I gotta' call BS on that!Everyone on this thread’s shots are beautiful and put mine to shame...
It's a fine photo!
The only thing about the picture that needs to be fixed is what tabbytom said. The horizon needs to be level.
But it's pretty hard to take any photo and have the horizon be perfectly level when you're standing on a cliff. You're trying to hold your balance and you're trying to take a photograph, all at the same time you're trying to keep from falling off a cliff!
So take that into account when you notice that the horizon isn't quite level!
You'll also be happy to know that Photoshop has a function that can straighten that horizon in just a few mouse clicks.
Photoshop can also help you tweak the brightness and contrast if you like but, IMO... DO NOT mess with the color or saturation!
The slightly bleak colors are what make the photo.
You've got nice texture in the clouds. You've got the gulls in the air. There's a ship on the horizon and there are waves breaking on the rocks. This picture has everything that it "needs" to have. Too much color will clutter the visual effect and spoil the mood. Let it be just a tad bit bleak looking. It's the "raging ocean!" It's supposed to look bleak.
The only thing I can think to say that would improve the image would be, if you ever get a chance to retake this picture, you might want to crouch down so that the horizon line goes behind the cliff on the far left of the frame instead of above it. If the edge of the cliff "breaks" the horizon, it will add just a bit of visual interest to make the horizon appear more "horizon-y." (If "horizony" is a word. )
If you tweaked that picture up, just a bit, using Photoshop (or some other photo program) I'd say you could easily make it an "8" or "9" out of ten.