Greetings from the Critique Club!
Very nice shot, great crashing waves over the lighthouse and the breakwater/railing/lights line leads the eye straight there. Love the glowing red light in lighthouse, automatically leads the eye to a focus point.
But I think it would have done much better in Seascapes and Landscapes, as this is what it looks more like than a tribute to a recognized historic landmark. Here, the lighthouse is diminished by all the natural forces happening around it. It's playing a supporting role, not the lead. If you look at the front page and what won and placed in the top 5, you can see that the subject just fills the frame. DPC voters tend to be a very literal crowd; they want to see a historic landmark in all its glory, you better give it to them!
I know you were working with ambient conditions, also my favourite to work with. I think cropping out the sand on the lower part of the frame would have helped, you could have left just enough for the seagull to play in :-)
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