Sandy Beach

I like the water and the arrangement of the the trees and vegetation. I agree the sand could use some more variation or a different texture mat. But a great relaxing scene overall. You just need a lawn chair and a glass of lemonade.

The waves have a nice shape, but the reflection applied is too much. The beach needs to have less uniform material on it, some variation of darker spots/rocks maybe, the color looks good though. About the palm-trees and plants - well, great job in this randomizing setup. The only "wrong" thing here that I've noticed is how haze interacts with those plants. If you look closely you'll see that there's a more green-saturated bush (to the left) then the back plants and trees. All of them are quite near to each other and the haze shouldn't disappear so suddenly and "cut-off" the bush. Check the values in the skylab.

Nice scene, indeed. I'm less enthusiastic about the water, though. It looks a bit like quicksilver to me. A very open kind of scene. It's only 30C here but I gladly join you for a quick swim.

Nice work here especially on the water. I like the brightness it feels warm like an island. That water is spectacular, excellent even. I like the natural arrangement of the vegetation.