Taken in the morning..on this particular summer morning there was a good deal of fog along the water in Newport, RI and I took this as it was beginning to lift a bit and the sun was starting to shine through.

Hello, Jen.



Firstly, I hope you won't be offended by what I've done to your photograph!



I think the problem lies in the histogram. I can't really explain that here because there's not enough room.



Anyway, if you go into "Enhance" then "Lighting" then "Levels", you will see a graph. You ideally want a nice smooth spread of light in the picture from dark to light, if you see what I mean. That is the "ideal" situation although, dependent upon the particular image, it will not always be the case.



If you look at the "Levels" graph with your original picture, there's a big hump in the middle, no dark pixels and a few scattered light ones to the right. I've moved in the "sliders" to narrow it down and my "modified" picture has more of an even spread across the graph.



I also slightly increased colour saturation and sharpened the picture a little in Unsharp Mask.



Then, because there were fewer than the limit of 800 x 800 pixels, I added a simple frame for you.



Now, what I want to know is: does this look anything like what you saw when you took the picture? :) Or is it nothing like it? I bet it didn't really look like the picture you posted did it? I doubt if it was quite as light as that because you say in your note that the sun was just starting to come through the fog and mist.



Anyway, Jen, see what you think. I'd be interested to know!



Kindest Regards,



John.