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Four years and 22,443 feet later...
Four years and 22,443 feet later...
mmckenna


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Every Picture Tells A Story (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: inside a mountain
Date: May 2, 2008
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Portraiture, Photojournalism
Date Uploaded: May 4, 2008

 These are some of the men that mined one of the most challenging tunnels ever constructed in North America. This photo was taken shortly after the 19-ft diameter tunnel boring machine "holed through" into another tunnel that was constructed several years ago under another contract. The tunnel will soon become an essential part of our local water supply system.




Statistics
Place: 8 out of 170
Avg (all users): 6.6645
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 6.4783
Avg (non-participants): 6.8193
Views since voting: 2922
Views during voting: 311
Votes: 152
Comments: 16
Favorites: 3 (view)

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AuthorThread
 09/15/2008 01:24:06 PM
Beautiful picture! Love it!
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 05/17/2008 06:07:48 PM
Congratulations on your top 10 finish. Brilliant shot!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/14/2008 11:20:11 AM
OK. Now I understand. That tunnel has a lot to do with the snow pack melting so fast these days in the mountains that the old small bore pipes can no longer deal with the spring torrents and a lot of water is being lost. Hence they are changing the water system to make it possible to collect fast flowing melt water. England-France - the Channel Tunnel was pretty large too.
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 05/13/2008 04:22:50 PM
So Cal
 05/13/2008 02:36:59 PM
Interesting story. Where?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/13/2008 02:27:04 AM
Nice story...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/12/2008 09:32:29 PM
story is coming...if anyone cares.

I've just been too busy at work today.
 05/12/2008 10:31:34 AM
"Be sure to tell the story using the Details field for some great post-challenge reading."
Well done on the score.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/11/2008 09:36:20 PM
Excellent posed shot. I'm sure there are a lot of stories there!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/08/2008 09:36:34 PM
This is great!

Nice positioning of everyone and a story behind this to boot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/07/2008 11:01:25 PM
wow ....
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 05/06/2008 04:36:53 AM
Great shot
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 05/05/2008 07:13:27 PM
Very nice scene for this challenge. I used to work underground in mines so have a special appreciation of this image. 7.
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 05/05/2008 09:01:18 AM
I am very interested to see what this story is!!! :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 05/05/2008 08:14:39 AM
Holy cow! I really like this. Certainly tells a story that I would like to know now. If I were to nit pick and say what I'd like to see in an ideal world, a little more dramatic side lighting might have been really nice (and I'd be interested to see a wider shot too). :)
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 05/05/2008 08:08:53 AM
great shot...I like the way the guys are standing
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