Forget about the EXIF, I think there was a communication problem between the Sigma and the 20D. #1 and 2 above couldn't be taken at the wide end of the lens... and there was AF problem at the tele-end... the Sigma was returned after 3 days
Zane Yau wrote:
hehe...not sharp enough in your taste huh?! It's not cropped, I don't know why it's a bit soft...have I added some Gaussian Blur?! hmm..... no, not the lens...i think only the original file can tell me
Honestly, it's terribly out of focus even the windows in the back which seems to be the sharpest in the pic is not sharp.
SmellyTofu wrote:
Richard, I don't know if you have the CP turned the right way around. The sky looks a bit off with the dark areas and then light. It's been a while since I've used one....
I think i'm using the CP the right way, i was told i just need to keep turning until i get the desire effect? are there any other tricks to it?
Zane, u're right, it's a bit overexposed at the rocks, should have process 2 jpg with different exposures and blend them together...
Zane Yau wrote:
With the first two pics of the statute above, the landscape and portrait format, which one do you guys prefer?
[they have been focused]
I prefer the portrait one too, i don't think the background with the landscape version add much more to the picture. There's lens flare with the landscape shot too?
rwwlee wrote:
Do u guys ever work out the hyperfocal distance when doing landscape?
hehe...if I don't even focus for landscape, don't tell me to work out the hyperfocal distance...it's too much work for me
Well, seriously, I think if I set aperture to f11-16, use wide angle even just the traditional FF 28-35mm, everything's gonna be in focus, unless you get really really really close to the foreground...that's why it's making me lazy...
rwwlee wrote:
I think i'm using the CP the right way, i was told i just need to keep turning until i get the desire effect? are there any other tricks to it?
Zane, u're right, it's a bit overexposed at the rocks, should have process 2 jpg with different exposures and blend them together...
Thanks all for the comments.
hehe...don't listen to Smelly (he even complained about my pic being soft ) I think you did the right thing. With CPL, just keep turning until the colour and contrast appeal to you, just whatever you like sometimes
Probably the first one for me... 
) I think you did the right thing. With CPL, just keep turning until the colour and contrast appeal to you, just whatever you like sometimes