7D RedRock Polarizer bad???

[TeresofBlood]

I just started experimenting with my Redrock circular polarizer filter. Mind you, I've never used a polarizer before, but this has literally the exact opposite effect as Polarizers are supposed to have.

I took some test images. I changed to exposure in each comparison to compensate for the light loss, but every shot with the polarizer is less saturated, less contrasty, and overall hazy. There is more perceived dynamic range, however. Maybe the polarized images are more filmic. You tell me.





Non-Polarized / Polarized

 

[TeresofBlood]

 

[Barry_Green]

You can't tell on a cloudy day; a totally cloudy day will scatter the light so much that it removes or so greatly reduces the effect of polarization that your filter won't have any polarizing effect. Try it on a day with a clear blue sky.