Uploaded November 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
There were a couple of pumpkins left over from Halloween so I decided to do a little more than just binning them. A small amount of flash powder was used, electrically activated, to pop the pumpkin. As it was a dull day, this was done indoors. There was not enough light outside for slow motion video, and a risk of snow. As I did not want pumpkin all over the place, I used only a little flash powder. Just enough to burst the pumpkin, but not spray pumpkin puree all over the shop and tools. Slow motion recorded at 240 and 480 frames/sec.
There were a couple of pumpkins left over from Halloween so I decided to do a little more than just binning them. A small amount of flash powder was used, electrically activated, to pop the pumpkin. As it was a dull day, this was done indoors. There was not enough light outside for slow motion video, and a risk of snow. As I did not want pumpkin all over the place, I used only a little flash powder. Just enough to burst the pumpkin, but not spray pumpkin puree all over the shop and tools. Slow motion recorded at 240 and 480 frames/sec.
