Tag Archives: kayak

Anatomy of a photo #5: Bubble Jelly in Drake’s Estero

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Galen Leeds Photography

This is a picture I took while kayaking in Drake’s Estero, a body of water lying within the Point Reyes National Seashore, one of my local parks. This one was simple to take. I have a small, digital point and … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #3: Great Egret hunting in the fog

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Galen Leeds Photography

This image was made while kayaking early one morning on Drake’s Estero. When I saw this egret on the local oyster farm’s racks, I knew right away that I wanted a vertical orientation to the picture. The structure of the … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #38: Hawktopus

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Galen Leeds Photography

It was the middle of winter, less than two weeks past solstice, and there were rumors of whales in Tomales Bay. It was hard for me to put my kayak in the water before 4:30pm that week, but one day … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #46: Young Raccoons on the rocks

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Galen Leeds Photography

Early morning, extra low tide, the long days of summer… Put them tgether, and it’s the perfect time to find and photograph raccoons as they search for crabs and tidbits by the first light of the day. The other time … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo # 14: Three Willets in pickleweed

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Galen Leeds Photography

As I look through my photographs of animal images, I notice more and more that there are two main lighting conditions that most of my favorite portraits were taken in- early/late low angle sun, or else while the subject was … Continue reading →

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Portrait of a Turnstone

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

The Black Turnstone is one of the sandpipers that winters along the entire Pacific Coastline of the United States and of parts south. You may have seen my fairly recent post of Turnstones bathing on the shores of Tomales Bay, … Continue reading →

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The Red-necked Phalarope: One of the littlest birds that could

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New This is one of the funnest little birds that I know of to watch, and one of the more remarkable. I often see them on the bays near where I live during as they migrate between the arctic where … Continue reading →

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The Elegant Tern of the Seasons (and no, “auto-correct” did not goof the title)

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New Orion twinkled above me as I slid my kayak into the water this morning. I clicked off my headlamp and paddled into the slowly brightening day, my paddlerocketing me my gentle paddle strokes easing me into the coming adventure. … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a photo #81: The Least Sandpiper

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New While kayaking one day along the shores of Tomales Bay in the Point Reyes National Seashore, I saw a small flock of Least Sandpipers land, then begin methodically working their way along the line between land and sea. It … Continue reading →

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The Peregrine and the Gull

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New I was paddling my kayak through the Giacomini Wetlands, and I was watching two juvenile Northern Harriers (Marsh Hawk, Circus cyaneus) as they dove and swooped upon each other in the skies above. I lost them for a few … Continue reading →

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The Walking Loon

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New It sounds like the name of a micro-brew beer or a smaller wineries label, but it is actually something that grudgingly happens in nature. You see, loons aren’t really made to walk. Their build… not designed for walking. Ponderous … Continue reading →

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Bath time: A feathered adventure in photos

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Galen Leeds Photography

New Today’s post is simply a fun series of images of Black Turnstones (a shorebird that we commonly have here on Tomales Bay) taking a bath. I captured these photographs from my kayak on a grey and foggy day.I don’t … Continue reading →

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