'Pine Needles

Photograph by Heather Allen , National Geographic Your Shot

The lines of the quills were perfect, forming a Fibonacci curl from the nose right to the end of the quill, writes Your Shot member Heather Allen of this porcupine photographed on the Oregon coast. I just loved the light hitting the top quills, setting off its face. The final [bit of] luck was that he lifted his head and looked right at me.

Allen s picture recently appeared in Your Shot s Daily Dozen .