Thanks for the critique, I had a look at Russell Ord's site and he has some pretty amazing shots there. You should send me a link to the picture of you, it must be pretty good.
If you care to take a look at my web site I too have landscape and seascape shots without water marks, send me PM and I'll send you a link.
When I go and shoot I do because I enjoy doing it, depending on the sport it can be from a few hours to all day, I do not expect to get paid, but if I do make some dollars I am grateful.
So here is a little story after spending a considerable amount on photographic equipment and all day at a particular event (without payment) I had one competitor offer me $2.00 for an image, well it's obvious that he did not get that image.
If your the type of person that would download an image of yourself and use it without even a thank you very much, then the watermark is justified, because at the end of the day your breaching copyright laws.
All I can say, if you care to hire me for a photo shoot then your images will not have watermarks, even the ones I posted on the net.
So if you see me in the water or on the beach come up and hi, I'm pretty friendly unless you try to run me over in the water.