When walking I usually return with a selection of sorted leaves, little branches, seed pods, small rocks, anything I can use later in creating a photograph. On a recent walk I ventured down a different path and this time my take away was a visual likeness of a face. I came across this character of sorts gawking back at me. I found it humorous and stopped in my tracks to record what I was seeing. With this face staring back at me, I became both the viewer and the viewed at the same time. The afternoon light cast the shadow of a tree and it’s branches onto the pathway where someone had previously painted two eyes. I enjoyed the seemingly flatness of this abstract image. The combination of timing and angle was serendipitous. After capture was made I walked away smiling to myself. Here is to changing directions, the reward of making a decision to travel a different path.