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This workshop is part of the Graphics Lab, a project aimed 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 align="center">
File:IMAGENAME.EXT|Description of image
File:IMAGE#TWO.EXT|2nd image (If there is one)
File:ETCETCETC.EXT|Don't request too many at once, though
</gallery>
 
'''Request:''' Do something with them... ~~~~
 
'''Graphist opinion:''' 

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See also

• Category:Images for cleanup
• meta:Philip Greenspun illustration project/Requests
• Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop (higher traffic, requests may be fulfilled quicker at the Wikipedia lab)

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	Completed requests to the Photography workshop are archived regularly. 2010, 2011, 2012.

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History of Argentina

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  Rafael de Sobremonte, viceroy of Argentina

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  Argentina in 1914 (DjVu format)

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  Bernardino Rivadavia, the first president of Argentina

File:Nuevo mapa de la Republica Argentina (1914).jpg : Use the djvu format. --Createaccount 19:53, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Request: These pictures about the history of Argentina could use some fixing, I think it's obvious: removing grit and folding marks, fixing lighter/darker areas, etc... Thanks if you can find the time! Also the map could be changed to a less exotic file format. Tungsten (talk) 09:47, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

 Partially done: The portrait of Sobremonte retouched. PawełMM (talk) 11:20, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

 Partially done: I converted the Argentina in 1914 map to jpg and added superseded template to the original description page. Richardprins (talk) 21:26, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I've uploaded a (lossless) png version of the map for editing purposes. The jpg version should still be used as the png version doesn't have a thumbnail due to size. Image:Nuevo mapa de la Republica Argentina (1914).jpg Richardprins (talk) 13:44, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

The superseded template appears to be missing from the original at the moment. Pearts (talk) 01:20, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Comments:
1. The "folding marks" aren't folding marks at all. This type of pocket map consists of rectangular tiles of printed paper glued onto a linen cloth backing. Gaps are deliberately left between the tiles to facilitate folding. Unfortunately, the tiles in this example don't line up very well. Because of the labor-intensive nature of such maps, they are rarely, if ever, produced nowadays. Theoretically, it may be possible to digitally cut the tiles out into a collection of 36 images and try to assemble them without gaps, assuming the printer cut the tiles correctly and no information is missing. If cutting was inaccurate, gaps will still be there in the final version. (The original map was presumably printed as a single sheet, cut into tiles with a sharp blade, then glued onto the linen backing.)
2. The map has been defaced with pencil and pen markings. Are they historically important for Wikipedia purposes? Should they be left in or should they be retouched-out? They may only be there because this was the best or only surviving example of this map at the time Cartography Associates (davidrumsey.com) scanned the original.
3. The paper is very yellowed, especially along the edges of tiles. This means that the printed colors have probably also shifted over time. Should attempts be made to reverse aging, or should the image be left with its "vintage look"? At the very least, the mottled appearance of the aged paper significantly increases file size and replacing unprinted areas with a uniform, single color can significantly reduce the file size if RLL compression is used in the file.
4. If you just need a map of political boundaries in South America in 1914, would it not be better to use this map as the basis for tracing an all-new, simplified SVG rendering with 90% of the details taken out, so it uses less storage space and can be displayed quickly? As it is, the map is excessively detailed and the file size is huge, even by Wikimedia standards: It takes several minutes to download on my broadband connection and several more minutes for a fast (3 GHz) AMD Athlon processor with 1 GB of RAM and hardware-accelerated video card to render the image. Most people will never see the image in full resolution due to Internet connection speed, hardware limitations, or simply lack of patience. It may be better to use a simpler graphic on Wikimedia and just provide an external link to the David Rumsey Map Collection site. The David Rumsey Map Collection uses specialized software that Wikimedia and the various Wikipedias will probably never have, making the experience here aggravating, not enlightening.
5. If editing with GIMP, the intermediate format of choice is GIMP's native XCF format, not PNG, as it uses lossless compression, produces reasonably small files on disk, supports 24-bit color, transparency and layers, and loads faster. The original DjVu file can be converted to uncompressed TIFF on Linux systems with DjView4, slurped into GIMP, then saved as XCF while work progresses.
6. Uploading the file in DjVu format to begin with, then reverting Richardprins' marking of that file as "superseded" after the JPEG version was made available seems to amount to a contest of wills. Sure, Wikimedia supports the DjVu format, but many operating systems and browsers don't (mine certainly doesn't), unless the user knows how to install special viewers and plug-ins; most Wikimedia and Wikipedia visitors don't know how and/or can't be bothered.
7. For a full clean-up, restoration or simplified derivative work, this image should probably be submitted at the Commons Map Workshop. —Quicksilver^@ 19:39, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

 Done: Done all, also the portrait of Rivadavia retouched. PawełMM (talk) 23:24, 15 January 2012 (UTC) PawełMM (talk) 21:47, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

Crosley Field photos

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  Crosley Field 1946

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  Crosley Field 1946

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  Crosley Field 1946

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  Crosley Field 1946

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  Crosley Field 1946  Done --~~~~

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  Crosley Field

Request: If possible, please remove scratches and fix coloration in color photos, which looks a bit overly green in each image. In B&W shot, lessening the brightness to make the light towers and field a little more visible would be great. Thanks! Delaywaves ^{talk • contribs} 19:47, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

I adjusted color balance in all the images. —Quibik (talk) 00:04, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! But if possible, could you reduce the saturation a tiny bit on "File:Crosley Field infield and LF 1946.jpg" and "File:Crosley Field left-center and scoreboard.jpg"? They just look a little too dark. The others are perfect, though. Thanks again. Delaywaves ^{talk • contribs} 05:16, 17 August 2011 (UTC)  Done decreased saturation a bit on the two photos as requested Warfieldian ^(talk) 03:26, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Flowers in marble, Taj Mahal

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  Flowers in marble, left part 1

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  Flowers in marble, right part 1

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  Flowers in marble, left part 2

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  Flowers in marble, right part 2

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  Panorama

Request: Is it possible to use the images for focus stacking? Could you please help making a clean panorama? Yann (talk) 09:20, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Stockbridge library

Request: I've visited, and photographed the library on two occasions. Amongst the 31 uploaded photos are several consecutive sets to - hopefully - be converted.

I'd also welcome any advice/tips on how best to take photos for use as panorama source material; Are there tricks to 'get round' pesky things like parked cars when photographing from accross the street, or ways to move further up the street before taking a second shot? That's why I've popped the whole lot here for someone to play around with. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 08:46, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):Please don't dump an assignment like this, try to be more specific. There are images in these batch that obviously can't be used for merging, like the first. Or details like the close ups of windows. When making panorama shots, all photo's to be merged should have been taken from the same stand point. Otherwise you get a really unnatural looking end result. I've sorted them in groups now. These templates actually belong on the file pages itself. --Vera (talk) 15:15, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

• Apologies. My PC packed in on me a month or so ago, so I'm actually limited to accessing the Internet via local libraries. Hence, what might come across as "dumping" these on folks is attempting to get the best use out of my time/ability to contribute. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 13:18, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

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--Urutseg (talk) 16:53, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

 Done --Vera (talk) 21:41, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

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  bonus

--Vera (talk) 22:06, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Reflections removal

Resolved

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  The image.

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  my try

Request: Is it possible to remove the glass reflections? Thanks in advance. --Kekator (talk) 19:15, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Heres my try -- Mario Link (talk) 12:46, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

 Done: Thank you, it's great! Kekator (talk) 11:51, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Reagan strategic arms reduction 1982.jpg

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  photo of Reagan w/ watermark

Request: Please remove the watermark. The photo will primarily be used as a thumb in a table cell as in [1]. Thanks. --Lionelt (talk) 08:06, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done: Done as requested. PawełMM (talk) 13:12, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Bronze statue in Innsbruck Museum

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  Bronze Statue in Innsbruck

Request: Please make the background wall a bit darker --Wolfgang Moroder (talk) 23:48, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):  Done: Done as requested. PawełMM (talk) 08:46, 20 May 2012 (UTC)