Taken on 31st January 2025 at West Mersea Beach, Essex. I initially went to photograph the beach huts, but when the cloud didn’t lift, I looked for a different subject. This sand spit jutting out to sea caught my eye – and I was lucky when a woman and her dog paused at the end. Shot at 200mm, f/6.3, 1/200s, the image was composed with a minimal aesthetic in mind. I lifted the whites to lose the horizon and used a gradient to subtly draw focus to the subject.