I like the crop. The crop suggested would make it a photo of 2 people walking on a beach. As it is cropped, it is a photo of the mood at the beach when it was taken.
I find the crop good here, the framing is ok and it is just a point of view. This picture gives an impression of space and distance beside the calm and the peaceful atmosphere and i think that it is just this goal Merloz had when he shot this.
Oh! This is nice!! Congratulations!
Cropped too tightly to heads of the walkers.. Also I would crop some 30% from the bottom (in my humble opinion) :)
Cheers