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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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• Wikipedia:Photography workshop
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Removing spot

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  Catholic Church of Saint Anne. Rakaw, Belarus
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Article(s): w:ru:Костёл Святой Анны (Раков) and other languages.

Request

I did not notice spot on lens or ultraviolet filter before going on photo-session, so it's necessary to deal with consequences. It's more question about relatively easy fix, because two days photo-session was large (~ 200 photos), so I don't want to dump such job on other person. Photos in gallery are just examples. Complete set of uploaded photos of this subject are File:Belarus-Rakaw-Church of Anne-3.jpg - File:Belarus-Rakaw-Church of Anne-16.jpg. Automatic ones would be definitely better, because of my overall "expertise" in graphics editing. What are best tools for automatic fixing such problems, preferably open-source or not too expensive proprietary, if former is not available? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:57, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@EugeneZelenko: It seems that you are probably oversensitive. The dark spots in the first photo are probably shadows of something off-set. Both photos are sharp, contrasting and with saturated colour. Despite my efforts, I couldn't spot anything that needed improvement. I would leave these photos in their current state. PawełMM (talk) 20:34, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Spot is on sky on first photo (near center). On second photo it is on the tip of the cross. See also File:Belarus-Rakaw-Church of Anne-12.jpg - on sky on left side near center. EugeneZelenko (talk) 02:52, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

@EugeneZelenko: In my opinion, these are minimal errors that can be trivialised. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a tool to remove them automatically. The only thing left is the individual retouching of each photo. And this involves an amount of work that is disproportionate to the effect achieved. PawełMM (talk) 11:55, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

What are best tool(s) for retouching individual images? EugeneZelenko (talk) 16:45, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Looks like dust on the lens or filter. It can be easily removed from the first photo using the Clone Tool in the Gimp or similar software. It's much harder in the second as it overlaps detail but is not very prominent so can likely be ignored. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 18:17, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

Borgone: sign from picture

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Article(s): Category:Borgone (Ceppo Morelli)

Request

Get a picture of the "information sign" of Borgone, It's on a wall's house on the right and contain the following text "Borgone, frazione di Ceppo Morelli...". Thank you in advance. MrKeefeJohn (talk) 14:18, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@MrKeefeJohn:  Done ReneeWrites (talk) 00:28, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@ReneeWrites: .Thank you. Could you make also a picture including the building' s top floors? MrKeefeJohn (talk) 08:39, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@MrKeefeJohn:  Done Let me know if you want any adjustments to the crop. ReneeWrites (talk) 09:04, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

@ReneeWrites: . Perfect! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 09:12, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Crop and retouch File:These Old Shades 1927 cover.jpg

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  Base image

Article(s): s:en:Index:These Old Shades (Heyer 1927).pdf

Request

I'm working on transcribing These Old Shades at Wikisource, and would like to include the cover art. Could someone crop this image, straighten it up and fix the way the bottom right corner is lighter than the rest? For the record, I own the book and am happy to attempt another picture of the cover if this one is inadequate, but there's not much I can do about the tape or the missing corners, and I'm probably a worse photographer than the bookshop people who took this photo. Just as a note, I have also requested vectorization at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop#Vector version of File:These Old Shades 1927 cover.jpg. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 23:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 11:16, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 22:31, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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Removing artifacts

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  Joseph S. Bartley, with artifacts

Article(s): en:Joseph S. Bartley

Request

Would it be possible to remove the artifacts in this image that look like someone took a photo of a screen? Thanks.

--DS (talk) 18:19, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 12:17, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Dziękuję. DS (talk) 16:06, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Contrast rebalancing needed on photograph

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  Nestor Makhno and his daughter Elena

Article(s): Nestor Makhno

Request

I need the contrast on this photograph to be rebalanced, as currently the lighter colours blend into one another (e.g. Nestor's and Elena's hands with the table, Elena's skin with her dress, details on Elena's face, etc.). A cropped variant of the photograph with a different contrast can be found in Ogoniok, issue 22, and has been reproduced here. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. --Grnrchst (talk) 16:56, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 10:46, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Retouching needed on photograph

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  Nestor Makhno and Fedir Shchus, together with other members of the Makhnovist staff

Article(s): Nestor Makhno

Request

Retouching is needed on this photograph to hide/remove the horizontal scan lines that can be seen in the image. There are also ink blotches on the photograph that need to be be hidden, if that's possible. Other versions of this photograph exist, if reference material is needed. Any help is appreciated. --Grnrchst (talk) 15:40, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done @Grnrchst: Partially cleaned, noise reduced, brightness and contrast improved. Further cleaning would require tedious patching, which requires a lot of work that is disproportionate to the expected effect. PawełMM (talk) 11:21, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Looks great! Thank you so much. --Grnrchst (talk) 11:27, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Torre Borbonica: building from picture

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Article(s): Category:Torre Borbonica

Request

Get a picture of the "Torre Borbonica" of Ponza, in left side of picture, on the rock. It's a white building but first floors are red. Thank you! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 08:42, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 14:51, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Sant'Agata: church from picture

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Article(s): Category:Sant'Agata (Sant'Agata sopra Cannobio, Cannobio)

Request

Get a picture of the "Sant’Agata". The church is the main building in the picture. Thank you! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 08:49, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 09:28, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Tullio Buzzi: portrait from picture

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Article(s): Category:Tullio_Buzzi

Request

Get a portrait, or a bust, of Tullio_Buzzi. Thank you! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 08:49, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 12:31, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Some technical fixing needed

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  #1[OK]
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  #2[OK]
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  #3

Article(s): will be used on Bengali Wikipedia's main page.

Request

I recently nominated these three for QI & got following comments:

1. for image 1 - A bit noisy, but works well. Could you please adjust the vertical to the right side of the image
2. for image 2 -A bit of color noise, but that alone would not be a real issue. The image is slightly rotated though, that should be fixed in any case
3. for image 3 - Beautiful picture, but you need to reduce the chroma noise in raw conversion

Unfortunately i have tool to fix it & finding right tool & learning in short time would be difficult. Could someone help? Thanks. আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 12:56, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

@আফতাবুজ্জামান and আফতাবুজ্জামান:  Done Task #3 is impossible to do. You cannot convert a jpg file to raw. To do this, you need a raw source file. PawełMM (talk) 05:24, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

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Chroma noise

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  Bumper has chroma noise

Article(s): [[]]

Request

This is currently a QIC and I would like to get rid of the chroma noise as mentioned in the following transcript of a conversation over at COM:QIC:

Some chromanoise on the bumper, otherwise good --MB-one (A) 18:31, 10 January 2024 (UTC) @MB-one (A): Hey, thanks for the review, I'm not sure how to get rid of this. --多多123 21:59, 10 January 2024 (UTC) You can reduce the chroma noise (or "color noise") during raw conversion. In Camera Raw it would be under "Noise Reduction", "Color". --Plozessor 05:25, 11 January 2024 (UTC) --多多123 17:16, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 05:36, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Headshot crop

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  Jacques Delors
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Article(s): en:Jacques Delors

Request

Please (losslessly) crop width 1,225 px wide to create a headshot portrait in a separate file. Much appreciated, --ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 22:31, 11 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 05:44, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

@PawełMM: Thanks but can you crop it so the head is more in the middle? Same width please. ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 14:31, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Done as requested.

PawełMM (talk) 15:14, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

@PawełMM: sorry for not being clear earlier but you cropped the height as well, unfortunately. I only wanted the width cropped (1,225 px wide). Can you please try (losslessly) cropping again from the original, with the head/bust more in the middle? ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 20:40, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Redone. I think it is ok now. PawełMM (talk) 06:54, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

 Thank you. ᴀlbanɢeller (talk) 11:53, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

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Flora Kaai Hayes

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  restored version
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  restored version
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  restored version

Article(s): w:Flora Kaai Hayes

Request

Crop, clean and restore. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 02:46, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 10:30, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Santo Stefano Belbo: tower from picture

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Article(s): Category:Torre medievale (Santo Stefano Belbo)

Request

Get a picture of the "Torre medievale". The tower is the on the right of the picture. Thank you! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 20:48, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 07:05, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

San Michele: church from picture

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Article(s): Category:San Michele (Ronco Biellese)

Request

Get a picture of "San Michele ". The church is the main building in the picture, near the belltower. Thank you! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 20:50, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 21:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC)

Scurolo di Sant'Alessandro: church from picture

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Article(s): Category:Scurolo di Sant'Alessandro

Request

Get a picture of "Scurolo di Sant'Alessandro". The church is the round building. Thank you! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 08:40, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 09:19, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Santi Caterina e Rocco: church from picture

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Article(s): Category:Santi Caterina e Rocco

Request

Get a picture of "Santi Caterina e Rocco" and improve it, if possibile. The church is on the left. Thank you! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 07:27, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 10:12, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Roberto Occhipinti: jazz bassist from picture

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Article(s): Category:Roberto Occhipinti

Request

Get a picture of "Roberto Occhipinti". He is on the left. Thank you! MrKeefeJohn (talk) 08:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

 Done PawełMM (talk) 10:20, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

National Gallery Singapore: aerial view

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  Reference

Article(s): w:National Gallery Singapore

Request

Just inspired by above photo, which was taken in 2011. After two building were converted to National Gallery Singapore, I see it would be meaningful to take photo again for the same site and the similar viewpoint. It would be nice if anyone who have a drone to do so. 😀 -- Great Brightstar (talk) 17:47, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s)

Original photographer here; I shot it from the top of Marina Bay Sands with a superzoom (Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38) so a drone isn't needed. Good luck! cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 00:50, 16 January 2024 (UTC)