Sigma 10-20 portraits (My 1st try)

[WackyRoger]

Sigma 10-20 portraits (My 1st try)

I am still trying to get used to this lens so I had a friend pose for a portrait shot. My first try at this kind of photo. I was trying to get a Bandito look.

I bought the lens for landscape background photos for the wildlife shots. I decided OH Well instead of landscapes or wild animals it was time to try a living breathing people.








TOTALLY WACKY roger

[superakuma]

Nice shot! Did you take it from 2 inches away from his face because I know you can do that at 10mm!
:lol:

I have that same lens but I never thought about using it for portraits. Excellent lens by the way.

[bilybianca]

Nice, unususal use of an ultra-wide. The sepia version works best for me. I'm not sure who had the most fun, you or the model?

Kjell

[lesmore49]

Roger....nice :| . Your friend looks like one tough Southwestern Hombre. You can now add portraits to your list of accomplishments with the K10D.

[baltochef920]

Hey Roger

Really like the color shot!!

What's your friend holding in his left hand??..

A cut-down H & R Topper in .410, perhaps??..

Bruce

[NonEntity1]

Good work from both you and the lens Roger. My preference is the color version but the sepia works really well for the subject.

Tim

[snostorm]

Hi Roger,

I really like this shot! Thinking outside the box is always good -- thanks for illustrating this for me. . . I would have never thought to shoot this with a very wide angle FL.

The sepia is my favorite, but even that doesn't give it the atmosphere I think it deserves

Hope you don't mind my playing a little -- but this is the way I envisioned this portrait when I first saw it:



(if you don't like it, just say the word and I'll delete it. . . but I couldn't help myself. . .:-))

Scott

[Rodney9]

Very nice, you did good for your 1st.
Scott did a good job.

[rhermans]

Roger

great result from a wideangel I wouldn't have expected it from.

as Scott said.

Thinking outside the box is always good

really like the color version, the b&w is for me a bit on the light side.

Would have gone more for something like the below version.

(only nitpicking) Great shot - Ronny

[Hayward]

rhermans wrote:

Would have gone more for something like the below version.

(only nitpicking) Great shot - Ronny

Yeah I agree the hat brim shadow was a bit distracting..., but might have gone fore cloning the background vs turning it black.... more nit picking

But also agree a great shot Roger