Posts Tagged ‘Underground’
Shanghai Metro :: Line 1 and 2
Shanghai Metro :: Line 1 and 2

Signage in the Shanghai Metro fascinates me. I have a few metro signs in my blog already, if you want to see more have a search around.
Shanghai :: May 2010.

Shanghia Metro :: Line 2
Shanghia Metro :: Line 2

Images on the metro still fascinate me.  I took this one with my Canon G10 one evening whilst experimenting with blur and exposure.  I really like it, even though I probably shouldn’t!!

Sydney Subway
Sydney Subway

After taking the Martin Place subway image, I got a little interested in taking other subway photographs in Sydney.  A few follow.  Extra points to anyone who notices something not quite right with this pictures, but what makes a big difference to it’s impact on the viewer.

Martin Place Subway :: Sydney
Martin Place Subway :: Sydney

Pretty impressive sign posting going on in the Sydney Subway system.  Another of these signs to follow tomorrow, but this is the last day of looking for “Martin” signs. 

Line 2 Sign :: Shanghai Metro Series
Line 2 Sign :: Shanghai Metro Series

I’m going after interesting signs in and around the Shanghai Metro at the moment.  Yesterday was a Zhongshan Park sign and a few days ago I had a cool Line 1 sign.  More to come in the future.

Zhongshan Park Metro :: Shanghai
Zhongshan Park Metro :: Shanghai

Back to the Shanghai Metro for some more underground images: yellow for line 3 and purple for line 4…

Metro Texting…
Metro Texting...

A common occurance on the metro these days!

Zhongshan Park Couple…
Zhongshan Park Couple...

Have we met before???

Walking at Zhongshan Park
Walking at Zhongshan Park

Really there is no need to be walking inside the train…  the idea is that the train does the work for you! 

People’s Square Metro :: Shanghai
People's Square Metro :: Shanghai

These people seem to have worked out how enter and exit the train without bumping into each other… I wish everyone could do that!!

Huangpi Nan Lu on line 1 :: Shanghai Metro
Huangpi Nan Lu on line 1 :: Shanghai Metro

…and finally some people who haven’t moved and blurred my shot!

Line 1 :: Shanghai Metro
Line 1 :: Shanghai Metro

The Line 1 sign on the stairs down to the metro.  See more of my metro series by clicking on the metro tag.

Metro motion…
Metro motion...

More subway images from the Shanghai Metro.

Loushanguan Lu Metro Line 2 Shanghai :: China
Loushanguan Lu Metro Line 2 Shanghai :: China

I seem to have developed an interest and facination with the Shanghai Metro system (and I am very worried that I might be accused of being a train spotter).  Looking back at my images, this isn’t the first time I’ve found myself with a camera in hand taking photographs whilst in a subway style train.  [...]


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