For the second photo, a good cropping would be in order (and help the photo tremendously), als the thin outline of that person on the right is all unnecessary, as are the lower halves of the persons in the background.
Thanks folks. That first image was shot about 8:30 on a Sunday morning. So yes it was pretty quiet that day. It was also pretty much straight out of the camera just as you see it.
nice pics. I would love to see the first one though from "sand eyes", you know. I would put camera on the sand so as to have sea, sky 2 gilrs, and only a little of sand only I hope you got what I mean) the second one is great cropped))))