Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by lisae:
It's cool that this is legal, and it's a great exploration of the challenge topic, but I don't think it's an attractive image.

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by nards656:
I almost voted this a 3 because I would personally like to discourage this type of "effects in the camera" usage on DPC. However, you tell a great story and did a good job of photography, so I won't punish you like that :-) The more I look the more I like it. 7 nards656

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Krozar:
Love this feature on my camera. Very cool feature.

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by GeneralE:
I think it's interesting to see the sequence, but it does make it difficult to appreciate the detail in any of the images. This effect would probably be best suited to an action sequence where the motion itself ismore important than the subject, like a pelican diving into the water, or the classic galloping horse.

Skipping Stones
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Gordon:
Critique Club:

Looks like a hard shot to get and pretty poor lighting too. My main issue is that I don't think the shutter was fast enough - I'd like it more with a faster shutter/ maybe higher ISO to really freeze the droplets that are in the air and to give a crisper splash.

A great idea and good execution apart from that though.

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by inspzil:
I don't like the way this was done. Hard to tell anything about the photographs when then are this small. - Inspzil

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by alanfreed:
I can probably guess who did this since there was some discussion in the forums about this technique the other day... but I won't hold that against you :) Very cool effect... I guess my only wish would be that the bird would have done something more interesting than just "pecking around" -- it may have been more interesting if it had flown away during the last couple frames, but I have a feeling that would have been pretty darned hard to accomplish.

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Harz_Joerg:
You selected a very nice topic for this effect.

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by Froober:
This is so cool! I can't wait to see what kind of camera did this! My one suggestion for improvement would be that you snap on a huge zoom lens so I can better see what the bird is doing :P

Self Service
by Swashbuckler

Comment by joanns:
Congratulations on a wonderful montage. I love seeing the bird here feeding the babies. First of all, you found this wonderful seen to photograph and then you gave it to us like this! Each little frame has great DOF. My only nit pick is the brown area at the top of each frame but this is still amazing considering you couldn't do any cropping.