As it is at the moment, my eye is drawn in the first instance to the two folk, more likely their shadows, towards the bottom left hand corner. A shadow line in the beach leads me to them too. I then see the mess to the right. What is that mess? It is just the view through the sea to the sea bed, a dark, gungy colour, seaweed and rock, contrasting with the strong orange/yellow/blues of the more distant view of the land sea interface. It is not often, that you see both viewpoints of the sea shore in the same picture. It can be confusing. The shadows from the waves, look almost the same as oversharpening artifacts, but you have to have really looked at the real thing to know that this image is the real thing. A simple seaside snap, that is full of interest. That is the image here and now.
On my monitor, the image is six inches high. If I crop away the bottom two and three quarter inches (2.75) it then becomes something entirely different. Another group of people, a family, become the centre of attention, and the image reminds me, somehow, of summer holiday railway trips to the seaside. Maybe its the railway poster sort of thing of the 1950's or perhaps it really is me and my folk from forty odd years ago.
Best wishes,
Ray