sunset (OR sunrise, whichever), coastline, water's edge, seashore, pebble beach, nature, seascape, nobody, tranquil scene, beauty in nature, landscape,

include the location - beach name if it's well known, country or region. Make sure  you're accurate (some people put all the sorts of places it could be versus where it actually is, and I think that's a very poor approach). Random rocky beach is less likely to sell than somewhere specific in my experience

In addition to the above suggestions, remember synonyms - sea, ocean, water for example; coast, coastline, waterfront, water's edge; sunset, twilight, dusk, evening

Remote, isolated, desolate - it certainly looks it to me.

Thanks guys, how would you describe the silky water in keywords?

I always use sunrise and sunset. I think you would want either search to bring up your image

Not a great idea if it is a named location, as JoAnn suggests (good idea), anyone who knew the area  would know that you only get a sunrise OR a sunset like that at the location looking in that direction, not both. So you could be setting a buyer up for an embarrassment.
Not so important if you're leaving it as a generic location.

Realistically,  it probably doesn't matter beyond the most obvious ones.  If you get lucky and bag some quick sales it might feature highly in the popular search (although for a sunset / sunrise that might mean a hell of a lot of early quick sales), otherwise it will vanish forever.

Right.  And the problem is that the image doesn't have anything specific in it, so it will join the rest keyworded for "ocean, sunset, etc.".  It's not that it isn't a very pretty image, it just that nothing "subject matter"-wise jumps out.  Your only hope is that it is iconic for some in-demand location.

Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 22/1 ===> �/22 Whoa.

Even FAA ill be awash with sunsets, probably even more than the stock sites so your best shot is probably a nostalgic Irish American with roots in Wicklow so push those words - don't forget "county" and you might get away with "dublin" also as Bray is pretty much a dormitory town these days.

Even FAA ill be awash with sunsets, probably even more than the stock sites so your best shot is probably a nostalgic Irish American with roots in Wicklow so push those words - don't forget "county" and you might get away with "dublin" also as Bray is pretty much a dormitory town these days.

  I have those keywords in there 

Quote from: ruxpriencdiam on June 14, 2013, 13:32

Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 22/1 ===> �/22 Whoa.

Not sure how thats related to the topic, but yeah, a 1700 euro lens can pull that off 

all kit lens do 22

Rocky beach at sunset, Bray Head, Wicklow, Ireland

If you know the specific location - always add it in. If you don't, then don't. It's a very nice generic sunset picture of a specific place. No magic wand, just describe what you see accurately so it appears in relevant searches.

I would only put Bray, not Bray Head, as the actual Head isn't in the photo.

Quote from: dbvirago on June 13, 2013, 17:33

I always use sunrise and sunset. I think you would want either search to bring up your image

Not a great idea if it is a named location, as JoAnn suggests (good idea), anyone who knew the area  would know that you only get a sunrise OR a sunset like that at the location looking in that direction, not both. So you could be setting a buyer up for an embarrassment.
Not so important if you're leaving it as a generic location.

If it looks like either a sunset or sunrise I would add both.  I'd also make it clear in the description what the image is of.. so.. Sunset at Location etc. That way the buyer knows what the correct description of the image is.