Beach racing

Phil, it sure looks like people were having fun, and the exposure is good and the focus is good.

If that was your goal - and "snapshots" are a completely valid goal for a photographer - then good. These things happen quickly and dynamically, you raise the camera and release the shutter and are happy if the timing works out well.

As art, that's another matter. The dog doesn't add anything. The beach bags don't add anything. One of the four people is turned completely away from the camera, which could sometimes be done intentionally, but I don't think so in this case. The water and sky behind are kind of blah. And the beach-racers are centred, top to bottom, left to right. Centering is again valid if done intentionally, but here I think it just kind of happened. One can break the "rule of thirds" but it is a good general rule.

Really nice memory in the family photo album. Not so likely to end up framed on the mantel.

I'm going to try to append an edit which took me about 10 minutes in PSE.

Is that assessment acceptable to you?

Charles

I completely disagree with Charles! The dog is observer, the bags are part of the typical beach environment and the colors are quite well saturated!

Best regards, Phill!

PDE