Saint Mary Lake, Sunrise, Glacier National Park

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Extremely windy and cold weather with light rain and heavy clouds greeted us on this late September morning. It certainly did not look like a morning for photography. I found the location I had previously scouted and set up my camera anyway, because anything can happen and often does. I was happy and incredibly cold when warm sunlight began emerging through gaps between the clouds. Then I realized none of it would be in my composition, and instead of Wild goose Island and sunlit peaks, Saint Mary Lake was full of white capped waves. I had to change my location and quickly compose a completely different photograph before the light faded. Tripping the camera's shutter between ferocious wind gusts netted a couple of sharp images. This is one of them.