can this underwater photo be saved?

[danbliss]

<p>With the judicious application of a few photoshop settings, such as level, contrast, saturation, and sharpening, you can reveal the subtlety of the underlying image... :-) - Dan</p><div></div>

[danbliss]

<p>I am not sure that I really saved it though... - Dan</p>

[steve_wagner1]

<p>but then, from out of nowhere...</p><div></div>

[billsymmons]

<p>Just levels and brightness/contrast adjustment plus a sharpening</p><div></div>

[janis lukas]

<p>I see many excellent presentations above! Here is mine! Just levels and som hue saturation changes! regards/ Janis lukas</p>

[janis lukas]

<p><img src="../photo/9269587" alt="" /> Here it comes! regards/ Janis lukas</p>

[janis lukas]

<p><img src="../photo/9269587" alt="" /></p><div></div>

[terry_connett]

<p><strong>Opened in Lightroom, made adjustments, and finished out in CS3. Converted to sRGB for webposting. </strong><br>

<img id="fullSizedImage" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/snayper/FishCS3-EditFinal.jpg?t=1243803029" alt="FishCS3-EditFinal.jpg picture by snayper" /></p>

[john_young12]

<p> Hey everyone, thanks again for all the help and advice. i am well aware that this photo was not good to start with (some good tips in here about how to make it better next time). i really didn't expect much since i'm just using a waterproof point-and-shoot (plus the water was not calm and the light was not great). just wanted some 'fun' shots that i could not achieve without risking my DSLR.<br>

Also, i know that using lightroom alone isn't ideal for editing. just wanted to see what was possible. i can't afford photoshop CS, but i was able to get a copy of paint shop pro 7. i'll play around with this at some point.<br>

Here is what i came up with combining the tips on this thread using lightroom 2. i think it came out pretty decent considering what i started with. though, no matter what i did, i could not reveal the shark that was hiding in the background!<br>

<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3577108824_24e21b84ff_o.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="600" /></p>