Title says the sand is the most important element of photo. Seeing there is more sand than pebble I think you missed the challenge discriptio.
Meets challenge discription........5
Image meets definition of Minimalism....................10 Right on if you were talking about sand, beach, ocean, and etc.
Technical.............................................................10
Artistic.................................................................9 subjectively speaking I would have framed this a bit differently, but hey.....your the artist....Nice image overall in my opinion..
Average score.............................8 Yes this in a minimalist image.
I like the strong use of line here. The shadows and highlights almost draw the eye to the stone. I would have liked to see the stone a bit more clearly. Has a very Japanese look. Meets the challenge well.
Second Pass: Bumping up.
Good idea that you've got there, but you didn't do the best out of it imo. The stone should have been placed lower and a little bit more to the left (but still on the right side), you should have had the rule of thirds in mind for the composition in the photo.
I like the ripples of the sand, though in some ways they are almost more the focus/subject of this shot than the barnacle (?). I think that a little tiny tighter on the barnacle might not have been a bad idea, just to capture a little more of that detail.
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