Green water or blue water or ...

[Bastook]

when i took this picture i hated the water color so i edited it but i feel it doesn't look normal .. anyone think it's ok or should i change something?? .. i don't know ..

[MrCastle]

Water is only ever blue in cartoons :-P

Maybe if you get an in between, not so blue but not so green either it'd look better.
Go find a similar image and check out the water color, then try to get that!

Here are some I found on flickr real quick :

[Japaslavian]

You need to be very careful when you change colors like this.
There's quite a few giveaways that show you've changed the water color.
Mostly, under his wing, his tail and his left foot, there's a green color cast that needs to be changed.
This can be done by taking the clone tool, and above in the drop down menu, selecting color. Then you can clone in color from the water into those green areas and it might look a little better.
Still, that blue is pretty unrealistic looking unless you were in a blue swimming pool or something.