Wolfgang Weisselberg, shooting for joy

Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.

You can see glowing bits right next to the furnace on the floor.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.

Back to the old conditions, longer exposures are necessary, so the sky is much more visible.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.

The artisan moving further away causes less reflection of red light; still the flame is very reddish.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.

Here the flame itself has turned redish.  It's much smaller than in the beginning as well.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.

Again, much more direct light from the furnace reduces exposure times and cuts down the bluish rest light of the atmosphere.  (just compare the rope keeping onlookers safe: it's now completely black.)

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace. 

I think the reddish cast here is because the artisans reflect so much more (reddish) light from inside the furnace than comes in from the rest light in the atmosphere.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.

Note again how the colour and form of  the flame has changed; you can probably see the bellows behind and left of the kiln.


Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.   

Worling on the lower hole.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.

The lower flame is the hole where the slag can run out.   I understand that that's where the name Rennofen (literally "run-kiln") comes from.
  
Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Burning bloomery furnace.

You can see glowing bits right next to the furnace on the floor.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Wolfgang Weisselberg > Burning bloomery furnace.

You can see glowing bits right next to the furnace on the floor.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
Burning bloomery furnace.

You can see glowing bits right next to the furnace on the floor.

Multi-second exposures, so please excuse moving people.
See photo in original gallery.

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