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The ribbon roller coaster ride keeps my eyes flowing around this picture but if I look at those bottom left tracks I can wander out of frame.
On an Australian beach most people would go home on that sort of day, looks the same here except for a few kite flyers.
 

The kites form wonderful lines and the cloudy sky sets them off well. I'm not so enamoured of the yellow tents, which obscure the sea but judging by the vehicle tracks, anything goes on this beach! I even like the tracks (apart from the fact that they signify vehicles on the beach) as part of the rhythm. The buildings, on the other hand seem more organic and suited (as in much of Florida) to the coastal environment.

But even with the tents nothing can detract from the 'drawing' in the sky.
 

Super!

Curious as to how you did it, I can guess but I need good fortune or PS to cope with the big aerofoil!

This is one of those imaginative leaps that leaves me thinking, oh I wonder how I could use that technique?
 

I'm glad that somebody has been able to post without using the work around :-)

I like the tents and the tracks. Take away the word 'beach' from the title and this could be somewhere altogether more middle eastern, or central asian.

Given that vertical places are usually easier to photograph than horizontal places, I'm wondering if a car full of kites and banners might be the way to go for the flatter places in the world - because although the kites make the photo, they create something which encourages me to look around the rest of the landscape. I've spent much longer looking at the buildings and the tracks than I would have done if the kites had not been there.
 

Given Rex's comment wondering "how you did it", I'm thinking you are giving me too much credit for the flowing kites. All I did was photograph the scene as it was. Someone else had the strings of kites and the wind did the rest. They were the reason that Stan and I stopped at this beach where we found people setting up for a sunset evening drum circle. I subsequently took many photos of the drum circle goings-ons, but this early photo was one of my favorites of that afternoon.

Some details of this image are here:

http://cgstudios.smugmug.com/gallery/431455_mEVx5#299418712_gLZ4o

http://cgstudios.smugmug.com/gallery/431455_mEVx5#299418743_EBzwG

In the second one you can better see the vehicle that likely made the tracks -- cars are not allowed on our beaches here as they are on some parts of Florida's east coast.
 

'I've spent much longer looking at the buildings and the tracks than I would have done if the kites had not been there.'

Yes, the kites even make the sky more interesting.

The choice of aspect ratio is an interesting one; a little wider than 4X6, but not quite panoramic. It works.
 

Very sweeping and lots of little pockets of interest compactly arranged. I agree with Doug a little on the tracks on the left however the tracks to the right are just fine and bring me deep in to the shot. It all fits together well except for that post(?) towards the bottom beneath the 'aerofoil'. Don't get me wrong the post works as all the action seems to pan away from it and marks the point where the 'action' begins.