A simple hug on this park bench conveys many human values. Intimacy, possession, pleasure, passion, and ultimately love, all come to mind. In this image, made with a long 432mm telephoto lens, I carefully wrapped this couple in foliage as well, adding a layer of nature’s own embrace to this image. The evening light is warm and low, the woman’s dress is passionately red, the greens and browns around them are soothing and comforting, all adding important context and additional human values to this photograph. Even the park bench they are using adds a subtle human value – its legs are fashioned into winged serpents, which in mythology have often been regarded as guardian spirits. The man gathers the woman to him with both arms, the winged serpents provide a stable platform, and the old tree provides a natural canopy, all of which tells us that there is a good deal of protection – another important human value – suggested in this image as well.