Why are my pics hazy?

[JimmyDBrown]

I am new to digital photography and this forum ... and I need some advice.

I am in NYC on a vacation and took quite a few pictures with my new Nikon Coolpix s8000 but they are all turning out "hazy". Here's an example...
http://www.jimmybrown.com/hazypic.jpg

The picture colors aren't as bright and colorful as they should be and appear to be hazy even though it wasn't hazy outside when I took them.

I have been using the camera on AUTO settings.

Any suggestions?

Is it my camera? Me? The settings?

All of the above?! :-)

Thanks for your feedback!
Jimmy

[OsmosisStudios]

The camera is overexposing and what you're seeing is more commonly referred to as "bloom".

Check to make sure you havent accidentally set the exposure compensation to a +1 or +2 level.