3 and SMC Pentax-DA 18-135mm.