Some inevitable doom expressed here - I fear it cannot be outrunned. :) Simple and effective, I like how the boat is so small among the elements, hits the point home.
I think if you would have made the rain swells a little darker you would have nailed the shot. They kind of get lost. Nevertheless wonderful idea for the challenge.
Great photo, but I think that this pic would be so much better in a larger size, like a 16 x 20 inch photo. The boat is small in this image (due to the contest limitations)
I guess I understand the choice of cropping here to get in the cloud, the rain, the ocean, and the boat, but I didn't get what was going on for a little bit. I can barely see the boat. I wish it was more obvious.
A really interesting capture - but I think it will suffer as it's not clear on the thumbnail what it is and sadly too many people cherry pick from the thumbnails.