I like the original cropping with all the lively foreground.
And I applaud what I surmise to be your attitude: that the print is the real measure of an image, and that web display is secondary, perhaps because it is less within the photographer's control.
-Eric
Thank you very much Eric, I am glad you enjoyed Talisker and its magical beach
About my attitude towards prints, I totally agree with you: I do think that photographs can only really be appreciated in print. Sadly, these days most images aren't printed at all, ever, and this makes me feel very sad; on one hand, the art of printmaking is disappearing, on the other hand, as you said, monitors are a variable so much out of our control that it's a lost battle, I think. That said, I probably should take a less rigid stance and start preparing images for web viewing as well, besides printing. At the moment, I prepare my images for printing, and when I am satisfied with the result I simply resize them, convert them to jpg, add a frame and put them online - which, probably (or perhaps surely!) isn't the best way...
Excellent composition and image.
Thank you very much Rajan, I am glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice.
Thank you very much Paulo!