What a wonderful render!!! I dont think I've ever seen a beach scene like this. Did you use terragen? The only think I would work on would be the texture on the mountain peaks. As there is no texture. You seem to be capable judging by your grass/sand texture. Very nice! I like the opacity of the water at the salt deposits. Good job man. 10/10

I love it the way it is, but I am not familiar with all of the photo lingo, lol. Great job.
JuneBug

I agree with noobguy,
the thing you could improve ( if you want to ) is that texture on the mountains...

next to that, it's an awesome (terragen?) render...
Great work!

The clouds and the water are terrific. I'd definitely raise the bump height on the mountains to make it look more realistic. But that's really the only thing I would suggest. :)

im currently working on another terragen with similar characteristics to improve the mountain terrain

I am the Chi Man

Wheee!! ::Splashes about in the surf:: Excellent job. Reminds me of fun.

great render. It could easily go into a cutscene for a state of the art video game

This is an awesome image! I'm not a photoshop expert, but if you'd like to make it a bit more realistic-looking, you could somehow blend the edge of the water with the land better. The transition between water and sand is so abrupt, perhaps make the water near the shore more translucent, or add a "wet sand" coloration on the edge. Very good work, I like 3D fractal mountains; they look more realistic than I usually end up with. Thanks for sharing!