A few changes ..... I added the boardwalk in the foreground. That served two 
purposes: broke up the emptiness of the fore/midground and provided a much 
needed depth cue. I rotated the main scene light (10 x10 area light) 30 
degrees more, that allowed the light to make it past one of the higher dunes 
on the right side of the scene and made some cool foreground shadows near 
the boardwalk. I relaxed the normal on the water (perhaps AA smoothed it 
just a tad too much) but I think it's still okay. I was also able to play 
with the fog definition a bit so it doesn't look as saturated and fake as 
the previous version.

"Red sky at night ..... sailors delight!"

Thanks everyone for the feedback that enabled me to work out the kinks ..... 
I'm pretty pleased with this version!

Jim

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