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Life & Death
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A Nutria Rat jumps in Mid Air to try and avoid the Jaws of Death to no avail. This 8 Foot Alligator was far to quick for the likes of this rodent. Pardon the slight blur in the mouth an head area of the Gator. Camera was not set on Shutter Speed at the time I captured this event. Although I find the slight blur adds motion to the image by showing just how fast these modern day dragons can be. If you look at the head you can see it is shifted to it's left side and the short legs are beginning to stretch upwards. All in the same motion, once the Gator had clamped it's jaws down on the rat it continued to rotate to it's left in what's known as the Death Roll. The shift of the head from one side or the other also allows the Gator to view it's prey better than a straight on view. I shot a sequence of this event starting with the rat face to face with the Gator to it being draged off to the Gators lair. My entry into the Contest. Have A Great Day! E J

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.Roseman_Stan
07/12/12 3:06 PM GMT
Yikes! What a great action shot that will do very well in the contest I am sure. Great work indeed EJ!!
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::Ramad
07/12/12 3:26 PM GMT
What an action shot! An excellent entry to show one has to die for the other to live! Well done EJ.
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.Jimbobedsel
07/12/12 3:54 PM GMT
What a capture! Nice timing, too. Poor ol' rat!
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.icedancer
07/12/12 4:59 PM GMT
Outstanding action shot, I sure wouldn't want to get too close either.
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Have a Sunny Day
::Dunstickin
07/12/12 5:00 PM GMT
Super SNAP!!!!

great timing!
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.muki7
07/12/12 5:09 PM GMT
A great detailed action shot E.J. Your timing was perfect. Good contest entry.
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.LakeMichigan
07/12/12 5:49 PM GMT
What an Awesome shot, EJ.
Great timing and great detail.
Excellent entry for the contest.
Good Luck !
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::0930_23
07/12/12 6:30 PM GMT
Who would win? A Gator or a Tiger? Food for thought, Jethro. That's life and death for sure.
Great capture. Makes me wonder what you were doing hanging around a pair like this.
Good contest entry and good luck.

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
::corngrowth
07/12/12 6:50 PM GMT
Excellent entry for the contest E.J.

This must be a winner.

Regards, Cornelius.

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::tigger3
07/12/12 7:04 PM GMT
Yes this will be hard to beat in the contest, what a well timed capture, very dramatic! Tigs♥ =^..^=
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.Joanie
07/13/12 1:02 AM GMT
How icky!...lol...But just outstanding and so cool anyway EJ!!! Great clarity and good luck!
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Four eyes are better than two.
::SEFA
07/13/12 8:03 AM GMT
Very good timing and a good action shot. Good luck in the contest!
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.rozem061
07/13/12 3:01 PM GMT

What a great photo for the contest EJ !. You have set the bar high for the rest of us. This will be difficult to beat !
Good luck !
John
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::twinkel
07/13/12 4:40 PM GMT
Wonderful action shot and a great entry for the contest!!
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Carpe Diem!
::solita17
07/13/12 7:01 PM GMT
Holy moly! What a capture! This is 'life and death' personified.... I throw my arms up in surrender... ;-)
mary
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.scorpie
07/13/12 9:23 PM GMT
WOW just WOW
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.rvdb
07/14/12 6:56 PM GMT
Life & Death or Life from Death....... got my faves.

Rob
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.Marzena
07/15/12 1:20 AM GMT
You sure that the poor rodent did not escape by any - unlikely, most unlikely - chance, please !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am, well, very much befriended with nutrias and dislike gators, crocodiles and sharks - simply living horrors.
I would prefer to meet a lion, tiger, leopard or a pack of wolves than those abhorrent, obnoxious glutton killers killing just for the fun of it. In many ways they are very much like humans....
That is why I never swim in Baltic Sea or would never ever swim in any other sea/ocean/very big lake. Pools are good enough for me. People cannot be avoided completely, but the contacts can be at least limited to virtual ones :)
SAM & SAAB
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
.Marzena
07/15/12 1:22 AM GMT
Am still trembling - partly with fear and partly with anger at this crawling b[word] f[word] dragon.
Guess where I got this [word] idea from - the book by an American writer!!!
lol
SAM
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
.Marzena
07/15/12 1:24 AM GMT
Needless to say that I expect double, if not treble number of creds - just for the fun of it.
My kinda fun - gentle and mild living critter.
SAM
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With all my love and respect, Marzena
::Fifthbeatle
07/15/12 2:13 AM GMT
I'll take some of that rat!
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.J_E_F
07/15/12 6:35 PM GMT
Points for being so close to the action.... OMG!
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::PatAndre
07/17/12 3:05 AM GMT
Outstanding action shot. talk about being in the right place at the right time.
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+mimi
07/18/12 5:33 AM GMT
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Logun7
07/19/12 4:12 PM GMT
Excellent Entry! Best of luck to you in the contest:)
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.Flmngseabass
07/19/12 6:22 PM GMT
We asked for it when we went with "Life and Death" for the current contest and this proves you were paying attention EJ!!!! Outstanding entry:)
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.rvdb
07/21/12 10:57 AM GMT
Has both life and death in one picture outstanding.

Rob
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::LakeMichigan
07/28/12 2:22 PM GMT
Congratulations on 2nd place in the contest, EJ.
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::vangoughs
07/28/12 3:44 PM GMT
Congrats on second place!!!
Wow,what a shot!
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::0930_23
07/29/12 4:27 AM GMT
Congrats on your second place finish Jethro.

TicK


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::LynEve
07/29/12 3:27 PM GMT
Congratulations on your second placement EJ.
Well done and well deserved :)
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.rvdb
07/29/12 3:38 PM GMT
Congrats on your win very good work.

Rob
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Logun7
07/30/12 2:19 PM GMT
Congratulations!!!
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::danika
06/21/13 8:01 PM GMT
Incredible! Perfect timing, EJ.
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