Great Photo, Made Me Laugh,
Well Done :)

wicked shot! - bob

Well i am glad you got it on the first take!!! I doubt if she would still be waiting on take ten ...lol!  Did you do this inside - if so - bet your wife wasnt too thrilled!  But its a superb capture - almost like a tidal wave crashing over her.  Cheers Jo

A fantastic, fun and well lit action shot. While I do feel bad for the young lady, she should know that her sacrifice has paid off.

You caught this really well. But one can't help a feeling of schadenfreude. You've either got a very fast camera or a very wet set of children. And loads of washing to do . . . great capture and congrats on the front page. I suppose this means you'll be winning this week's competition then? Howard

This is a stunning shot, Gill, and definitely in the running for the comp this week.  Technical question - how did you sync the flash with such a fast shutter speed?

A super shot Gillian...........many congrats for a great bit of action.

Superb Shot. Well timed. Congratulations on MOPTD. Definately in the running this week.

Congratulations on MPOTD, great fun image . Steve

Great stuff, looks like someone being engulfed by a huge jellyfish! well done. Rgds Sharon

wow - thank you all for the comments !

Jo - hee - this wasn't the first take - the first balloon exploded on her shoulder - in the end we managed about 4 on target bursts before i had to swap to my other willing victim  ;o)  

JD - she is very chuffed with the shot and has shown it to her school friends who now want one too - so it looks like i'm going to get several more victims - have to do some variations on the theme  methinks!

Tringle - i think i've got the same camera as you - the K10D and it was on 1/2500sec

ogga lily - well i'm even more of a bad mum than you thought lol because not only did she have to suffer the water bombs but was in blinding sunshine as well - the shot was done in the garden with a black sheet as background - no flash.

Gill, you must have the reactions of something with very fast reactions to have managed to get this after only a few goes and without running out of dry(ish) children. I thought you must have had one of those 60 frame a second Casio EX-F1's (on my shopping list). Kudos! Howard.

congratulations Gil, superb shot, obviously a lot of fun to do... now with all the kids waiting in the queue.... you can get many more! Well done. Zuzana

Great shot Gill - my favourite straight away for timing and comic value

Spot on action shot. Congrads on MPOTD, Rgds Alan.

Great shot!, I had this picked out for MPOTD, Break out the neck brace!

Excellent Gill - great to see you on the front page (so I can now abuse you back!!) Great series of images  and congrats on MPOTD

superb shot, great technique, great colour....and most importantly, great fun, except maybe for your daughter.
has a very GILL stamp all over it. well deserved mpotd.
could create a market for wet-look VENTURE style images of soggy and exploited kiddies.
fantastic.

Congrats on the front page Gill, fantastic shot. Cheers. bruno

Brilliant idea........fun and original........great capture and congrats on the front page !! Sally

Great image and looks like great fun - congrats on MPOTD - RB

great timing! well captured! congrats on mPOTD! stu ;o)

Brilliant shot! Congratulations on the front page. Juan.

Congrats Gill, I do apologise i always thought you were male and have only now realised that you are of the fairer sex - but i am so glad you took it outside cos i wouldnt envy you cleaning that all up!!!  (from one woman to another ...lol!)

Great action shot Gill. Congrats on mpotd.
Guy

Brilliant shot!! Well frozen and perfect timing.

This looks like you would have had a great time taking this one. Wonderful.

Seems I was right to vote for it, I just love the shape of the water hitting the poor little 'un a perfect splash! :D