blacksmith shaping hot metal

Heritage Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @24mm, 1/80 sec, f/10, ISO2500

Yesterday I returned from a hectic three-week business trip to Calgary, Canada. I managed to get out and do some sightseeing on the weekends, and last weekend I visited Heritage Park Historical Village - a very large museum site spread across 127 acres. In one of the historical villages, they had an operational blacksmith shop, with two gentlemen dressed in period clothing, and using period tools and techniques. (Their safety glasses were more modern...) I watched the blacksmith working, and the smell in the blacksmith shop reminded me of a steel mill that I had visited a couple weeks earlier - on the other side of the globe.

blacksmith and striker working together

Heritage Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @28mm, 1/50 sec, f/10, ISO2500/div>

blacksmith shaping hot metal

Heritage Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Canon EOS 50D, 24-105mm f/4L IS @45mm, 1/60 sec, f/10, ISO2500