Thanks all.
I have to say the first also my favourite -- the figure of the man locks it all together
Not mud, Kathy, but whatever lies beneath a tarmac road, as these guys were up all night stripping off the potted, rutted mess that jangles my suspension each morniing and laying a new road surface - hence the lovely textures ... I could have hung about all night
BB -- I know, that extra clicking you have to do to see the EXIF stuff is so tiresome ... all with E-P2, Lumix 20/1.7, f/1.8, ISO800, and 1/15s, 1/40s, 1/25s respectively