Well... I LIKE this shot! I can see it matted and framed and hung in a seaside cottage, or even in my brother's suburban home. I like the square format, the DOF and the tones... most difficult to keep those tones in a scan!
It feels too 'close' when I look at it on the screen, but I think we sometimes forget that photos are meant to be seen hanging on a wall... not 18" from our faces!