I chose this picture not only based on its good photographic form but also the mood it captures between to strange curious creatures that are encountering for the first time. This image has exemplary instances of Symmetry and depth and follows to a tee the rule of thirds. The position each man is standing in this photograph properly splits up the picture into thirds, allowing the picture to not only be even but multidimensional. The meeting dogs in the center of the photo serve as a proper focal point where the eyes eventually fall after they roll off the shoulders of the gentleman on the front left. The picture is balanced as there is a more important figure is in the foreground first grabbing the viewers attention yet helps direct the flow of the eyes with the angle of the elbows, to the dogs, to then the man. Also adding to the depth of this photo is the mountain tops in the distance. It gives the viewer the sense of a vast hilly environment. This picture is far from flat.
A theme within this blog was adventure. Many of these people did not have much. Some had to survive out of their cars while some decided to sell it all away, buy and RV and live on the open road. This is an exhilarating but relatively stressful and unsafe way to live. When ones life is on wheels, the end destination and the people you meet along the way is always surprising. And to exist in the wild one must act natural to survive. The people in this photo seem bashful and timid to encounter one another as their body language suggest they are walking in different directions and wish to keep it that way. But the animals in this moment disregard human inhibitions and let their curiosities get the best of them. This photo fits as a token to the traveler and the adventurer; be curious, and be willing to make friends first.
As a viewer I interpret this photo as a glimpse of a moment between the crossing of two walks of life. The young man in the photo appears to be more rugged and raw than the touristy looking traveler with the tweed hat on. But the dogs sever all prejudices and differences between the two as they seem exhilarated to see one of their kind on the road. But in the parking lots of Walmart, there is a cultural blend of people existing in them. As the dogs do, these people develop small communities and offer help when it is needed. There is no discriminating clubs or classes. Just people who are to cross one night of occupancy at a time. 
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