I have always wanted to shoot an implosion...

Congrats on getting 99% of all that planning going off really well. That 1% was the socks. haha

Now you can do a time-lapse sort of video. :)

I was thinking the same thing regarding a GIF video of the images. I have been a bit busy over the weekend and have not the time to play with the images...

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Originally Posted by rpcrowe

Guess what Manfred? My wife did call it something else!

Having only one chance for a shot reminds me of an old cinematographer's joke which goes:

Cecil B. DeMille was shooting this immense and extremely expensive biblical battle scene. In order to ensure that he would get the images, he built three camera towers and had a camera and cameraman on each tower.

At the end of the scene when all the chariots were smashed to bits. DeMille called up to the first camera man,

"Tower One - did you get that?"
The cameraman on Tower One replied, "Sorry C.B., my camera jammed!"

Not worried because he had two more cameras, DeMille called up to the second cameraman,

"Tower Two - did you get that?"
The cameraman on Tower Two replied, "Sorry C.B., my camera jammed also!"

In a panic, DeMille called up to the third camera man,

"Tower Three..."
The cameraman in Tower Three answered. "Ready when you are C.B.!"

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I understand that something like that did happen during the filming of Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". On the first take, all three cameras were destroyed by the bridge explosion scene, so not only did the cameras have to be replaced, so did the bridge, before the scene could be shot again.

Worth the wait, I am sure you are glad you went ahead: even if you did have cold feet.