.jpg resizes when placed into InDesign

I am trying to place two images into my ID document. The first one is a 350x200px jpg. The second is a 728x90px jpg. Both have been saved out of PS in the exact same way. The first jpg places at 100%, but the second places at 50%. I have tried creating new jpegs for testing, checked all my settings, but I can't find why this is happening. Why aren't both of my images placing at 100%?
I am on the most up-to-date version of InDesign (8.0.1).

Hi HammyKG,
You need to take a look at the document settings for your images. It sounds like they have different pixels per inch (PPI) measurements.
If I have two images that are both 300px by 300px:
and place them in InDesign, but one is 72ppi and the other is 300ppi they will place at different sizes:
It is a little bit confusing if you are coming from a web design background where pixels are the only way to define size, but in print PPI is king. If you have Photoshop you can open these images and change their PPI by going to Image > Image Size and changing the Resolution option. If you are printing the document I would recommend you make the PPI 300. If you are using it on the web I would make it 72ppi.

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