Some of you are using Polarizing filters on a regular basis and know how it works. It can be very useful in certain conditions to enhance blue sky and saturate colors on a sunny day and decrease reflections. It is one of the filters that you can not replicate in post production and should be in every photographer´s bag. But is it always good to use and the right thing to do? In my opinion it is not. Let me explain this from my point of view. I am not always happy with loosing the reflections on water when shooting waterfalls, like for example in the photos above. The one on the left is WITH Polarizing filter, the one on the right is WITHOUT.

Of course this is a matter of a personal taste. This is shot at a 18mm focal length, and sometimes when using a wide angle lens the effect is uneven, especially on the sky, like you see on the photo below.