I wanted a shot with little but a person and leafy trees in it. No cars, no tree trunks, no buildings et cetera.

How does one go about finding it?

Think telephoto, of course. When you want to isolate something and not show the surroundings, use a long lens.

But the real trick was to look toward the crest of a hill. If a subject is on the crest, then the cars, houses and sidewalks beyond will be hidden by the hill. Only the middle and tops of trees will be visible beyond the subject.

In this case I drove along North J street and looked down North Fifth, then Sixth, then Eighth, Ninth, et cetera. I could see each numbered street as far as North I (one block away), then it would drop away more steeply toward Yakima. So in this case, the far side of the intersection with I st. was effectively the crest of a hill and I could see little but trees beyond.

Likewise, if I looked up a numbered street from Yakima, the effective hill crest would be in the same place, but the trees that were visible beyond would be between I and J streets.

It turns out that my favorite hill crest was looking up North Steele toward North I street. Even from standing on the roof of my car in the middle of Steele, I couldn't see anything but leafy trees beyond North I.

Then it was just a matter of opening a door so I could hear NPR on the car radio and waiting for nearly an hour.