"Days end: a Walton on the Naze sunset" is a candid snapshot of a moment that took my breath away. On July 12th, 2023, amidst the quiet of the Walton & Frinton Yacht Club, after a storm had rolled by, this image came to life.

This image was taken with nothing more than my Samsung S22 phone - a stark reminder that beauty doesn't always require expensive lenses or high-tech gear. What makes it unique is the genuine, spontaneous emotion captured within it. That evening, the atmosphere was imbued with a quiet sense of calm and relief, a feeling I aimed to distill and capture within this single frame.

After the storm, the sky had thrown itself into a dramatic spectacle, both somber and vibrant, its hues dancing across the sky and reflecting in the river bank below. The picture paints a delicate scene: a world calming itself after the storm, where the water's edge meets the horizon, all of it subtly tinged with the remnants of the day.

To enhance the photograph, I later upscaled the image and delicately applied an HDR filter. Not to transform, but to underline what was already there. The filter allowed me to bring out the deep blues of the river bank and the fiery tones of the sky, creating a vivid dialogue between water and air, day and night.

"Days end: a Walton on the Naze sunset" is a humble reminder of our world's quiet beauty and the serenity that can follow even the stormiest of days. The nuances of nature are breathtaking, and this photograph is my small attempt to share a slice of that with you. I hope it invites you to pause, to breathe, and to find your moment of peace amidst the chaos, just as I did on that July evening.