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This is a very well thought out piece. Everypony is doing something different and nothing seems to be out of place or conflicts with any other piece. While this is not an original concept ("Ponies at the beach") it does have some new elements, such as Big Mac with a floaty and fluttershy with a fake shark fin. And I will say that AJ's wet mane is very nice - it does look like she's been out playing in the water.I'm not completely sure what's going between Tia and Luna. There's seems to be some joke that is amusing Luna and making Tia a bit cross, and I have to assume it has to do with the bottle of suntan lotion. But for the life of me, I can't figure out exactly what the joke is. (Tia == Sun, so does she dislike the idea of sunblock in general or is it more she doesn't need it and Luna's offering to be a smartflank? I dunno.)The artwork is impeccable. The lines are sharp and crisp, the colors are spot on, and the shading is correct. I have nothing to add one way or the other to that.I'm a little unhappy with the composition, however. The top third of the picture is nothing but sky with a beach ball. The is drawn to this, but it really doesn't serve any purpose. While I can't say this hurts the image, it really doesn't add anything to it. However, if you cropped the picture, it would leave the picture very short and wide which would be unappealing to me. As it is, the ratio of height to width is nice. Maybe split the difference and move the ponies more to the center between top and bottom and remove some sky and add some ocean to the foreground of the pic. That would also add some border between Pinkie and the bottom of the image.Overall, a very fun piece.Oh, we need more Fluttershark. Definitely need more Fluttershark. e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s… " width="15" height="15" alt="" data-embed-type="emoticon" data-embed-id="391" title="(Smile)"/>