my needlenose fish

[flamingonhot]

Well here's my best pic of my needlenose. THe lighting and everythign got screwed up so do you think I could make it look any better and if so how?:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/flamingonhot/70cea8a2.jpg

I like the pose and all but the quality is bad.

[Ibn]

Not too much you can do about it; the plant is blown in the picture.

Here's a before and after. Ran it through Noise Ninja (used 20D's ISO 100 profile). Then altered the levels, changed black point to the lower left hand area, and finally burned the highlights in the plant somewhat.
http://i.pbase.com/o4/35/597035/1/57032747.needlenose.jpg

[flamingonhot]

WOW thanks! I like it, may not compare much to others on the forum but I like it lol. I was having troubles fixing it. I like the plant but it was just way to bright.

Also, what's a good program for editing pictures? Possibly a good one that's free? lol