WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by Jamester:
A truly shocking image well captured. Congrats on a reasonable placing in your second challenge, especially given the subject matter.

Image is a little gruesome for me, "pains" me to look at it, so I guess it fitted the challenge well.

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by aronya1:
Wow! Placed much higher than I expected to, so I'm very happy, especially since this is only my 2nd challenge entry.

First of all, the composition is exactly as found in my attic, so the background is what it is. No names have been changed to protect the innocent (except to call it a mouse). Surprised no one caught the text on the RAT trap, but WRD just doesn't seem to have the same impact... Anybody feel a little less sympathy for my "model", knowing that he's about 14" long?

Shot in near darkness. Camera flash assisted by a weak flashlight. Many thanks for all the positive comments, and for those who "got" the image.

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by MyDayStrong:
Awww I hope you didn't really hurt the mouse. Though, I'm guessing you did.

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by nova:
Bet he didn't feel a thing ;0) Background distracts a bit; scored it a 6.

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by Jozi:
10 from me. The title made me laugh. Great pic!

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by snackwells:
I'm guessing this critter felt no pain...its death was near instant and quite painless.
With that aside, this photograph conjures up feelings of queasiness and unease, and imagined pain, which is what counts. Nicely done, 7.

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by jayrod:
People are going to hate this picture. Some may even call PETA. That being said: I love it. It seems well enough appropriate in that pain is not a pretty thing. I like how the mouse is brought to the focus with the blurred background and the appropriate highlighting at the focus. One of my top for this challenge.

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by tommyd65:
I'm sure you'll get some grief for this picture (poor mouse). The focus and lighting came out very good, but the background takes away from the picture a lot.

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by gloda:
This picture is rather about immediate death than about pain, but that's something which depends very much from the point of view. For me, it's too gross. For the picture as such I can't find too many appealing elements either. You pushed the contrast too far and the background, which takes about a third of the picture doesn't add to the image. 3.

WMD - Weapon of Mouse Destruction
by aronya1

Comment by RulerZigzag:
he was better off....could of been eaten by a snake instead