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What is a subject in a photo? It sounds like an easy question but perhaps not.  To my mind a subject is something that attracts our attention and keeps our interest in the scene.  Not all photographs have to have a subject in the normal scene.  They could be attractive to us because of the light, the environment (mood), our just the color.  This is what I refer to as a proxy subject.

The photograph submitted here has a very simple landscape composition with a foreground (rocks), middle ground (sand) and distance (water).  The colors are bright and alive with interesting detail.  There is a nice feeling of movement caused by the two different areas of wet sand and the small waves.

It is my feeling this image needs a subject to complete it.  The layers in the sand and water are acting as leading lines that take us nowhere.  Perhaps an interesting subject on the beach would make this composition more interesting.

There is one thing I would like to suggest to the photographer.  In the top right hand corner there is a strip of land and rock that you may want to remove.  There is not enough information to tell us what it is and thus it appears to be an over site and not intended to be in the picture.  I like the rocks in the foreground but would like to see some more flowers, it’s not important just my opinion.

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