London Viewpoints

London Viewpoints

Michael Tomas is a London based timelapse, architecture and travel photographer.

On this channel you will see behind the scenes of my shoots, tutorials how to timelapse, reviews of equipment I use as well as travel vlogs in London and around the world.

Often when I wonder around London I'm on the search to find elevated views of the skyline to shoot unique photos or timelapse and that's how the idea behind "London Viewpoints" came about. I always enjoyed exploring London for new and epic viewpoints and architecture to share on my instagram and now I share it here on KZread in video form.

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  • @davidrennolds969
    @davidrennolds9693 күн бұрын

    Great review. Any thoughts on using this lens for aviation photography? Thanks

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 күн бұрын

    Thanks, yeah sure, as long as there’s enough light, 5.6 should be enough

  • @stianstokka9584
    @stianstokka95845 күн бұрын

    If you change from SDR to HLG you get 10bit 8k timelapse video. 👍

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 күн бұрын

    Oh really ? Thats neat, I got to try it, wondering if that’s the same on Zf, Z6III and Z8 ?

  • @stianstokka9584
    @stianstokka95842 күн бұрын

    @@LondonViewpoints I have only tested on z9 and z8. 😊

  • @MesmerizerMascot
    @MesmerizerMascot6 күн бұрын

    "Can Caseoh Fit To The Big Ben"

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 күн бұрын

    Dare I ask - what’s a caseoh ?

  • @Travelwithshaaz
    @Travelwithshaaz7 күн бұрын

    kzread.infoosi2_0Y7WEs?si=cLFZVCkuyT8DOz6p

  • @Travelwithshaaz
    @Travelwithshaaz7 күн бұрын

    Calicut beach sunset

  • @dustbowlrefugee
    @dustbowlrefugee9 күн бұрын

    I’m using a Nikon D7500 and cannot find how to set the maximum shutter speed. When I use P* the first thing the camera changes is the ISO

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints9 күн бұрын

    I’m not aware with the options in the settings of the d7500, maybe it doesn’t do it

  • @dustbowlrefugee
    @dustbowlrefugee6 күн бұрын

    @@LondonViewpointsThanks. Could you tell me where you found out about this please? Perhaps I could research it but I cannot find how to set the minimum shutter speed.

  • @benneves6649
    @benneves66499 күн бұрын

    I compared a used 500mm F4G with 500PF F5.6 and the 500mm F4 G was slightly sharper due to the larger objective's resolving power. However the PF weight was less than half the big lens. The one stop advantage sealed the deal at twice the light. However as a portable lens the PF cannot be beaten.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints9 күн бұрын

    Maybe you got lucky with a good one, my one had rather soft sides and corners while the one stop difference didn’t maybe much difference for me

  • @RobynSaul
    @RobynSaul9 күн бұрын

    Feeling very smug about nabbing a house on the west of Moordown - yes, the view is as good as you said!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints9 күн бұрын

    Well, all I can say is congrats and well done, I’m sure living there with that view is and will be awesome, as well as an investment in a property with a view like that surely will only go up in value 👍🏻

  • @user-lu5oq7yt9d
    @user-lu5oq7yt9d11 күн бұрын

    Was there anyone in the morning to check permits ?

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints10 күн бұрын

    Not the one time I was there, but that doesn’t mean it’s a rule

  • @acidfullified
    @acidfullified10 күн бұрын

    The employees take the first cable car around 9. Don’t think they hike up there.

  • @AnnakishaLunar
    @AnnakishaLunar12 күн бұрын

    wow😊

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints8 күн бұрын

    Thx👍🏻

  • @petasisg
    @petasisg12 күн бұрын

    There is an FTZII adapter, without the foot, which will solve all problems.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints11 күн бұрын

    Yes, this is an old video before the new adapter existed

  • @MrBobbyBrown2006
    @MrBobbyBrown200615 күн бұрын

    I would recommend investing in a circular polarizing filter to remove the reflections.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints11 күн бұрын

    These are not the kind of reflections a circular polariser will fix😉

  • @johncas1
    @johncas116 күн бұрын

    Free and the shard charges a lot

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints8 күн бұрын

    Yes that’s true but I think for best photo results Shard is better

  • @matthewjones255
    @matthewjones25520 күн бұрын

    The last appears to be a composite. The sun size (0.5°) in relation to The Shard (310m) would mean the camera is around 30km away. Yet the foreground appears to show Greenwich Park. Even Shooters Hill would not give this perspective.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints17 күн бұрын

    I don’t do composites, all three are just as I shot them timelapses, the middle one was the further away one, last one is just from Greenwich Park and not that telephoto as the middle one (500mm)

  • @matthewjones255
    @matthewjones25517 күн бұрын

    @@LondonViewpoints As mentioned, the shot at 0:17 is not possible (without composition) from Greenwich Park or even Shooters Hill, which are around 7 km or 14 km from The Shard. This is because the apparent sun disc size in that shot is larger than the height of The Shard. The sun subtended angle is always around 0.5°, regardless of lens used. For the sun to appear the size as The Shard the camera needs to be around 30 km away. For the sun to appear even larger (as in this shot) the camera needs to be even further away.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints16 күн бұрын

    @@matthewjones255 oh so you mean the middle shot, that one was shot from Brands Hatch with a 500mm lens and probably cropped middle from the 6k resolution, but it definitely ain’t a composition 😀

  • @matthewjones255
    @matthewjones25516 күн бұрын

    ⁠@@LondonViewpointsThat explains it, thank you! To be authentic, I knew it must be from much further away, and even Shooters Hill didn’t match. The cropping does not affect the relative ratio of two objects in the shot (sun disc and The Shard), so it has to be about 30km away (estimate).

  • @KimberleyTyler-f8f
    @KimberleyTyler-f8f24 күн бұрын

    Who? is going to London with me

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints20 күн бұрын

    You and 100m other tourists annually ?

  • @usn8964
    @usn896427 күн бұрын

    love it

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints25 күн бұрын

    Thanks

  • @DimhatAhmed
    @DimhatAhmedАй бұрын

    *Imagine if England won the Euros what the Big Ben at Night would look like*

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints29 күн бұрын

    Yeah imagining is all we can do with that 😂

  • @daniellondon9721
    @daniellondon9721Ай бұрын

    Still no Bridge?

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Sadly I don’t think so

  • @adam70628
    @adam70628Ай бұрын

    WOW

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Thx 👍🏻

  • @Waldo1122
    @Waldo1122Ай бұрын

    IShowSpeed is coming here, prepare yourselves!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Haha I’m sure he’ll do something funny up there

  • @jaysimoes3705
    @jaysimoes3705Ай бұрын

    Yes well. Nice show. But of course real aurora borealis is just of a number of magnitudes more interesting ti see. And they can be seen in England, just know when the chances are there and move to a dark spot (so surely not a city like London).

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Well we all know it did happen just recently, I was just outside by the M25 and saw it, but seen photos taken on Millenium Bridge with it clearly seen above St Paul’s, so yeah it can happen

  • @jaysimoes3705
    @jaysimoes3705Ай бұрын

    @@LondonViewpoints Exactly, I live in The Netherlands and over here we can see it about 8 times per year in darker places. The last one which I watched and photographed for about 3-4 hours was exceptional but I have seen much better ones especially from 2000-2005. I would go outside with KP=7. With KP8 you will surely see them outside London. Kp9 is not needed but tends to be more impressive of course.

  • @rolandfletcher4973
    @rolandfletcher4973Ай бұрын

    I heard an evp but didn't hear what it said

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Evp ?

  • @sau002
    @sau002Ай бұрын

    How well in advance do you recommend booking the passes ?

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    The standard ones as soon as you know you’re going, they apparently get snapped up to 3 months prior, but the sunrise 6-9am one is easier to get , there was free spots even 2 days before I went but also that’s because I think no one bothers booking it before 9am and people just go anyway

  • @sau002
    @sau002Ай бұрын

    Geat video

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Thanks 👍🏻

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Thanks

  • @colintaylor1986
    @colintaylor1986Ай бұрын

    Are there any good views/locations in West London?

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    There are, just… it seems I’ve not done a single video about the west side 🤦🏼‍♂️

  • @colintaylor1986
    @colintaylor1986Ай бұрын

    Your ‘best views in’ videos/series are the best videos.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Thanks, glad to hear😁

  • @KashBhattacharya
    @KashBhattacharyaАй бұрын

    Amazing!!! Such a great wee video

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Thanks a lot Kash, it was a great couple of days, and even though I wasn’t even planning to shoot anything, this was a cool side quest 😄

  • @thecooldude0071
    @thecooldude0071Ай бұрын

    Awesome 👌

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Thanks👍🏻

  • @thecooldude0071
    @thecooldude0071Ай бұрын

    @@LondonViewpoints 😎😁🫶 hope Yr good

  • @mikeschieffer4206
    @mikeschieffer4206Ай бұрын

    i lived on the top floor of one of those houses at the top of Woodland Rd 30 years ago, lovely to see that view again though much changed over the years of course

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    I bet even 30 years ago that must’ve been a great view to have

  • @PeterWTaylor
    @PeterWTaylorАй бұрын

    Went up today. The views are really spectacular. The reflections were nowhere near as bad as the narrator kept moaning about.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Glad to hear, i mean im a perfectionist 😜and also all depends on the weather, sun strength and angle of your shooting

  • @denisra1496
    @denisra1496Ай бұрын

    Cyclist with top speed big up!!!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Good luck, I’m sure you can do it 😀

  • @SaurabhShukla_22
    @SaurabhShukla_222 ай бұрын

    Hey the method you tell I always theoretically wanted to do this, but the camera I have (Sony A7C), somehow treats Auto ISO Min SS very differently , and i can never achieve this method very aperture starts to open when Max ISO and min SS are reached. can you provide any help?

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Yes Sony’s work but only in Aperture priority mode , don’t know if they do it right in P mode hence it’s just one of the reasons I shoot nikon

  • @williamevans9426
    @williamevans94262 ай бұрын

    I've visited the 'above ground' areas of Twoer Bridge but would love to see one of the bascule chambers. Are they still accessible to the public and, if so, when can a tour be booked? Many thanks!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpointsАй бұрын

    Afaik you can still book these tours, best check on tower bridge website

  • @williamevans9426
    @williamevans9426Ай бұрын

    @@LondonViewpoints Thank you!

  • @petetee8519
    @petetee85192 ай бұрын

    I,m seriously gonna give this a try

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Good luck, results vary depending on camera systems and models

  • @chanjeff4406
    @chanjeff44062 ай бұрын

    Looks like the aperture flicker issue has been solved in the Z8. In the interval shooting mode, the aperture is fixed according to the f-stop value selected.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Yes, even in manual but oddly one has to have the flicker reduction on, even thought it’s manual but that what seems to drive the aperture rings to not move

  • @leeturnbull2082
    @leeturnbull20822 ай бұрын

    Does this work if for example sellers on eBay and Amazon + Alibaba have copied images?

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    If it’s your image it’s yours copyright, but alibaba is Chinese and as of yet I don’t think they cover that country

  • @RafalOl-pg3qz
    @RafalOl-pg3qz2 ай бұрын

    kzread.infoE3nxPHHqezk?si=AQ846bzQnh980YeU

  • @OlektrykTV
    @OlektrykTV2 ай бұрын

    The real Horizon 22 is here kzread.infoabwpQPT3Nno?si=ou9HzxzkhTl5g3F7

  • @anthonycsloan6244
    @anthonycsloan62442 ай бұрын

    Can’t wait

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    👍🏻

  • @geniusphil1
    @geniusphil12 ай бұрын

    Stunning video, Michal!! I couldn't sleep last night so I watched this. Definitely need to do a visit sometime! It looks even better than the Hainault view!!!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot Phil, glad my video entertained your non-sleep night, Hainault view is good too but the further away the better the compression

  • @glynolley2867
    @glynolley28672 ай бұрын

    Loved the video. Brought back memories. I served my apprenticeship in horticulture at Greenwich 1967.

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    The views must’ve been totally different back then

  • @gaganattri2002
    @gaganattri20022 ай бұрын

    Top video man. Appreciate the effort and view looks insane. Have u ever tried going to Top of buildings in canary wharf or high rise flats at 02 or Greenwich to get photo from up there. That would be amazing if did a video on that or the thames barrier area got amazing cluster. But that few ideas but as usual keep it up

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    In some of my previous vids I sometimes included timelapses and photos from skyscrapers in Canary Wharf, and if you mean Royal Wharf by the Thames Barrier then also yes just recently I had a shoot there too

  • @festfotodesign
    @festfotodesign2 ай бұрын

    great view, i love it

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Thanks, glad to hear it

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Thank you 👍🏻

  • @sarimento1
    @sarimento12 ай бұрын

    Bravo, Michael! Well done!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Thanks, glad you enjoyed it

  • @bothhemispheresphotography5031
    @bothhemispheresphotography50312 ай бұрын

    Ah, wish I'd been with you on this one (so relaxing :-) ). I'm surprised at how clear the air was, usually those ultra-long locations have all that blurry atmosphere in the way!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Yeah it’s the perfect Timelapse spot, nature yet no one there but weather indeed has to be clear, as the footage I didn’t include is when we were there as didn’t almost see anything due to haze

  • @meletispix
    @meletispix2 ай бұрын

    Lovely spot mate! That pink in the end was perfect! 👌🏼🤩

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Thanks mate, defo worth the wait even if not quite as spectacular as some of the other visits

  • @haronforteau2842
    @haronforteau28422 ай бұрын

    By the way, do polarising filters work against the reflections?

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    No, they’d make things even weirer

  • @davidh2414
    @davidh24142 ай бұрын

    Wow after having a Naff day my mate comes on with another Top Vlog to cheer me up & he's done well well done buddy Envy you them Views Need some more vlogs soon buddy :) How Many Miles is it from Both Clusters Michael?

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it, 22 miles to the Shard and 6 outside of m25 so that should give you some indication 😀

  • @Brunton_Media
    @Brunton_Media2 ай бұрын

    stunning work as always!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Thanks mate, just a chill vlog 😀

  • @thecooldude0071
    @thecooldude00712 ай бұрын

    looks awesome!!

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @thecooldude0071
    @thecooldude00712 ай бұрын

    @@LondonViewpoints 😎😁👋 hope Yr good

  • @xirfan
    @xirfan2 ай бұрын

    Lovely spot, thanks for sharing! Potential Aurora location..? 🤔

  • @LondonViewpoints
    @LondonViewpoints2 ай бұрын

    You’re welcome, well if it’s as strong as last time I would’ve as it went way above and you only see the skyline with a telephoto and barely with a wide angle so for the next big Aurora I’d go somewhere south but close to the city