Hot Date Tonight
by Andrea Silies
Title
Hot Date Tonight
Artist
Andrea Silies
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Photo of a mature, 10 point, bull elk getting all dressed up for the ladies. He is really turning on the charm and stepping up his game with this freshly picked bouquet of flowers hanging from his antlers. The green leaves and purple flower really sets the mood. Add dinner and a movie and he's all set. As you can see by his freshly cleaned antlers, this photo was taken during the early stages of the rut.
And no, the flowers were not photoshopped in. He actually got them stuck on his antlers just before I took the shot. It was just an incredible opportunity for me and probably a once in a life-time shot.
Looks like he is ready for a hot date tonight.
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Addendum:
After several research attempts, the purple flower is actually a Missouri native weed called Joe Pye Weed. Joe Pye was a native medicine man and used the weed to cure typhus, kidney stones and urinary tract complications. So it sounds like it fights bacteria. Interesting tid bit.
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September 10th, 2017
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