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Photography workshop

This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching to improve the graphical content of the Wikimedia projects. More information about the lab can be found on its main page and requests pages (Illustrations ; Photographs ; Maps ; Video and Sound). To ask questions or make a suggestions, see the talk page of the graphic lab page.

This specific page is the requests page for the Photography Workshop. Anyone can make a request for a photograph to be improved. The standard format for making a request is shown below, along with general advice, and should be followed.

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Use the following template when making a new request, replacing the examples with your image(s) and request(s):

<gallery>
 IMAGENAME.EXT|Description of image
 IMAGE#TWO.EXT|2nd image (If there is one)
 ETCETCETC.EXT|Don't request too many at once, though
</gallery>

;Request:
: Details of your request go here… --~~~~
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Volkov: recovering an image's overwrited version

Article(s): Category:Andrey Volkov (alpinist)

Request: the file has an old, overwrited versione Yevgenyevich Volkov.jpg&action=history but it's another person Category:Vladislav Volkov. Is it possible to recover it? Thank you in advance MrKeefeJohn (talk) 13:10, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

@MrKeefeJohn: Recovering the file is easy enough (it was never technically gone), but do you know what the source of the original photograph is? The earliest file versions don't have this info and the info that was added was from the overwritten, current version. ReneeWrites (talk) 14:20, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ReneeWrites: no, I dont' have sources. I didn't upload it. MrKeefeJohn (talk) 15:15, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MrKeefeJohn and ReneeWrites: Here's the source of the cosmonaut photo/ PawełMM (talk) 06:16, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MrKeefeJohn and ReneeWrites: However it looks like the VRT permission ticket only verifies the image uploaded in 2008 and not the original 2005c image. For that you will have to get permission from the author unless it is clearly in the public domain or freely licenced. Ww2censor (talk) 22:06, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PawełMM and ReneeWrites: I do understand. Thank you for your answers. MrKeefeJohn (talk) 20:08, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Old photo of Chinese Theatre too red

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. PawełMM (talk) 14:15, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Old photo of the Hollywood Chinese Theatre, over time the ink has changed the colors making them too red.

Article(s): Chinese Theatre

Request: This photo looks a bit too red to me. Can you adjust the colours, please? Thank you--Raoli ✉ (talk) 04:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Done PawełMM (talk) 08:02, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok thank you, but now it doesn't seem too green to you?--Raoli ✉ (talk) 11:26, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking if I could do a job like this. thank you --Raoli ✉ (talk) 11:29, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is ok now. PawełMM (talk) 12:10, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thank you very much.--Raoli ✉ (talk) 02:30, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

View up to St. Giles, Pontefract 1974

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$View up to St. Giles, from Woolmarket, Pontefract$

View up to St. Giles, from Woolmarket, Pontefract

Article(s): [[]]

Request: Please straighten and remove the black bits on the edges. --Schlosser67 (talk) 08:00, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done PawełMM (talk) 08:12, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To put de PDF pages file in portrait mode

Article(s): future Wikisource entry of "Intencionais" by António Aleixo

Request: The author of this poetry book, Mr António Aleixo, died in 1949, and by the Portuguese law, after 70 years of his dead, his written works enter in public domain. I intend to create a Wikisource entry of this book and think the pages of the PDF should be in portrait mode. Is it possible for you to do this? Thank you, GualdimG (talk) 21:00, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

I gave it a try, at my computer the rotated pdf-file looks fine, but it looks very narrow when it is uploaded, the aspect ratio seems gone, sorry --Bodow 14:14, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

second attempt looks okay--Bodow 14:32, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@Bodow, ̊̊Thank you so much. Greetings, ̴̴̴GualdimG (talk) 16:59, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pakistan election maps

1977 Pakistan general election map
1985 Pakistan general election map
1990 Pakistan general election map
1993 Pakistan general election map
1997 Pakistan general election map
2002 Pakistan general election map

Article(s): These maps are all in the infoboxes of the elections in question on en.wiki and some other language versions.

Request: These maps need two improvements; the background needs making transparent, and they need cropping tightly around the outside of the map/inserts. The insert showing Karachi could also be moved in order to allow even closer cropping (which would mean the map displays at a larger size) as was done in this one. Cheers, --Number 57 (talk) 23:05, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Done PawełMM (talk) 08:02, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PawełMM: Could the cropping be done a bit more tightly (so there is no space around the extreme edges of the maps? Also, you cropped out the left-hand edge of the box around Karachi in the 1990, 1993, 1997 and 2002 maps and the bottom edge of the box in the 1993, 1997 and 2002 maps. Number 57 (talk) 00:45, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cropping image

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. ReneeWrites (talk) 23:50, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Article(s): it:Audi R8 42, it:Porsche 918, it:Lamborghini Huracan

Request: Crop images to cut all to cut useless details and the background and focus on the subject of the photo, that's the car; and please if is it possible, to add and change on used Wikipedia pages. --93.150.210.227 10:43, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done ReneeWrites (talk) 23:50, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cropping images 2

Article(s): it:Porsche 919

Request: Crop images to cut all to cut useless details and the background and focus on the subject of the photo, that's the car; and please if is it possible, to add and change on used Wikipedia pages.37.159.50.192 10:52, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done ReneeWrites (talk) 15:32, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Cropping images 3

Article(s): it:Porsche 919

Request: Crop images to cut all to cut useless details and the background and focus on the subject of the photo, that's the car; and please if is it possible, to add and change on used Wikipedia pages. 37.159.54.149 18:59, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s)

Color correction required, please

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Purple haze

Article(s): [[]]

Request: This looks artificially purple to me. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 02:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @NearEMPTiness: Done – Pbrks ^(t • c) 03:52, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done PawełMM (talk) 09:07, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove watermarks

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Article(s): w:Arthur C. Clarke

Request: Need help. Could somebody please remove watermarks from this picture if possible? Thanks in advance! --Ratte (talk) 10:03, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Done PawełMM (talk) 14:10, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PawełMM: Thank you very much! Could you please also remove a watermark bottom left (numbers)?.. if possible Ratte (talk) 14:30, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ratte: Corrected. PawełMM (talk) 15:18, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should this be stretched?

Distorted image
Perspective change

Article(s): [[]]

Request: Should this photo be stretched, and if so, how far? --NearEMPTiness (talk) 04:17, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

@NearEMPTiness: In my opinion, transforming this photo in a meaningful way is rather impossible. All attempts yield unacceptable perspectival distortions. PawełMM (talk) 08:18, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I tried it myself and came to the same conclusion. Taking a new photo from a larger distance might be required. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 08:27, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@NearEMPTiness: A perspective fix is possible and ready, but where did you find this image? – Pbrks ^(t • c) 17:40, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pbrks: It is a cross-wiki upload that someone made in 2018 from en.wikipedia, as shown here. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 17:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@NearEMPTiness: I'm actually going insane. I could have sworn I saw you as the original uploader... in any event, here is my attempt at a perspective fix. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 20:43, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, your version looks to me much more convincing than the original, which isn't bad either. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 21:09, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Watermarks again

Article(s): w:Arthur C. Clarke

Request: Need help again. 4 more PD files, kindly ask to remove watermarks. Thanks in advance. --Ratte (talk) 09:17, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

File:Daguerreotype of Caesar - A Slave; 1851.jpg

Fairly heavy usage in terms of page-views (Glammorgan is not presently behaving with my computer, I haven't the patience to re-run the pageviews tool). The image needs dust/splotch removal, and, if possible, unblurring. JayCubby (talk) 23:57, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Retouching images of Kuromi

Retouch image please
Retouch image please
Retouch image please

Article(s): [[]]

Request: (details of your request go here...) --Aurelio Sandoval (Mensajes aquí please) 20:41, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

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