what happened here?

[landon9720]

Any idea why this photo came out so washed out? The sun filtering in through the trees? There wasn't a lot of water mist in the air. My wife caught a whole series of photos like this. The camera was in auto.

BTW thanks for the shout out in the podcast. There's a good community feel going on here. I've found the podcast hugely helpful in my quest to take better pictures.