Thanks all for the comments!
Patricia - I actually cleaned up the contrail but then on a bit of a whim posted the version with contrail thinking that it added a complementary angle.
Brian -you are probably right. My thinking was that the contrasty, bright water offered an entry point into the image which carried up to the rocky point and into the sky as opposed to jumping directly to the bright point in the sky.
Scott - You are right, I will shoot this scene again but rarely does light repeat itself.
