Shaun Walby Photography

Shaun Walby Photography Yorkshire based Photographer...on the journey. Landscapes mainly, day and night. OPOTY category winner 2014. Sony World Photographic Awards Commended 2014.

All images available as prints. My interest in photography started many years ago along side my passion for mountaineering, particularly in Chamonix/French Alps. The pre-dawn light at 4000m is truly stunning....the seed was firmly sown; my love of landscapes has its roots among awe inspiring Aiguilles of the Chamonix valley. Other than a period involved in music, ive been busy in the great outdoor

s all my life. I live in Yorkshire close to the National Parks of the Yorkshire Dales , Yorkshire Moors, Peak District and the Lake District, Northumberland & Snowdonia can be reached in 3 hrs, the highlands of Scotland 6 hrs. Landscape photography for me is about a willingness to get to amazing places frequently at dawn or sunset, at all times of year in all conditions. I love wild camping this works well for shooting the night sky and when on mountains. Wild camping means heavy hiking but almost always enables better images to be captured and adds to the photographic experience for me. I hope you have time to look through and enjoy the images ive made and locations Ive visited, if you do; you will know enough about me… there is a piece of me in all of them.

Last wks Supermoon (wolf moon)
08/01/2026

Last wks Supermoon (wolf moon)

Had a walk last night—quite cold and peaceful… loved it. Took a few shots of the Moon during the waxing crescent phase. ...
27/12/2025

Had a walk last night—quite cold and peaceful… loved it. Took a few shots of the Moon during the waxing crescent phase. I’m pretty happy with this single shot from a Sony A7 III and a Tamron 300mm lens.

Focusing at ~384,400 km / 238,855 miles (average Earth–Moon distance)… tricky.

The Seas of Serenity and Tranquillity (the rough circles) are clearly visible top to bottom, respectively, and the furthest feature to the right is the Sea of Crises. These are younger regions of the Moon’s surface (approximately 3–3.5 billion years old), composed primarily of basalt from ancient lava flows that filled large impact basins.

The Sea of Tranquillity is famous for hosting the first Moon landing—Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. It was chosen because it is relatively flat, with few large rocks and gentle slopes (among other physics- and rocketry-based considerations).

For perspective, the Sea of Tranquillity has a diameter of approximately 545 miles, compared with the length of the British Isles mainland, about 620 miles.

Space and snow… I’m still like a big kid—love it. 🌙❄️

Spurn Point Dawn. A walk on a spit of land that may not last another decade.
03/11/2025

Spurn Point Dawn. A walk on a spit of land that may not last another decade.

Listening to music and looking at art...but we knew this all along right😎👊I love the photography I have in my home, ever...
01/11/2025

Listening to music and looking at art...but we knew this all along right😎👊

I love the photography I have in my home, every time I look... similar effect to hearing a favourite song.

King’s College London research measures real-time health impacts of gallery visits at The Courtauld Gallery, showing 22% cortisol reduction

Northern Life.The Rochdale Canal near Hebden bridge, lovely walk. Echos of the bustling trade which powered Englands ind...
19/10/2025

Northern Life.

The Rochdale Canal near Hebden bridge, lovely walk. Echos of the bustling trade which powered Englands industrial revolution now a sleepy backwater.

A very foggy start last Sunday it took a good few hours for the sun to burn through dense fog in the Yorkshire Dales. Iv...
16/10/2025

A very foggy start last Sunday it took a good few hours for the sun to burn through dense fog in the Yorkshire Dales. Ive not been up here for years, it was good to be back like visting an old friend.
The boulder was deposited by a retreating glacier around 15000 years ago. When the glaciers retreated, they left behind a layer of soil and silt (loess). As this soil-rich layer was exposed to rain, it formed a mild carbonic acid that dissolved the limestone along its joints, creating the characteristic blocks called clints and the cracks called grykes. Here is a classic time capsule, looking across to its big brother Ingleborough and the prevailing wind swept tree of scar end.

Yorkshire Dales National Park

12/10/2025
11/10/2025

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