Please, even if you don't visit my gallery, check out my "Faves".I've left them intact since day "1", and would like it if every image there got the attention they deserved.
The boat and water would have been an obvious point for most people, what sends it over the top for me is that you backed up a few paces to get the swirling, seeping sand on shore and the smooth texture lower right. Good job composing this one.
Congratulations on such a nice capture of the Baltic Sea and on such a high C-index. It looks like the last few minutes before it gets completely dark.