Aquarium Shot - Opinion?

I edited this shot to try to remove most of the shiny bubbles. After doing so, I'm wondering if the shot which includes the bubbles looks more natural.
Opinions?

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Not significantly different to me.

Edit: - well they weren't till you changed them!

Idk if it is just my monitor, but they look the same except the 2nd one is darker??

Where are the bubbles?

where r the bubbles?

Let's try this again. I guess converting to jpeg degraded the shot so that the bubbles didn't show. (idea?)

Bubbles: the image is lightened a bit to better show bubbles.

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it could be a little sharper and reduce noise

Cobrakr wrote in post #13198920
it could be a little sharper and reduce noise

Thanks Cobrakr, I'll try that.

that's a really cool shot! I'm partial to the lighter image (bubbles) to make up for the sharpness

the one with the bubbles i would say is much more appealing and pleasing to the eye, however the bubbles are distracting i would clone them out if it was me.

then again i can see why the bubbles give it a natural feel to an extent, perhaps try darkening just the bubbles?

hard one to call. try cloning them out first second one is way too dark.

yellowstone wrote in post #13202249
that's a really cool shot! I'm partial to the lighter image (bubbles) to make up for the sharpness

Drixar wrote in post #13202977
the one with the bubbles i would say is much more appealing and pleasing to the eye, however the bubbles are distracting i would clone them out if it was me.

then again i can see why the bubbles give it a natural feel to an extent, perhaps try darkening just the bubbles?

hard one to call. try cloning them out first second one is way too dark.

Thanks to both

cool

prefer number 2

nice shots!