Thanks to a friend, I recently had the chance to see two porcupines and photograph this one. She had been seeing them regularly and took me out to look for them. This one, the larger of the two was resting up at about eye level in a pine tree. Clouds provided soft, even light, which is often necessary when photographing in the forest. We took a few photos and then left him to the solitude of the forest. While I like the above photo as it shows the porcupine’s face nicely, I added the image below to show the entire animal.