I don't know, C... I think you should have saved this one for the next time the contest theme is "Textures" again (seems like once a year)... it would have killed all competition.
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Spectacular textures and really like the patterns of the sand & sunlight. That's a big cargo ship and he's running high in the water must be empty with what I can see in full