Playing with new lens...

[terri33inne]

I got my new 50-135 2.8 lens last week... I must say thus far I'm disappointed with the results, but given all the reviews I read before purchasing I'm thinking it's user error as opposed to the lens.

This was in the shade yesterday (sun had gone behind the house & the treeline) about 4:30ish... I did lighten it a bit in post-processing... My frustration is that my photos still seem flat... I can't seem to get that pop...

I don't have any composition questions b/c it was 3 kids w/ candy...

Any settings that should have been different for that "POP"... I'm trying to increase shutter speed for taking shots w/ kids however I needed to keep it open b/c there was no direct light.



Exif data
Camera Pentax K10D
Exposure 0.006 sec (1/180)
Aperture f/2.8
Focal Length 50 mm
Focal Length 50.0 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire

[Skoropada]

Terri,

I think that the "pop" you are mentioning is less related to the lens as is from lighting.

You will probably want to experiment with off-camera flash (if you have one), reflectors or different natural lighting set-ups.

It's also important to do some post processing on the pictures, to take improve saturation and contrast on the pictures. If you you RAW, the results are usually flat.

Regards.

[terri33inne]

Thank you Gabriel... perhaps my $ would have been better spent on an external flash...... next purchase.

I agree it's a lighting issue... aside from having an external flash is there something else I could have changed on the settings?

I don't shoot in RAW... almost always jpeg. I think the saturation is ok in this shot... the colors are so bright on the costumes & pumpkins I wouldn't want to bump it up much.