Urban Landscape#29 Green Square Tunnel

Jordan Clarke, about 1 year ago

Lucky duck! – I would love to explore all the abandoned tunnels under Sydney…

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

Hey Jordan, yes its pretty cool. The tunnel tours run I think about once a month or so and a group of maybe a dozen or so folks stroll around. Its not exactly glam or anything. Like don’t wear clothes you don’t mind throwing out or washing in really strong stuff. The tunnels are flooded in a lot of places and you have to wade through all sorts of ick and its dark so you have to take torches and what not. But I have three teenaged sons so its just the sort of cool thing to do with lads. And the pictures while difficult to get are so worth it. I must be about due for a re visit about sometime soon. Glad you like the pictures. You know what you’ll be doing next time your in the big smoke and guess what …..no tourists! Its mostly hard core locals that do these things.

cheers JP

phototext, about 1 year ago

Wow, I didn’y know you could do such stuff legally.

Do you have a contact for the tours ?

Love this, very Atget feel to it.

Tony Middleton, about 1 year ago

I love the light and composition Juliee !

:)

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

Thank you everybody. Its such a wonderful thing to get positive comments on work that’s been posted. I love redbubble for allowing this to happen.

Flamejob, about 1 year ago

Fantastic image Julie, gritty as hell, very Sci-Fi and suits monotone perfectly. Where is this ?

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

This place is called Green Square station which is a few stops out of Central in Sydney very close to the Airport. Only don’t try and go there now as the trains are running and seriously it won’t be a lot of fun to stand in the middle of the tracks now. I was just very very lucky to be able to get to walk up the tracks with a camera and take a whole heap of frames before the real buiniess end of train station stuff started.

You can go and do a tunnel tour of abanded tunnels though. I think it runs about once a month. If people are interested maybe we could organise a RB tunnel tour. It would be nice to hook up with other bubblers for an outing such as this. What do you think?

Chris White, about 1 year ago

Great location well captured.

Benjamin Liew, about 1 year ago

this is an awesome shot.. i love the depth and the framing

Paul Vanzella, about 1 year ago

You’ve certainly captured the excitement in this image – I can feel it… Love the wonderful tones and extreme light!

Rebecca May, about 1 year ago

love your use of black and white in this. very nicely captured:-)

Jared Revell, about 1 year ago

Another great image Juilee, the depth is fantastic.
You have a great portfolio.

Graeme Pettit ..., about 1 year ago

Everything in this makes you want to walk further into the image. Love rail stuff anyway, but this is great. There are tours in London to abandoned lines also – and they really can be spooky.

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

Thanks Graemes I am so glad people like this image. And I love going to unusual places and doing things that are a bit of the wall. Which these tunnel tours definiitly are!

Holly Werner, about 1 year ago

This is very cool. Not something you see often.

Juilee Pryor, about 1 year ago

Thanks Holly. Well your right on in your comment. This is a view that not many people see. I do realize that I was very lucky to be able to walk up this rail tunnel before the trains started to run. :)

kristian94, 11 months ago

an awsome shot, well done!

Henk Stolk, 11 months ago

Super Depth of Field. Love it

SilverMiners, 11 months ago

Phwoar! .... fantastic.

Juilee Pryor, 11 months ago

thanks silverminers :)

Jeremy Harrington, 10 months ago

great shot, i would love to have walked through these

Juilee Pryor, 10 months ago

thanks Jeremy you can’t actually walk through these ones any more as trains now use them but you can go on a tunnel tour under St James station in Sydney which is a fantastic experience.

miaW, 10 months ago

great shot juilee

Juilee Pryor, 9 months ago

thanks miaW I’m glad you like it…

Naomi Frost, 7 months ago

Congratulations on makiing the homepage with this pic, Juilee. It’s definately well deserved.

Juilee Pryor in reply to Naomi Frost’s comment, 7 months ago

Thanks Naomi….. just when I’d given up on being taken seriously and joined the *A.R.S.E group they put me up on the home page with a proper photo….. no joke life’s a funny thing sometimes…...:)

shanghaiwu, 7 months ago

this is brilliant
very very cool you
congratulations

Juilee Pryor in reply to shanghaiwu’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks shanghaiwu…... I nearly took this down a couple of days ago when I was clearing up my portfolio….. lucky I didn’t hey…..:)

Lizspittall, 7 months ago

The light at the end of the tunnel. I always knew it was there. Great shot, like the B & W.

Jase812, 7 months ago

Mind blowing shot !

budrfli, 7 months ago

very cool shot, congrats on home page!

micmac, 7 months ago

This is so special and spooky,fantastic shot.Congrats for the home page,.

yesthisismyart, 7 months ago

i love it

ZuzanaD, 7 months ago

fantastic image!

Michelle Hogan, 7 months ago

Excellent image, very historic.

Kye Vincent, 7 months ago

THis shot rocks. I love it

Azzurra, 7 months ago

what a great shot….love the black & white effect…perfect :P

Paul Vanzella, 7 months ago

Stunning shot – and brave perspective… love this!

Ben de Putron, 7 months ago

nice shot – reminds me of the Prodigys video for “firestarter” which was filmed in a disused tube line in London!

Juilee Pryor in reply to Ben de Putron’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks Ben yes its a dramatic setting but I can’t take credit for that….. I was just lucky to be there and alway have a camera with me…...:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Paul Vanzella’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks Paul…. you don’t often get the chance to stand on the rails several floors underground and get some shots off. But when you do its got to be a good thing…...:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Lizspittall’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks lizspittall….. and yes there is always some light at the end of the tunnel….. :)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Jase812’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks jase…...:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to budrfli’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks budrfli glad you like it…...:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to micmac’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks micmac yes it is a strange shot more to do with being able to stand right on the tracks and shoot when you just know there should be trains rushing by….. glad you like it…..:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to yesthisismyart’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks yesthisismyart…. I’m so glad you like it….:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to ZuzanaD’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks zuzana …...:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Michelle Hogan’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks Michelle and yes its is historic now….. now one gets to stand on the tracks now…. too many trains…..:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Kye Vincent’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks Kye I’m glad you like it…..:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Azzurra’s comment, 7 months ago

thanks Azzurra…. and yes I really love b/w for drama ….. :)

Judith Oppenhe..., 6 months ago

this is so cool !!!

Juilee Pryor in reply to Judith Oppenheimer’s comment, 6 months ago

why thank you kindly Judith…..:) glad you like it….

Nikki Trexel, 5 months ago

this is awesome! i love the slightly crooked lines (pipes) running towards the end of the tunnel. great composition that really draws your eye into it.

Juilee Pryor in reply to Nikki Trexel’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks heaps again Nikki….. this is a quite old image but its still very effective so I am really glad you found it and have taken the time to comment…....:)

Neil Johnson, 5 months ago

Wow! This is an amazing shot! I love the dark atmosphere and the depth. I’d be all in that place if I lived there with or without the tour sounds like an adventure. I wish I lived out there I’d go with you guys to these places. Thats what I do in my city but me as my own tour guide.

The InnerNorth..., 5 months ago

flawless & professional

Juilee Pryor in reply to The InnerNortherns .’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks heaps TIN’s…. these tunnels were almost impossible to photograph badly they just had so much atmosphere…....:)

jemimalovesbigted, 5 months ago

Hey Juilee, this is wicked and I just had to point this site out to you cause it reminded me of it. I think you will like it so check it out… here

Juilee Pryor in reply to jemimalovesbigted’s comment, 5 months ago

hey thanks jem…. I like a good tunnel…... specially when I have a camera about me….. which is mostly …...:)

Audrey Baker, 4 months ago

stunning scene..that tunnel looks like a photographer’s dream ;)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Audrey Baker’s comment, 4 months ago

hey thanks heaps Audrey…. and yes it was indeed a mad mad place to be with a camera…... :)

Globalphotos, 4 months ago

Wonderful atmosphere in this shot almost foreboding, great work !!

Maggiebee, 4 months ago

You have certainly captured the allure of the location. Well done.

Juilee Pryor in reply to Globalphotos’s comment, 4 months ago

thanks Globalphotos….. I like to create drama from ordinary things…... that balance between inviting and forboding…. glad you like it.

Juilee Pryor in reply to Maggiebee’s comment, 4 months ago

thanks heaps Maggiebee…. I’m so glad you like it…..:)

Justin Langhorst, 4 months ago

This image is fantastic - looks like you chose a great spot to make an image in the tunnels! Great subject matter too, very interesting - I’ve always been interested in this sort of thing.

Gino Iori, 4 months ago

Great B&W image – well done Juilee

Mindy McGregor, 4 months ago

Great B&W work and the perspective and composition are perfect!

KCphoto, 4 months ago

Very cool….....love the dof :)K

Peter Hill, 4 months ago

Congrats on being Featured with this phot in the sydney group! I luuurv this image :)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Peter Hill’s comment, 4 months ago

hey thanks Peter…. this image has been a very quiet but steady performer….. this is the first time its been feautured and yet is had over 1000 views all on its own steam…. amazing….. I’m thinking of entering this in something just because its found its own audience here….. glad you like it….:)

Lisa Kenny, 4 months ago

it would have been so cool being down there Juilee….. great shot !

ShootingSardar, 4 months ago

Lovely Composition

armadillozenith, 4 months ago

Juilee, that’s neat!

I love tunnels and stations and big (or small) abandoned places…

there’s something about their contained busy-ness in transit; and the transitory-ness of places that have once been – or which will again be – busy.

This image captures that quality well…

A pregnant sense of time-and-space, people and potential meetings, things that could happen… and the silent empty(?)nesses in between, with a character of their own.
A sense of purposes abandoned, or yet to be formulated.

The composition of your image and its monochrome nature are also key to its appeal and evocativeness for me.

Thanks!!!
Graham

Andrew Hildebrand, 4 months ago

excellent work

Rachel Leigh, 4 months ago

Very nice work!

MKWhite, 4 months ago

You are very fortunate to have such wonderful subjects as these tunnels to take photos of and it shows that you respect that with the excellent photos you take. Very well done :)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Andrew Hildebrand’s comment, 4 months ago

hey thanks Andrew…sorry it took so long to get back to you…... I’m really glad you like this simple shot…..:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Rachel Leigh’s comment, 4 months ago

thanks heaps Rachel….. glad you like it…..:)

Juilee Pryor in reply to MKWhite’s comment, 4 months ago

thanks very much for your kind words MKWhite….... and I’m glad you like this image…...:)

Terence J Sull..., 4 months ago

Great stuff
good to find you

Juilee Pryor in reply to Terence J Sullivan’s comment, 4 months ago

hey thanks heaps Terence…. glad you like this simple picture….. and its nice to be found…...:)

Gareth Chalklen, 3 months ago

Love this pice- being a train driver I appreciate a good piece of rail! Very well composed! Love it. Excellent use of converging verticles!!!:-)

Juilee Pryor in reply to Gareth Chalklen’s comment, 3 months ago

thanks Gareth…. I really like trains…. I’d go anywere (first class) on a train…. love to do the trans siberian express one day…. that would be so cool….. so glad you like this…. it was really trippy being down in these tunnels…...

Gareth Chalklen, 3 months ago

I’d love to drive one of them! For now I will have to be content driving Loco-s up North of W.A…. but eventually I’d love to try something more exotic!!!

Paul (Quixote)..., 3 months ago

Excellent work

Juilee Pryor in reply to Paul (Quixote) Alleyne’s comment, 3 months ago

thanks for looking Paul and I’m very glad you like this shot…...:)

jase8812, 3 months ago

Great shot !

alanalanalan, 3 months ago

Great…beautiful..perfect..Well done..Wonderful artistic ..excellent exploration..have agood time ..alan

sticky, 3 months ago

This rocks ….....................

Juilee Pryor in reply to sticky’s comment, 3 months ago

why thanks very much sticky

josiem, 2 months ago

great perspective

Juilee Pryor in reply to josiem’s comment, 2 months ago

hey thanks josiem…. glad you like it

onewaykids, 2 months ago

fresh photo
you into draining?
if so put more photo’s up

Juilee Pryor in reply to onewaykids’s comment, 2 months ago

thanks onewaykids…. I’m not really a drainer….. I’m an artist and had been short listed to do some stuff for the new Green Square Tunnel station in Sydney and as part of that I got to walk up the tunnels just before the first trains used them….. it was great…..... I do have more photo’s of the tunnels though and will see what I’ve got around if your interested….....

Dan Biggins, about 1 month ago

Superb shot Juilee – fantastic perspective

mozdesigns, about 1 month ago

Amazing picture. Love it!

Andee Pollard, 18 days ago

excellent… saw midnight meat train the other week – bad movie but… – this shot has that nice dark flavour

Juilee Pryor in reply to Andee Pollard’s comment, 18 days ago

hi Andee…. alot of my work seems to have slightly dark edges….. oh well …....glad you like this…..:)