Thursday, August 26, 2021

Elk Head

Back before Covid we were exploring in an old farm yard, with permission from the owner, in Southern Alberta.  There was lots of fascinating stuff and I took quite a few photographs with my 4x5 view camera.  This one was not developed in one of the initial batches of film and I just recently processed it.  I'm guessing that the landowner was a hunter, and shot this elk at some point.  I'm also guessing that he wanted to preserve the skull and antlers.  This elk head was left sitting out behind some granaries, perched in an old display stand.  Maybe someday the hunter will return and claim it, or perhaps it has been forgotten.  In any event it made a rather bizarre photograph.



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