Ha ha please be gentle with me, it's my first time.

This is the raw image from my camera. I realize it's flat, noisy and soft.

I processed a version in AOLs simple photo adjustment menu, just to get a feel for if the image has some potential, and it seems to: with a bit of enhancing it is kinda striking with the glowing backlighting, especially with the fishes face still readable. I cropped it a little in AOL, too.

But as far as ACTUALLY processing it, I'm at a loss as I'm still VERY clumsy in Photoshop.

I know it will be better with deeper brighter color and a bit more sharpening (I managed that in a little in AOL) as well as the correct crop.

How would you go about improving the image? I'm very interested in what direction you might take.

Any advice, critique etc. is humbly appreciated!