DANGER!
Juvenile cape cobra (Naja nivea) hooding whist threaded through the eye socket of a goat skull.
Oudtshoorn, South Africa...
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Juvenile cape cobra (Naja nivea) hooding whist threaded through the eye socket of a goat skull.
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
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Oudtshoorn, South Africa
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DanieleGualdoni
January 17, 2015
This is just impossible to remake. How the hell did you take such a good photo????? No words...
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Slangseun
January 17, 2015
Well, it was most certainly staged... We were doing research in the field outside of Oudtshoorn in South Africa and the fire brigade called about a problem snake in town. We decided to release it out in the hills where we were working, but only after taking some photographs of course. We happened upon this goat skull, very lucky find, we set up on a raised mound of this typical reddish sand you find in the area and started shooting. We coaxed the little guy (aprox 50cm long) through the eye socket and at this point my friend is holding on to the tail, which is just outside of the frame... One of my favourite photographs yet, I hope the story behind it doesn't ruin the magic of it.. :)
marXtone
October 21, 2017
Thank you for being honest! Now I respect you and your picture even more. Even though I prefer spontaneous pics, I am aware that something like this is pretty impossible to get. Anyway, good job and creativity!!
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ChixPixPhotography
April 02, 2015
Awesome photo and the story behind it was interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing it.
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RebeccaL
June 02, 2017
The story behind this photo does not in the least detract from this photo. It makes it even more amazing, in fact. The only thing I wished you'd done was remove that distracting stick poking up behind the snake.
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joeglasgow
March 04, 2018
Very exceptional picture....At first glance it looked like two snakes...but only an optical illusion....
Very precise shot. Thanks,,,,,
Very precise shot. Thanks,,,,,
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Slangseun
May 17, 2021
Thanks all, nice surprise to get a bunch of comments telling me I won the challenge 😊
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