Acadia's Coast

This is so nice and reminds me of how I did a sunset image on Lake Superior in June. I dialed in a reflection in my little rock puddle and you’ve left yours dark.

How do you mean handle them? They are what they are and so I don’t know how they might need to be handled except to either emphasize or deemphasize depending on what you’re going for.

I agree about the waves, they’re a nice touch, but the star is the cloud above and how it relates to the scene as a whole. You could try making a ‘runway’ of sorts by darkening the outside edges of the rock just a little bit. Say to the outside edges of each crack from the border and shading lighter as you get toward the center. You could use a range mask in Lr and choose color with the eye dropper so it doesn’t affect the sky. Lining it up with the wave would be most effective I think.

Bravo on a really great look at the New England shoreline - Maine is especially known for rocks rather than sand.