The Reykjanes peninsula is covered with lava from relatively recent eruptions. The coastline has therefor black cliffs and stones which often form interestingly.
The tricky part shooting seascape in lava country is that the rock is so dark compared to the sky and ocean reflection. Most cameras don't have dynamic range to capture the contrast between these two. Therefor shooting at the right angle to the sun and using ND grad filters is essential.
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Wow, 7th out of almost 500. There is not a lot I can say to improve on this, so I will simply tell you what I think you did right, and what grabs people's attention.
First off, the colors are wonderful. The are cool and soothing, and the level of contrast and saturation is very near perfect. If it had been possible to boost the reddish hues in the background, that *might* have added something, but I'm not sure.
Also, the exposure is wonderful. The details in the rocks are still visible, but the nature of the water has a nice ethereal feeling to it. Likewise, the lighting (brightness and contrast) works very well.
This is a lovely landscape, and something I am sure you are very proud of.
Superb, almost perfect.
Nitpicking: some white dots in the rocks could have been cloned out and the horizon seems slightly tilted (it is probably not, but the shore's perspective makes it feel thus)
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