Category Archives: landscapes

Touring Tafoni in Salt Point State Park

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New Walk down to Stump Beach. And keep going. The beach is nice, but there’re bigger grains of sand to fry. Cross the creek and head a short ways south along the bluffs. Rising above the sweeping waves is the tafoni. … Continue reading →

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The Klamath Basin: The beginning of the adventure (A tour of photos)

Posted on September 25, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New The Journey and the Reason for it This past winter I went on a Bald Eagle hunt. I had heard for several years about an area on the border of California and Oregon, that has one of the highest … Continue reading →

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Stanislaus National Park: A tour in Photos

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New One of the more delightful backpacking trips I’ve been on in quite some time, was a trip I made with a friend of mine. We had a three day weekend ahead of us. We wanted that High Sierra feeling, … 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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Giacomini Wetlands: An essay of photos and brief history

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

The auction has ended and I’ve been auctioned off by the group (Point Reyes National Seashore Association -PRNSA) that is responsible for the restoration of the wetlands pictured below, and for making them a part of that same National Seashore. … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #61: Raven tracks on sand dunes

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

Early in the morning, before the winds have had the chance to erase the tracks of the night and dawn, you can walk the loose sands of the world, reading those stories. Here raven tracks criss cross each other, meandering … Continue reading →

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The why of kayaking with your camera

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

  Recently I addressed some of the issues people new to kayak photography should think about, without realizing that I never said “why” people should kayak with their cameras in the first place. So today, I will talk a little … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #54: Rainbow on the beach

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

In the picture above I was at Matapauri Bay in New Zealand, walking along a short trail that cut through two small hills near the beach. A sudden down pour  forced me to stow my camera (a.k.a. cellphone) in a … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #48: Cattle chute at sunset

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

Sometimes you see a sky that just begs to have its picture taken, but there are already so many images of pretty skies that you almost have to ask yourself if it’s worth it to put yet another one out … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #47: Mt Tam from Mt Vision

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

Early morning. What a wonderful magical time of day. I’ve heard that from a scientific point of view the range of sunrise colors is equal to sunset, and that one is simply the other in reverse, but from an emotional … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #36: Surfer and the Bridge

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

I have no idea how often you can find people surfing under the Golden Gate Bridge. In fact, I hadn’t planned on photographing surfers at all on this day, only the Bridge itself by the early mor ing light, but … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #39: Wind wrinkled dunes

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New The Eureka Sand Dunes are the tallest range of dunes in California, rising more than 800 feet above the floor of Eureka Valley, part of the Death Valley National Park (though far romoved from Death Valley itself). A large … Continue reading →

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