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Chainmaking

By DicksPics
A series of images taken at The Black Country Living Museum a couple of weeks ago when the skillful process of chainmaking was demonstrated.

I've always wanted to capture a shower of sparks - I had two hammer blows to get what I wanted!SmileSmile

The versions show the process.

Many thanks for all clicks and comments on my 'Out for a Spin' upload and, especially, to Bill(woolybill1), Kathryn(kathrynlouise), Billy(williamsloan), Dave(mistere) and Claire(wrighty76) for their much appreciated User Awards.Smile

RichardSmile



Tags: Photo journalism Black country museum Chainmaking

Voters: williamsloan, netta1234, ddolfelin and 77 more


Uploaded:
10 Aug 2016 8:50PM
Camera:
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens:
EF24-105mm F/4L IS USM
Shutter Speed:
1/100s
Aperture:
f/6.3
ISO:
1600
Focal Length:
105.0 mm
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Comments


whatriveristhis Plus
6 375 152 England
10 Aug 2016 8:42PM
Warm work I'll bet.
Perfectly timed for that shower of sparks… great effect!

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netta1234 7 382 2 Wales
10 Aug 2016 8:54PM
This is a brilliant and very interesting set RichardSmile
Netta
williamsloan Plus
8 1 Northern Ireland
10 Aug 2016 8:54PM
a brilliant set



billy
ddolfelin Plus
7 103 3 Wales
10 Aug 2016 8:58PM
The lead image is spectacular, Richard.
Maiwand 12 3 73 England
10 Aug 2016 9:04PM
Superb series Richard.
Ron
fotobee Plus
6 4 3 South Africa
10 Aug 2016 9:25PM
Beautiful stuff, and photography, Richard. Where would we be without these skills to fall back on. EVERYTHING is nowadays done by 3D modelling ! A friend of mine just printed a Xebec stern, with all the complicated carving bits very neatly and perfectly cut out for me, in 15 minutes !! I was figuring out how to mark the Rosewood pieces, to try and do this by hand. My nose is distinctly out of joint !! (Nevertheless, I am still going to do it manually ) Regards Martin
Badgerfred Plus
12 33 Wales
10 Aug 2016 9:26PM
Excellent series Richard, great detail in all images,
Fred.
BillRookery Plus
3 England
10 Aug 2016 9:36PM
Superb collection
dark_lord Plus
15 2.3k 582 England
10 Aug 2016 9:37PM
Great set Richard.
I tried something like this a number of years back but didn't manage to get half as many sparks as you did. V6 is a lovely abstract image.
Keith
Irishkate Plus
8 41 115 United Kingdom
10 Aug 2016 9:54PM
I can appreciate the difficulty in capturing this - I tried it but didn't have enough light so failed miserably. Very well done Richard.
Kate Grin
Holmewood Plus
6 6 United Kingdom
10 Aug 2016 10:03PM
Superb set Richard. Cathy
civitas 7 England
10 Aug 2016 10:03PM
Outstanding capture and well timed
Tish1 Plus
6 32 5 United Kingdom
10 Aug 2016 10:06PM
Brilliant Richard, love those flying sparks............. here is my virtual UA, I've run out, unusually

Tish
Daisymaye 10 23 16 Canada
10 Aug 2016 10:07PM
An excellent set. Love those sparks. Interesting and informative images.
sweetpea62 Plus
9 8 1 United Kingdom
10 Aug 2016 10:09PM
Excellent set Richard..Lin
capto Plus
7 5.7k 11 United Kingdom
10 Aug 2016 10:14PM
A fascinating set with the lead being the star.Smile

ivor
taggart Plus
15 47 13 United States
10 Aug 2016 10:18PM
Always fun to watch the old crafts--- a well photographed process!
ken j. 16 374
10 Aug 2016 10:19PM
So important to record and capture these old skills.
Great set Richard.
helenlinda Plus
12 366 22 United Kingdom
10 Aug 2016 10:36PM
Well done with those flying sparks SmileSmileSmile
Nikonuser1 Plus
7 159 16 United Kingdom
10 Aug 2016 11:21PM
A great set of images Richard, As a lad I used to watch the local smithy shoeing horses on the farm where my mother worked, bring's back alot of good memoriesGrinGrinGrinGrin

Cliff
Chinga Plus
8 3 1 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 12:15AM
That was my father's job! I do still remember the sound of the hammer on hot metal!
Brings back good memories... Brilliant set!
IB GrinGrin
Bantu 6 7 1 India
11 Aug 2016 5:29AM
Interesting capture of all variants Richard.

Vikram
CarolG 12 199 20 Greece
11 Aug 2016 5:34AM
Excellent captures, Richard, especially the lead.
bliba Plus
13 2 Austria
11 Aug 2016 6:11AM
a fine set.....

very well timed
kuvailija Plus
7 1 Finland
11 Aug 2016 7:03AM
Very well done , Richard , my favorite is V2. SmileSmileSmileSmileSmile - Jukka.
Len1950 Plus
9 2 England
11 Aug 2016 7:08AM
Superb set with excellent clarity..........top notch Richard.
LynneJoyce Plus
11 22 99 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 7:22AM
An excellent, fascinating set. I particularly like the ones where you have captured the flying sparks and the mess of chains in the last version.
Last modified by LynneJoyce on 11 Aug 2016 7:22AM
Mollycat Plus
6 21 2 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 7:46AM
Brilliant set and an outstanding lead Richard. Well done you.
Peter.
vivdy Plus
8 2 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 7:56AM
Enjoyed this sequence with the lead image a favourite . Lovely set . Viv
franken Plus
16 4.9k 4 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 8:34AM
A well taken and interesting collection, Richard.
WesternRed Plus
8 Australia
11 Aug 2016 8:34AM
Great and interesting set. Love the sparks flying. Well done Richard.
WesternRed.
PhilT2 Plus
9 513 29 England
11 Aug 2016 10:04AM
A most interesting series Richard very well taken
canoncarol Plus
3 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 11:30AM
A fantastic set of images perfectly captured Richard, I have never seen anyone make chains but I do love to watch a blacksmith at work. You have captured the sparks well too.
Carol
TrevBatWCC Plus
11 13 12 England
11 Aug 2016 3:08PM
Hope you were well protected from those sparks, Richard, they look very close in the lead image! Wink A great set here of a great subject, but that lead image has to be the winner Smile
Trev Smile
lifesnapper Plus
13 8 2 England
11 Aug 2016 4:33PM
A striking set of images Richard with a few Links for us as well.

JohnSmile
kathrynlouise Plus
7 423 1 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 5:03PM
A fabulous set Richard. Wonderful photography GrinGrin
I never visit here and live over the road!

Kathryn
doverpic Plus
6 4 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 5:19PM
Great set of pictures like them all Dave Smile
JuBarney Plus
8 33 4 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 6:44PM
A splendid set
danbrann 14 640 17
11 Aug 2016 6:56PM
Marvelous to see Richard.
Mike_Smith Plus
12 581 1 United Kingdom
11 Aug 2016 8:02PM
Cracking set Richard, I enjoy seeing things like this been made traditionally rather than machines doing it
nonur Plus
10 18 13 Turkey
12 Aug 2016 12:09AM
A superb contextual portrait, Richard. Love it!
accipiter 9 61 England
12 Aug 2016 3:36PM
Outstanding! A
xwang 10 56 8
12 Aug 2016 8:55PM
Superb! Wonderful set, I really love the sparks that you captured here.. great work, Richard.
We see chains everywhere, but I've never thought that they were made one by one in this way.. meaningful shot.
barbarahirst 11 27 12 United Kingdom
14 Aug 2016 10:13AM
fabulous
Gavin_Duxbury Plus
9 1 1 England
14 Aug 2016 7:08PM
Nice one Richard.

I was at the same place a few months ago and tried to get the same. Not very successful.

Spot on.

Gavin
jim_horsfield 5 4 United Kingdom
21 Sep 2016 1:34PM
Great set of images Richard

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