Hazy cast to beach pictures - can LR fix?

Just got back from vacation and noted that alot of my photos have the same bothersome haze... Is there a procedure in Lightrrom 3 to correct this?

Here are some examples...

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Looks like your lens was fogged up.

Your best bet is to increase contrast greatly. It'll never be "perfect" though

Thx Sdiver - seemed to get better as time went on - let me try that and repost

Also, pull the color temperature(especially if you shot RAW) to warm up the image a good deal.

I apoligize in advance for the subject matter...

Here is the best I could get

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In LR you can darken the tone curve for the darks but in PS you can open up the green and blue channels, even auto tone/levels in PS does nicely for a single click

Looks like a combination of:
Improper WB - Tungsten preset, use Daylight preset or click-WB on white letters in sign.
Low black point, raise black until it just starts to clip
Improper white point, raise Exposure until it starts to clip and then back off a bit.
Poor sharpening.

Thx guys - I will give these a shot

patspicasa, if you change profile to Image Editing OK, or give me permission, I can post a quickie fix example using just your JPG...RAW converter would do even better.

patspicasa wrote in post #12332051
I apoligize in advance for the subject matter...

Yeah... Couldn't you politely ask that woman to move out of camera range for a minute so you could get a clearer shot of the sign?

ChasP505 wrote in post #12334283
Yeah... Couldn't you politely ask that woman to move out of camera range for a minute so you could get a clearer shot of the sign?

Didn't know you are such an admirer of shapely signs.

What sign?

That was an interesting challenge.
I'd be happy to send you the .xmp file so you can work on the original file.
Send me a message to tal@pskiss.com.

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^^^ did u edit that using LR 3 or PS?

This really, really looks like the results of using a UV/'protective' filter.