'Enhanced' Betta Pictures

[ZackyBear]

While browsing through AB I found this amazing colored boy:
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...shm&1339770415

But after looking a bit closer I can't help but feel like something is just off about it, especially since the really light blue literally hurts my eyes.

Is this picture messed with? Also, how can I tell the difference between enhanced colors and normal colors?

[lvandert]

If you look at the darker edges of fins it looks granulated almost...I would say yeah thats been tampered with. Which is so sad at times

[Olympia]

A lot of aquabid photos are messed with. Realizing that upset me. But yea no fish is that vibrant in real life. xD
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[RayneForhest]

The 'ocean dragon' doesnt actually look dragon to me. Looks more, metallic.

[MistersMom]

I think it looks metalic/photoshopped...

[aokashi]

it's been tampered with, the color balance has been shifted towards a bluer hue. if you look closely, the background is also tinted blue

[sparkyjoe]

I did a simple thing where I saved down a copy of the picture. I then opened that pic and used the "auto correct" edit feature. This "corrected" the blue tinted background to almost white, and did change the looks of the fish to a slightly less vibrant blue.
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[ZackyBear]

*sigh* I knew I had my hopes up. Thanks guys. Isn't it kind of shady for people to mess with the colors? D:

[Laki]

Guys I don't see the fish ad!! All I get is the list of fish under "HM" search :<

[ZackyBear]

Yeah I get it now too. I'm trying to find it again x.x

EDIT I guess the listing was removed...