French Kiss
by labuds

Comment by ursula:
Is this real, or is it a display of some sort? If real, wow, what a catch! If a display, well, still a neat picture :)

French Kiss
by labuds

Comment by totaldis:
pretty gruesome

French Kiss
by labuds

Comment by Valdo:
This is gross to some point IMHO In terms of photography the sharpness is good and the shallow DOF is a good addition as well. Topic not appealing at all to me.

French Kiss
by labuds

Comment by lovethelight:
This is really gross but in my opinion a really cool and different choice of subject for macro, your lighting and detail are nice and the color is also cool....I just can't look at it long because it makes me sick haha

French Kiss
by labuds

Comment by Simms:
OK, I think you will end up getting voted down, but the shock value when this came up on my screen actually added to the shot overall. I doubt this will do well, but I hope I am wrong.. well done - brave entry. 9

Lethal Embrace
by labuds

Comment by Sam94720:
Come on, people! Get over the fact that animals eat each other (and we participate, too, in both roles). It just happens to be like this, it's nature! Are you blaming the snake for eating the mouse? "Bad snake, you should be ashamed of yourself. Go eat your salad." ???

There are unpleasant things in this world. Not taking pictures of them will not make them go away (and giving such pictures a low rating won't either).

And Aleks: I'm still curious to know how you set this up.

Lethal Embrace
by labuds

Comment by jay6850:
I did not get a chance to vote for this challenge, although I really would just like to let you know that I particularly like this image and I think it is ridiculous that you got so many ones. I used to own a few snakes and I really like the face of the mouse and how the corn snake is not completely in focus, because it brings your eye to the mouses face, which is picture perfect.

Nice job, and I would love to bet that you had a great time getting this setup...BTW, how exactly did you get this setup, being that you would probably have been bitten if you took hold of a snake with its mouse....

French Kiss
by labuds

Comment by jandp:
Great action photo.

French Kiss
by labuds

Comment by basssman7:
Just when I thought it was safe to look at the monitor...

great work, but it will likely get voted down for the gross factor. I love the colours and the guts it took to get close and take this! 8

Lethal Embrace
by labuds

Comment by Quinntobean:
You should have placed way better. This is an excellent photograph. 9. I gave you the best score out of them all.