Shattered bulbs by PentlandPirate of the North

I'm an admirer of my mate Gary Waterhouse's 'experimental' shots. Quite how he does them leaves me just dumbfounded even after he has described how he did them. It was only after he had photographed about the tenth lightbulb being smashed up, some dropped, some shot, that I remembered something my Dad told me a long time ago. He had always been able to do this mega high pitched whistle between his teeth and he told me that when he was about 15 (in about 1947) he and his mates used to go out on cold nights especially to the station platform and the drill hall in Shrewsbury. Sometimes if it was a frosty night and if he got in just the right position below the platform light and did that especially shrill whistle he could make the light bulbs shatter. Seeing Gary's photos made me wonder if I could recreate those conditions, so when we had the snow last week I stood a couple of large incandescent light bulbs (the ones that are hard to get now) in the snow on our patio table. I hoped that the extreme cold of the snow on only part of the glass would stress the glass. And then I got my old dog whistle which is so high pitched I can't even hear it. Well, I blew, and blew until my cheeks ached, taking up different positions around the table. I must admit I got pretty breathless and started to get cold in the night air. I eventually gave up and decided to go back in doors, but first I would shut our lone hen in her coop for the night. Taking my torch out of my pocket to cross the dark garden, the beam swung down across the table and lit the bulbs. And to my amazement I saw......the bulbs hadn't shattered in pieces, but were shattered...... and remained intact! Wow! It had worked!!! And I had achieved something even Gary couldn't. Hey, Gaz no gun required!!! Well, actually no. That's all bs. These bulbs are solar powered table lights that have this shattered look when you buy them from B&Q. Bullshit. That's all I can do better than Gaz! https://flic.kr/p/251dmcK