Foam flume.

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On the beach at St. George Island, FL.

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Seeking any and all advice and comments. Thanks in advance.

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Technical Details

Canon R7, 1/320 s, f/11, ISO 400, EF 24-105mm f/4L @ 55 mm.
Raw file processed in LRClassic and Topaz Photo AI. TK resize/sharpening for web.


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I really like the gestural nature of the image and its simplicity. My only suggestion is to consider cropping out the lower part of the sand, which lacks interesting detail. I wonder if a square crop would work well with this image?

Thank you, @DJLeland, for your comment. I took your advice and cropped a bit from the bottom but not all the way to square.

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This has a nice, soft feel. I do like that little pebble. It adds interest. I was wondering what this might look like in b&w and did a conversion to check it out. When doing that, I noticed a very strange pattern in the sand. It’s barely visible in your color version, but stands out in b&w. I’ve never seen anything like it. This does make a nice b&w, btw - you can bring out more detail in the sand because you can push the contrast harder: