View from Parliament Hill

Parliament Hill is a must-visit if you want to get a sense of the size of central London. In this episode I take the camera to the south side of Hampstead Heath in North London. From its most southerly point - a gentle sloping rise called Parliament Hill - the view towards central London is breathtaking. Parliament Hill was so named because onlookers could spot the Houses of Parliament, and even read the time from Big Ben, from the top of the hill! The episode starts with a map of London zooming into Parliament Hill followed by an aerial photograph of the hill where I stood with the camera. After a quick teasing look at the view towards the city of London, I focus the camera on a neat section of the nearby park to catch the Autumn leaves and watch people enjoying the space, whether playing football or walking along the leaf-strewn paths. I then return to the view with some spectacular close-ups of well known landmarks for a couple of minutes. I then show a 'staggered panorama' where I let the camera take a series of still HD photographs across the entire panorama and join them together. This way you get clear rather than motion-blurring pan across the entire horizontal view. Finally I end the episode by letting the camera take in the entire panorama.