Category Archives: California

Surfing under the Golden Gate Bridge: An Essay in Photos

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Galen Leeds Photography

I headed over to the south side of the Golden Gate Bridge early one morning, just to photograph this iconic bridge from an angle I haven’t experienced as often, and was surprised to find many people surfing. It is a … Continue reading →

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Chilly morning frost

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Galen Leeds Photography

I had to run out early this morning, to run some errands. As I was returning, the sky was beginning to lighten and I saw fields frosted white, stretching into the distance and wrapping around a creek that feels the … Continue reading →

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Following the tracks of History

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Galen Leeds Photography

Through out the world there are little signs of forgotten life- a barn that is slowly returning to the earth, a shard of pottery washed clean on the banks of a river, orchards that have been swallowed up by forests… … Continue reading →

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Winter lambs

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Galen Leeds Photography

A new year has begun, and so the fields in this corner of pastoral bliss in which I find myself are filling up with the winter lambs. Birds have lost their breeding plumages, and all the hatch years are now … Continue reading →

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The Hazel-Atlas Sand Mines: A tour of photographs

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New The heat of a summer’s day faded away with the noises of the outside world as I strode into this tunnel in time. I visited the Hazel-Atlas Sand Mines in the Black Diamond Regional Park, where they once gathered silicone to … Continue reading →

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The Coyote Yawns: A short series of photographs

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

I came across this coyote one day while hiking in the hills of San Francisco’s Bay area. (The East Bay actually, near the historic Black Diamond Sand Mines out towards Antioch and Somersville.) It sat there long enough for me … Continue reading →

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Chickadee in the spider’s web

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

One day while kayaking with a friend, I saw something I never imagined to see. A Chestnut-backed Chickadee with its wind stuck in a spider’s web. There were actually many spiderwebs around, and several chickadees, but only one that I … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #69: Following the tracks of history

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

1930 saw the end of an era in western Marin and Sonoma counties, when the railroad running through this rural area was dismantled. Allowing timber and tourists alike to travel between Sausalito and the Russian River, little remains to hint … Continue reading →

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The Languid Sea Lion, Continued…

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

I just noticed that I had a few other images of a Sea Lion languidly lounging at the water’s surface. I took these images the same day as I took these images of a Sea Lion with its flippers floating … Continue reading →

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The Alien Anemone: A brief essay of photos

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New Anemones are one of the more otherworldly creatures I can imagine… which I suppose makes sense, as they are from another world, a more watery one of ocean and sea. Some varieties are more regular visitors to our terrestrial … Continue reading →

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The Languid Sea Lion

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New On an afternoon like this, in a year not so far ago, I was kayaking the waters of Tomales Bay, when I came across this Stellar Sea Lion, floating in a dream. I stopped paddling, and began to drift … Continue reading →

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Bonapartes Gull: An essay of photos

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New One of the more diminutive gulls to be found out here on the West Coast, the Bonaparte Gull is fun to watch as it skims food from the waters surface while flying or wading in the shallows. While it … Continue reading →

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