Guy,
We need both!
First, what was your intent and vision? Are you stuggling to express what you saw or else discovering hidden possibilites with new meanings?
However, my own reactions.
Feelings: startled, attentive, want to step back, awed!
Thoughts: this arena is coming toward me, like a huge animal with an open mouth However it is not at all hostile. The stones are somehow welcoming in a challenging way to enter this bright world.
Critique: This is an impressive picture. The missing left side of the scene creates a tension in the foreground. The slightly out of focus stones in the front and the drop off, give the impression of both movement and also a considerate drop down of the entrance as a welcome.
The sharpness of the distant features, sky and mountains, is not expected. So it increases their importance. This is where we must go.
Now, we look at the actual beach, covered with a coat of greyish whiteness, broken, like missing icing on a cake. This is where the title is so helpful in orientation for reception. It is salt.
Oh, yes, and I like it very much as a lovely scene, impressive and one I would like a print of, The tones work!
Asher