Dreaming Mumbai #1

[ajay124]

From a series on Mumbai, captured over the weekend with the Leica SL + Carl Zeiss Biogon 25 2.8 ZM.

[DeepakS]

Very nice picture of an iconic landmark.

An observation:
This appears to have been shot with a wide angle lens - which also tends to give you severe architectural distortion - the top of the building leaning inwards. This can easily be corrected by applying perspective correction. The problem most of us face is that we tend to frame just enough to include the edges of the building in the frame . That becomes a disadvantage because perspective correction works by asymmetrically stretching outwards and cropping, causing you lose a part of the image you initially started with.
The smart move would be to leave adequate space around the building while framing (taking the picture)  so that when correction is applied you still have what you needed in the first place
Or, you could use a tilt shift lens.

[ajay124]

Perspective distortion normally appears when you are standing close to and looking up at a monument/building. A modest amount of perspective correction can sometimes improve the frame but mostly I prefer to leave the image as shot.Tilt shift lenses are not on option (for me) as my relationship with photography revolves entirely around M mount lenses made by Leica and occasionally the more pocket friendly Voigtlander and Zeiss M mount lenses made by Cosina. The Zeiss 25 ZM Biogon (with which this image was shot) is excellent on the mirrorless Leica SL. When you mount this lens on a Leica M240/M10 the camera shows 28mm frame lines and the 25mm frame has to be guesstimated. One could use an EVF but that is a clumsy option which defeats the entire purpose of shooting with a Leica M.

[hvyas]

Very nice ! Like it as it is !

[ajay124]

Thanks Hyvas.