beautiful, wonderful focus

Thanks vibeke. This was fun because I started shooting a fully intact dandelion and a breeze quickly tore it apart. The two seeds on the right were basically in flight.

Great shot, congrats

Thanks you all. Glad you liked it.

a beautiful photo and a well deserved win.

fabulous!

great shot, and the silhouette of the mother behind is wonderful.

cute

Thanks for the comments and favorites. The best part of this photo...look at the size of his feet.

Bravo...nicely done author. It's the mothers legs in the BG that make this an outstanding image.

great shot...with big feet like those he sure needs a rest!

Awww - he's beautiful

Thanks everyone. This shot was special because this little guy had quite an alarm system and within seconds of this shot he was awake and alert.

Yep...a rat snake...non-poisonous, but...they will strike and bite your face...LOL nice shot author, most people fear snakes very much, so to get this close, I'd call that an on-topic shot. Well done.

definitely risky and scary

a really cool shot... but I don't see the risk

Thanks everyone especially the info about the eyes.

fantastic, bravo

Nice close up, and yes I think it is a rat snake =)

Well. Emik... I buy that getting close to water etc. without a weathersealed camera is risky to the camera (although the cynic in me suspects many of those aren't really that close and are just cropped) But a Rat Snake doesn't seem too risky. How would it hurt you or the camera? Would it be risky to get close to a baby bunny?

What did I consider risky? The last time this theme ran I entered my shot taken in mid-February where I climbed over the fence at Niagra Falls around midnight to stand on the ice right next to the falls. Not only risky - but incredibly STUPID!!!

Fabulous shot and I love the DOF. I'm sure I wouldn't have got that close to any snake.....

Wow, great focus and great capture author.

good one nice timing

Beautiful

great catch, hard enough to get one of them

If I didn't know better, I'd say they were leapfrogging. Thanks

Congrats on your first place!

congratulations on 1st place, Love this photo

cograts

Thanks everyone. These guys are such beautiful subjects.

Congrats!

this is great

amazing details

wow!!!!!

Great shot! I like the colors.

im definetely not going to be the first place because of this picture lol... well done mate =)

Thanks everyone. Lots of shots taken especially to assure that the vessel located at 2 o'clock wasn't something that came from a swamp in the amazon.

AMAZING! A real winner! very well done author! i hope you do really really well in this competition

Thank you ! I'm watching you.

Congrats, well deserved.

Your comment for another entry about persistence was right on....lots of shots, but fun theme. Thanks for your congrats.

Nice Job Congrats on first place Win