Out to sea....

How can I improve this picture?

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I am by no means a professional and I am sure that some of the people on this forum can give you some fantastic advice. With that being said, i think i would like to see the horizon a little more centered. Somehere a little closer to the center of the pic that is. I also think that it looks a little green but I can't quit tell if that is the actual color of the rocks or not (it is a small pic and hard for my eyes to see well ) Other then that, it looks pretty good but the subject matter just doesn't do it for me. I am not much for ocean shots...so maybe my feeback is the wrong one to follow.

I don't think moving the horizon toward the center of the picture would be of much help. There is nothing of interest in the sky; no clouds, colors, etc. The horizon needs to be straightened though. The picture seems flat and there is not a lot of interest looking straight on. Perhaps a different perspective: if you could shoot from a low angle and show some of the height of the rocks, or further up the beach shooting down toward the rocks in the water (showing more of the shoreline).

Thanks for the insight! I will try that next week. I also think a wider lens would help.

Firstly ... never center the horizon ... bisecting the frame in half you are giving equal representation to both halves, thereby suggesting to the viewers that everything is of equal importance. Secondly ... what do you wish the viewer to focus ... the rocks on shore or the rocks in the water ... you have to decide which is more important then bring what is important to the foreground (as a general rule) or isolate the photos focus with a shallow DOF or Lens length (either go wide and get close or go long and back up), or frame you center of focus with nearby objects ... or a combo of the above.

This pix seems uninteresting because it looks like you were walking by and just took a snap ... eye level ... with a normal lens ... to make something interesting ... usually it needs to be different ... so try different angles, focal lengths and aperatures.