I first saw this coyote trotting quickly across a parking area. We tracked it in our van until it climbed off the asphalt and briefly stood in profile against the shadowy pines before vanishing. I was able to get off one shot and only one shot, which included the entire animal. Later, I cropped the coyote’s figure from the base of neck to stress its diagonal flow. In doing so, the alert ears extend the diagonal thrust upwards, while the coyotes muzzle provides a downward diagonal. By positioning the base of the neck in the lower left hand corner, I allow the dark green textured pines to fill more than half the frame. The coyote seems to be sniffing that space, warily alert, and ready to vanish from our sight forever.