One Tough Mom

On our trip to view Mt. Saint Helen's, heavy clouds, rain, and snow showers prevented us from getting ideal views.  Jenny came back down the trail that ran along Coldwater Lake with news of a Canada goose sitting on its tree-stump nest.  I walked carefully up the trail and there she was sitting on a fortress like nest on the top of a tree stump that arose from the lake.  She was covered with rain drops and sat perfectly still to avoid detection. The weather was brutally cold and wet.  Her wings were pressed up against the edges of the nest to shield here eggs from the icy rain and cold temps.  She never budged and I took a series of photos without disturbing her.  I cropped the image slightly and adjusted lights, darks, and midtones with luminosity masks.  I enhanced micro-contrast slightly with Topaz Detail to bring out the rain drops on the bird's back.  K5 IIs 300 mm f4 (1/2500 sec at f6.3, ISO 800)...............................Jim