It didn't appeal to me at first but I'm now back and I find it photographically very good. The water looks a little 'faded' for lack of better word. Bumping from a 6 to a 9
I'm not sure I like all the space. The kids are happy and having fun, but the extra space seems to imply that their happiness is small and maybe even trivial. I'd like to think that happiness is pretty important in life. Dunno. Just my interpretation of the shot.
A cute, natural picture.... they genuinely look as if they're enjoying themselves! A good use of negative space..... although I would have saturated the sea to put a bit more colour in there though.
This is awesome. Really captures the carefree joyful vitality of childhood, the composition is great too, with the subjects being in one corner but still nicely focused, showing the vastness of the water. Brilliant job.