Thanks for all the compliments. You know the saying: Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then.
Cindy, in a way, you were the inspiration for the shot, as I was trying to get the large-scale natural pattern shot of the waves when I caught the sun beams. Your forum post made me want to get some non-macro pattern shots.
Dear Mike: this is really nice, and I am surprised that this is such a current image. I was down that way myself on the 23rd and saw nothing exceptional. But you got it! I especially like the different & long crop on this image forcing the eye to scan left to right. All in all, just a visually strong image. Thanks. Traveller