The Instagram photos you wish YOU had taken

It turns out they can, as all it took to produce this magnificent portfolio was an iPhone and a tilt shift filter on an app.

Traveller Christian Barrett snapped the breathtaking images, which offer a bird’s eye view of the capital, as he flew into Heathrow Airport on a recent trip. 

The photos offer a different take on London’s sights – from Buckingham Palace and the London Eye to Canary Wharf and The Shard.

The effects of the filter appear to play a visual trick.

Christian’s photos make the sprawling city look like a miniature model with incredible definition.

The Thames, the O2, Houses of Parliament, Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens are rendered almost toy like.

Christian said: ‘It was a beautiful winter day, the sun was shining and there was a hardly a cloud in the sky.

‘As we came in to land over London the outstanding view was crystal clear and I whipped out my phone to capture the moment.

‘Amazingly, I wasn't even sitting in the window seat and was delighted when I looked back at the images and saw what I had captured.’

(dailymail.co.uk)