This image has a dreamy touch. I'm enjoying this scene, probably the people on the beach are enjoying it too. A wonderful atmosphere Sandi, perfectly 'caught' by your photographic skills, my friend.
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"Photoshop Tutorial - Three Layer Orton Effect"
... and in particular, starting in and around the 5:30 mark in/timestamp.
Essentially.. it is using Masks and allowing some sharpness/clarity from the underlying Layers to come through and delineate whichever and whatever.
For your image here.. I am thinking of the two silhouettes of the people sitting on the beach. Give them a lil' more prominence, definition.
That thinking/typing out loud above aside..
That's quite the sky.
Good good composition.. with some nice depth.
And.. but, of course.. thanks for sharing this one with us.