Comment from Bumbling Amateur
Four photos? Wow, you fooled me! I really like the composition and color, but that blotch in the upper right corner, I find very distracting. At first I thought it was just a cloudless area in the sky, but on closer inspection it looks more like a finger in the frame due to its blurry appearance, though it probably isn't.

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 Comment Written 11-Aug-2011

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reply by the author on 16-Aug-2011

Thank you very much for your helpful review, What sharp eyes you have. I did not see the odd look in the right upper corner until I blow the picture too the multi of my screen size. It is not a finger. Non of the original pictures has it. It is somehow happen in the stitching process. I think probably do to cloud movement between the shots. I had taken more than these four shots. there was about 60 seconds time difference. I have repaired the corner. Thank you.

reply by Bumbling Amateur on 16-Aug-2011

You're welcome. :) Did you upload the edited image? Because I think we might be talking about different things...

reply by the author on 16-Aug-2011

Yes I have upload it. I repaired a small area directly in the right upper corner. If you mean the dark looking area from the corner about to the middle on the upper border, that is the original look of the sky. There is some darker blue sky showing behind some thin but wavy Cirrus clouds much higher than the white, more compact forming clouds below and the deep layer of Cumulus clouds at the horizon.

reply by Bumbling Amateur on 16-Aug-2011

Okay, yes, it was the large dark area that I meant, so I guess my eyes aren't that sharp after all. Heh. :) It may just be me, but my eyes immediately go to that dark area, and because of its shape and the way it lacks white clouds as the rest of the sky has, it looks like a finger in the way of the lens. If no one else mentioned it, then it's probably just me. :)

reply by the author on 16-Aug-2011

No one else mentioned it, honestly. It's funny but my eyes seem to ignore that dark area going immediately to the white part of the sky, but most people seem to be drawn to the waves. There it is again: ugliness and beauty are in the eye of the beholder. Would be boring otherwise :-).
[It couldn't be my finger. My fingers aren't long enough to reach it, can't even touch the lense with the tips of my fingers].

reply by Bumbling Amateur on 17-Aug-2011

Yeah, I didn't think it was your finger, it just looks that type of mark, that's all. I guess it's just me then. Carry on! :)

reply by the author on 17-Aug-2011

:-)

Comment from darniforgot
I think the sepia tones work very well in this image. The image is well composed and uses the space well. Great motion capture in the waves crashing on shore. The image looks well focused and shows good detail. Initial impact is very good.

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 Comment Written 11-Aug-2011

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reply by the author on 16-Aug-2011

Thank you for your kind review and encouragement.