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Big Peninsula Tunnel

Showing entrance and exit of the tunnel.

The Big Peninsula Tunnel is a small river diversion tunnel on the upper Yarra River near McMahons Creek, around 80 km East of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tunnel was dug in 1864, during the Victorian gold rush,
by alluvial gold miners to provide access to the bed of the Yarra River. Big Peninsula Tunnel is of square section about 2 metres high and wide, and approximately 25 metres long.

Canon EOS 40D ,Tamron SP AF 17-50mm f/2.8 XR Di-II LD Asp IF
1sec f/22 at 17.0mm iso100

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Dave Berry30-Sep-2018 00:27
Gorgeous capture with the silky water flowing through. That's a beautiful stretch there. BV
Carol Rollins26-Aug-2013 13:47
This is so beautiful. ~
Irene Wehrli24-Aug-2013 08:53
This is so beautiful with the smooth water and this awesome light!
Irene
Robert Ballard18-Aug-2013 19:23
Interesting. Is that a natural feature?
Guest 23-Jul-2013 16:09
Interesting story and nice job handling the contrast, well done.
Pierre21-Jul-2013 21:23
Une scène de toute beauté, l'eau est tout à faite splendide! V
Karen Stuebing21-Jul-2013 20:57
Lovely light and on this beautiful scene. I love the silky water. V.
JSB PHOTOGRAPHS21-Jul-2013 01:15
Outstanding capture and great comp! ~V~
laine20-Jul-2013 22:25
a very nice quiet region....it doesn't appear that this little hole damaged the Yarra all that much.
A beautiful shot, David
tinkerb20-Jul-2013 22:10
Lovely light and composition, and the exposure is really well managed - plus like the history about the picture.
Sam Rua20-Jul-2013 16:53
Very interesting structure --- looks natural. Nice scene and capture, David. Thanks for the BG information.
Lennart Waara20-Jul-2013 15:48
Excellent work with light and water!
Martin Lamoon20-Jul-2013 14:42
An excellent long exposure of this great scene. v
Bill Miller20-Jul-2013 13:57
Interesting picture and story. Any gold still to be found ?
Tom LeRoy20-Jul-2013 12:12
Stunning shot, David. Excellent composition all around. V
Helen Betts20-Jul-2013 11:55
Beautiful light and composition, and a most interesting subject. Thanks for the info as well! V.
Jim Coffman20-Jul-2013 11:21
Outstanding piece of work,David!!
René Gysi20-Jul-2013 10:27
Very beautiful light and wonderful details. I like it. V
Hennie & Lies Lammers20-Jul-2013 10:27
Excellent camera work!...V
Yvonne20-Jul-2013 10:12
Fabulous capture of the water movement David, a really lovely scene. v
Torben Jorgensen20-Jul-2013 10:11
Stunning shot. V
John Hamers20-Jul-2013 09:07
Beautiful capture, the light is very beautiful, great use of a low shutter time !!V
Gerard Koehl20-Jul-2013 05:52
Wow... Quelle merveille. V
joseantonio20-Jul-2013 04:16
Very nice work with the water.V.
sue anne20-Jul-2013 02:27
Wonderful flow of water and pretty scene. V
Claude Gagnon20-Jul-2013 02:05
Very interesting this nice presentation :))
woody3420-Jul-2013 00:35
Perfect capture and presentation of the swirling water and tunnel cut..you can see clearly the sharp lines at the entrance and I'm assuming they are hand cut...wonderful use of light tones and clarity of presentation...V
Stephen Buckingham20-Jul-2013 00:32
Beautiful exposure and depth of field. Quite a location too!
Neil Marcus20-Jul-2013 00:09
Very nice . Thanks for the history.
Marcia Rules19-Jul-2013 23:17
beautiful handling of tricky light. This is composed perfectly ~V
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