Awesome job here, lovely tones, great composition, and a very nice job with the high contrast, really nicely done shot, would actually have liked to see this score even higher, maybe 6.9+
Wow, what a brilliant photograph.
This would be worth of a huge canvas print on a plain white wall.
It looks like a still from a movie almost, loads of character and depth.
Love the toning, the composition and the subjects.
Love everything.
+Fav.
This is just awesome im everyway.....
Dramatic, re the strong waves, yet soft, re the beautiful figures of Mother and child.....
It is actually perfect in so many ways and I love it.....
This is a brilliant photograph, I love the toning and exposure on it. Black and white was absolutely the right choice here.
You timed this photograph brilliantly. The waves, the line between sand and water, the pose of the mother and child, and the complete absence of sky all come together to make a near perfect photograph.
If this were not a Basic Editing challenge, I would suggest cloning away the dry sand in the top right corner as well as just below that on the left. Since they are lighter than the rest of the background, they do tend to disrupt the flow and pull the eye away from the center of the image.
Congratulations on a brilliant photograph, and a very well deserved top twenty finish.