From the course: The Traveling Photographer: Hong Kong

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Shooting the skyline from Victoria Peak

Shooting the skyline from Victoria Peak

From the course: The Traveling Photographer: Hong Kong

Shooting the skyline from Victoria Peak

Tonight, we're going to be shooting the skyline from Victoria Peak which is exactly the 180 degree and much higher view than we shot this same skyline from on the shore of Kowloon, just south of the TST metro station. We're going to need to get up to Victoria Peak and this is a little bit of a haul, but you really don't want to miss this because the view will absolutely knock your socks off. You want to allow plenty of time to get here, especially if it's the first good weather day in awhile and again, your best weather days as our local guide said will be in the winter time. Summer time, it's likely to be much hazier and you may be out of luck. Even on this day, it took us at least an hour all in to get to the shooting platform from Central Station which is where you're going to leave from. The ticket to go up the tram is $10 round trip and you definitely want to do the $10 version, the highest priced one, because it also gives you access to Terrace 428 which is the best viewing and…

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