Under the pier

[Xia_Ke]

Hi bindows, welcome to PR! I was playing around with this shot a bit in editing and Rod pretty much read my mind. I have an example as well, if you are interested in seeing anyone else's takes on this shot. Hope you enjoy your time here at PR and I look forward to your future shots.

Happy Shooting,
Aaron

[bindows]

Sure thing, I'm always up for suggestions and advice! The reason I had the surfer AND photographer in the shot was because I thought it would capture the "wedding at the beach." I guess it is kind of random.

[Xia_Ke]

In this case, I think the pier pretty well conveys that it is at the beach. Here's my crop. I also did some slight levels adjustments.

[AgingEyes]

Sure thing, I'm always up for suggestions and advice! The reason I had the surfer AND photographer in the shot was because I thought it would capture the "wedding at the beach." I guess it is kind of random.

I think you could leave him there then. After all, we didn't know what you wanted to tell us in the first place. It's a different photo if you crop off the surfer or the photographer. Here it appears the content is more important than the visual impact to the viewers, I think. One way to deal with the surfer, especially one with a red surfing board, is to blur it then de-saturate the color a bit. This way, it doesn't compete much with the main subject of interest in your photo.

One thing I did notice is that the focus seems off.