why, what is it?

I don't know but it looks scary when we're close to it

where was it shot........?

If I tell you, i think anonymity will be lost

why should it......you could have been on holiday!

the 'high' lighting spots in the shot do not work with the dark effect. if it is dark, it is usually deep, and that means that you would not have these spots.

Where was this taken?

From the inside of a big aquarium

You were actually in the aquarium with these things! Your nuts!

barracuda?...........not so dangerous! we swim with them here where I live, when we dive the wrecks. It is unusual for them to be in aquariums though!

what camera did you use for these, the shot is very dark!

I don't know about the camera, its a camera we got when we went there, just for rental though.

Those aren't barracuda Ade

you sure.......what are they.......they look something like the barracuda that live on a wreck here in Cyprus!

how deep were you when you took this shot author?

I dont know I had to to that quickly because i hated this place, a lot of creepy creatures living down there !

author, I am a very experienced diver...........for it to be this dark, it had to be a long, long way down..........too far for normal diving even!

The original photo is not dark , i just adjusted curves with ps. I can brighten it up a bit if you wish

Ok I didn't want to do this because now I will officially be one of the biggest dorks on here but...

The barracuda species native to the Mediterranean is the "Sphyraena barracuda" It has a more elongated snout than the fish shown here, also some major differences are;

*The pectoral fins of the barracuda are more triangular shaped
*The anal fin of the barracuda is less streamlined
*The scale pattern. Barracuda have a thin silver lateral line, this fish has a wide dark line
* But the major difference between these two fish is the dorsal fin.
The barracuda has no dorsal, only a small "rear" or "soft" dorsal, if you look closely at the high res you'll see that the dorsal of this fish starts at the head and continues down the entire length of the fish.

It is hard to tell the exact species from this shot, but I am certain that this is a fish from the Channidae family. I am about 90% sure that this is an adolescent Channa micropeltes that has not changed completely to it's adult color pattern.

http://forums.waterwolves.com/uploads/post-6743-1213197861.jpg

this is the best example that I could find but this one is younger that the one in question.

Ok bring on the teasing I'm ready for it

hahaha............great, but is it dangerous!..............

Yes they certainly have the potential to cause some pretty serious damage, if it was in a tank it was probably fed enough so it wouldn't be to aggressive but still, I would be nervous being in there with them.

you figure hunting razor, you have left the same 'comment' on all the entries here.......

When taking shots underwater, the water soaks up certain colours and the deeper you go the worse it becomes. That is why it looks as though you have a colour filter on. You can easily bring back the true colours using colour balance on photoshop. You will be amazed how much better the photo can look in seconds. This is essentially what underwater mode does on cameras anyway so it certainly is not cheating. Give it a try.

remember though author, any changes you make, must affect the whole shot, not just selective parts of it.