Sea turtle and swimmer

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A shallow wide-angle: turtle crossing rubble close to camera, a finned swimmer farther back beneath the surface. Shell, seabed, black suit, white fins and water column each need different treatment.

Original unedited underwater photograph: Sea turtle and swimmer
FiveMeters restoration of Sea turtle and swimmer: Shell plates and pale rubble warm up while distant white fins and open water stay clean.

What FiveMeters recovered

Shell plates recover reddish-brown; head and flippers regain cream-and-brown pattern; sand and rubble return to pale neutrals. The distant suit stays black, fins stay white, water shifts turquoise to blue.

Still visible

Surface ripples, water haze and the softer distant swimmer remain as captured. The in-camera date stamp is part of the original file.

Automatic AI restoration

Photo: 須賀次郎 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0