I often incorporate water as a major element of the images I shoot. Sometimes it is the subject with other elements just being an enhancement. This particular image is a true reflection on the beach. When the tide recedes leaving the "flats" behind, what is left is saturated sand with a skim coat of water on top yielding a mirror effect. The reflection of sunlight onthe grains of sand reveals otherwise unnoticed colors. The figures become more abstract--depersonalizing them as it were.