Unfixable pic ?

[volks_r_us]

Ive been playing with this picture for a while and it seem unfixable.
I am the pretty there is no such thing, but I do my Usual Chanel mixer , white balance, color balance and it always seem to get worst.

This pic is over my competence any tips would be appreciated I use photoshop CS 8

oh and what kind of fish is that I forgot

Thanks

 

[diversteve]

I can't seem to get the fish correct without blowing out the background but here's a couple quick attempts. Masking around it first might help. The first one uses the Bring Back the Reds filter followed by pushing the Saturation slightly - the filter makes everything a little monotone. The second was some manual correction. I didn't record the steps but I generally work the lightness/contrast, Hue and Saturation. As I look at them now, I probably could've lightened the 2nd one more.

I think it's a Triggerfish. [-]Maybe a Niger? (odonus niger)[/-]

 

[SC_Hoaty]

Looks like a Queen Triggerfish

 

[diversteve]

That's it: Queen triggerfish - Balistes vetula.

 

[bvanant]

Not so unfixable. Convert to LAB, work on levels etc. Here is the result. Not great but OK