Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Archive/Jan 2013

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The Amazing Race contestants
Article(s): List of The Amazing Race (U.S. TV series) contestants

Request: Crop out and upload separately each of the following:

Amani Pollard Jeremiah Cline Sandra Draghi Ernest Halvorsen Cynthia Chiang Jennifer Young Elizabeth Canavan Marie Canavan Kaylani Paliotta Ronald Zeitz William Smith

--76.232.68.248 (talk) 10:10, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

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June Brown (EastEnders)
Article(s): June Brown Request: Is there anything you can do with this image, to lower the amount of black at the bottom? It's a bit of a shame as it is a good photo, but is at the moment ruined. Many thanks. — M.Mario  (T/C) 19:45, 13 November 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

Hiram Bingham III
Article: Hiram Bingham III Request: Convert the first TIFF (157.9mb) to jpg and upload it, if possible; the free online jpg converters can't take the file size. And then crop and clean both images. KAVEBEAR (talk) 01:13, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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Casablanca Fair
Article(s): Casablanca Fair of 1915 Request: Could one of you wizards kindly remove the watermark, and perhaps the stains, please? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:05, 30 December 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

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David Toscano
Article(s): David Toscano Request: Please remove the red shirt at the bottom-right. Thanks! Delaywaves &bull;&#32; talk  20:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 21:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Crop and rotate (maybe also change background color?)
Article(s): Lucapina and Lucapina suffusa Request: Could you rotate the image until the shell is properly aligned vertically, then crop away a fair amount of the background. The background color is also too close to the color of the shell so maybe the background could be replaced with another color, or black, or whatever, but it's your call whether to do that or not. Thanks.

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Wow, it looks 100% better! Thanks so much! Invertzoo (talk) 18:20, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Simple crop
Article(s): Solar gain, Othniel Looker, Othniel Looker House, National Register of Historic Places listings in Hamilton County, Ohio Request: This image works well to illustrate the house itself, and that's how most of the pages are using it. However, at solar gain, the only relevant part is the roof. Could you crop the image so that it shows only the roof and a few pixels on each side? If you do this, please upload it under a new name. Nyttend (talk) 18:22, 30 December 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ The cropped image is rather skinny, so I made it a little bigger in the Solar gain article. Seems Ok. – JBarta (talk) 05:29, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the help! Nyttend (talk) 19:31, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Josh Henderson & Larry Hagman
Article(s): Marta Del Sol Request: A challenge. A new image request, so do not overwrite the file. Please can you rotate Henderson so he is vertical - crop and remove his lower body and the space above his head. I want to use the image sitting next to the one of Larry Hagman. But because A is more narrow than B they look odd when sitting in a double image template. I am not requesting that Hagman is modified, he is just there for reference. Rain  the 1  20:53, 31 December 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):


 * The picture will still look odd if it is rotated because of the position the human body is in at that pose. It will look unnatural and even an untrained eye would easily discern some photo trickery. Its possible to do, but it won't look good.
 * Would you be able to do it though? Anybody? I have seen various successful results from these type of requests. Rain  the 1  00:24, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ - At first I too thought doing this was a bad idea. However, the resulting image isn't so bad after all. – JBarta (talk) 05:13, 4 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That is fine and works out just how I needed it to. Thank you. Rain  the 1  23:12, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Ngo Dinh Diem
Article(s): Ngo Dinh Diem, some (seemingly) hundred others Request: Make a higher res of the .gif from the .tif and upload as a jpg. Thanks. – Connormah (talk) 08:35, 3 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅: --Sergey Rufanov (talk) 19:33, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Andrey Kolmogorov
Article(s): Andrey Kolmogorov Request: Remove the watermark on bottom-right. Shrigley (talk) 18:39, 7 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 19:08, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

Remove background
Article(s): Edgar Allan Poe Request: Hi, I wanted to see the photos' frame removed and replaced with an all-white background. Feel free to crop the borders. I'd be grateful if a new png version of each picture (with translucid background) could be also uploaded. Thank you very much, Lecen (talk) 23:21, 8 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

There are a whole bunch of images of Edgar Allen Poe, many that are derivatives of the two above. Why do we need more derivatives? Can you not make do with the many already available? – JBarta (talk) 18:36, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Because they are based in smaller black & white versions. --Lecen (talk) 18:43, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Regardless I have completed the work on them anyway, as the frames were not necessary. Regards, Fallschirmjäger &#9993; 23:41, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Sandra Eisert aricle
Article(s): Sandra Eisert Request: Make them look better. Also, the Ford Presidential Library recently donated several hundred thousand images to Commons. Some are in the form of contact sheets. See Category:Contact sheets by the Ford White House. If you are interested in working with the Ford Presidential Library commons material to help improve that material (or can suggest ways to improve the images), please post a note at User_talk:Bdcousineau. (Since Bdcousineau works at the Ford Presidential Library, working with her to improve these Commons images could give you something to add to your resume.) - Thanks. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:29, 4 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): I have worked on the extracted image, please find the new jpeg version above. As for the entire contact sheet, I would advise altering each frame on an individual basis rather than trying to work with the whole sheet, as each image is different in terms of colour etc. I would be happy to help further with this, including extracting photos however I am far from an expert in this area, coming from the UK so I wouldn't be much help naming the files! Kind regards, Fallschirmjäger</b></i> <b style="color:#3CB371">&#9993;</b> 18:42, 5 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your hard work. The new image looks great! To help with the contact sheets, please post at commons:User talk:Bdcousineau as she is coordinating the effort. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 10:13, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Ford A6748-31 NLGRF photo of Hank Aaron
Article(s): Currently being written; Hank Aaron; Gerald Ford; and/or Hirohito Request: There's discussion at User talk:Bdcousineau that the Ford Library 250,000+ contact sheet images are of little use in Wikipedia articles. However, I think they can be used as is, as well as be enhanced. For the Hank Aaron image, I'm hoping that Graphics Lab can show what Wikipedia can do with such images. The Ford Library is part of the National Archives and Records Administration and Commons may receive 25,000,000+ images from the National Archives and Records Administration, see Archivist of the United States, so these images from the Ford Library may be a test run. For Ford A6748-31, I would like to have a clear image. Feel free to use the original image from the contact sheet. Also, please try to enlarge the original contact sheet Hank Aaron frame 31 image as much as possible while retaining a decent photo. Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:03, 13 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ - <i style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;"><b style="color:#4D5D53">Fallschirm</b><b style="color:#2E8B57">jäger</b><b style="color:#701"></b></i> <b style="color:#3CB371">&#9993;</b> 13:00, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I just posted a note here about how Graphics Lab can significantly improve the Ford contact sheet images. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 15:20, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Elaine Didier
Article(s): Elaine Didier Request: I'm looking for a head shot for the Infobox at Elaine Didier. Feel free to use any of the images at commons:Category:Elaine Didier. Any head shot cropped from the images now in commons:Category:Elaine Didier probably would need removal of the background. The infobox image can be more than a headshot. Feel free to add what ever image you think appropriate. I plan to use that image in a DYK request for the main page. Also, please improve the images in the Elaine Didier article (which I just created). Thanks. Uzma Gamal (talk) 06:08, 15 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ I have created a new infobox image which I have uploaded as a new file to Commons. Centpacrr (talk) 16:29, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Looks great, thanks! -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 21:37, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

All-white background
Article(s): Uruguayan War Request: Well, I need an all-white background in each picture. Since all of them are not perfect squares that's all we can do (please do not try to "recreate" the borders). Picture number 2 has a weird blue tone, could it be fixed? Thanks, Lecen (talk) 20:21, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
 * No one? --Lecen (talk) 11:23, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ - <i style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;"><b style="color:#4D5D53">Fallschirm</b><b style="color:#2E8B57">jäger</b><b style="color:#701"></b></i> <b style="color:#3CB371">&#9993;</b> 20:47, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, Fallschirmjäger!! --Lecen (talk) 21:16, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Clean up pictures
Article(s): Uruguayan War Request: Both pictures have a few weird vertical green lines. Could they be removed? Also, I wanted an all-white background in the corners of the picture to the left. Thanks, Lecen (talk) 20:23, 11 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 19:18, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I think there may be some issue with the WP image update coding or the servers as I uploaded new versions of the two images in this request and while the new versions appear in the thumbnails above and in the upload history table, they do not in the full size image area of their host pages even after purging my browser's image cache. Centpacrr (talk) 21:48, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * You're correct. Although I can see them in the thumbnails, the same doesn't occur with the actual photos. Let's leave it like it is. You should probably keep the files in your PC so that in case they weren't trully uploaded, you can do it again. But I appreciate your help. For the "little" I could see, it looks very good. Thanks again, Centpacrr. --Lecen (talk) 12:11, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have uploaded copies of the restored digital image files on my own server which you can see here and here. Centpacrr (talk) 13:02, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The images show correctly now. Centpacrr (talk) 12:52, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Kuniyoshi
Article(s): Kuniyoshi Request: stitch seam... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 04:10, 13 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Seam digitally stitched and the repaired image file uploaded as requested however owing to an apparent intermittent fault in the Wikimedia software neither the repaired version nor its thumbnail are being displayed on the image's host page. I have therefore also uploaded a copy of the digitally repaired file on my own server here. Centpacrr (talk) 11:45, 13 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The image shows correctly now. Centpacrr (talk) 12:53, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Rotate until level
Article(s): Shell growth in estuaries Request: Please can someone rotate this very nice view of an estuary so that the horizon becomes level? Feel free to crop as needed, but try to retain as much of the mud flats and water as possible. Thanks. Invertzoo (talk) 15:49, 12 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 18:50, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I don't mean to be disrespectful, but is it possible that you may have accidentally uploaded your copy of the original, not your rotated version? I say that because if you put a ruler across the image along the line of the furthest water that is visible, which shows as a grey line on both sides of the image, you will see that the image is still tilted, I think by the same amount as before? Invertzoo (talk) 20:19, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I think there may be some issue with the WP image update coding or the servers as I uploaded new versions of the two images in the request immediately above and while the new versions appear in the thumbnails in the upload history table, they do not in the full size image area even after purging my browser's image cache. Centpacrr (talk) 21:45, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Or maybe I just need to purge the cache? Invertzoo (talk) 20:22, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The Wikimedia software has some annoying cache issues. The updated image is there, it's just not showing. This should display the current image. Also, I edited the image size in the article slightly so the updated image is displayed. When the WM software makes a new sized thumbnail, it always makes it from the current image. Existing thumbnails and even the full sized version sometimes get stuck in the cache (the WM cache, not your browser's cache). It's an intermittant problem. I have no idea why it happens... it just does sometimes. – JBarta (talk) 22:41, 12 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Ah yes! The new image shows nicely in the article now, thanks so much and thanks for explaining about the WM cache issues to me. Invertzoo (talk) 13:29, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Jokyo calendar
Article(s): Jokyo calendar Request: fix perspective... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:56, 14 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ An improvement, though with such a poor original, it's still a poor image. – JBarta (talk) 10:44, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The new one won't refresh for me.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:36, 14 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Look at the request above titled "Rotate until level" for an explanation. – JBarta (talk) 18:40, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

Two requests
Article(s): Armenchik, Nersik Ispiryan

Request: Please remove the watermarks on right corner of both photos. Ե րևանցի talk  00:08, 16 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ - Kind regards, <i style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;"><b style="color:#4D5D53">Fallschirm</b><b style="color:#2E8B57">jäger</b><b style="color:#701"></b></i> <b style="color:#3CB371">&#9993;</b> 20:58, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Jinnah image
Article(s): Muhammad Ali Jinnah Request: Please can you sharpen the image and remove most of the marks and scratches so its clear. Hazhk Talk to me 22:49, 16 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅: Done as requested. PawełMM (talk) 09:21, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Marzipan
Article(s): Marzipan Request: fix perspective... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 10:50, 21 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 12:38, 21 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Fantastic! And I have to recheck the other 2-they never showed up for me.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:31, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you also for Kuniyoshi!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:33, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Radio Times page for George V funeral
Article(s): George V Request:Please replace the black rectangle (which hides a modern digital watermark) by copying the design of other three corners. Thank you. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:54, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

✅ Centpacrr (talk) 19:28, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

Thank you, but please note discussion, under, below. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:09, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Class 12E MetroBlitz
Article(s): Metroblitz (Afrikaans), MetroBlitz, South African Class 12E Request: Please remove watermark and, if possible, reduce the sun's reflection on the locomotive André Kritzinger 20:49, 26 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ Centpacrr (talk) 14:01, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Perfect, thank you! André Kritzinger 11:38, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Centpacrr, I noticed that in the original train photo there is what appears to be some sort of red thing on the left side partially obscured by the glare, yet in your edit, that appears to be gone. I also found this picture suggesting that you added a small red light. Can you explain why your edit is correct? – JBarta (talk) 14:23, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * SAR Class 12E 12-003.jpg spotted, JBarta. The red thing at right is a red marker light, and the larger red thing is a clip-on reflective board, both of which are used to indicate the rear end of the train while running in the opposite direction (the MetroBlitz trains ran with two locos, one at each end). There was only one red light, as shown on the much later picture of 12-003 alongside, by which time the pilots had been altered and steps and handrails had been added for the benefit of window washers. The item that's partially hidden by the glare is another bracket for a clip-on reflective board, and it should be yellow (top) and gray (bottom) to blend in with the "whiskers", not red. André Kritzinger 15:29, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * I have to tell you, this sort of thing smacks heavily of original research, which applies to images as well as articles. We've been through that a couple times here recently and the practice of creatively editing images to show what we want them to show is highly unencyclopedic. It's a shame that the image has glare on it, but speculating what's under the glare is not the solution. I think in this instance the best solution is to leave the image unaltered (save for removing the watermark) – JBarta (talk) 15:52, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * No problem. Thanks to both of you. - André Kritzinger 17:06, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Tunnels
Article(s): Tunnel Request: Please remove the inscriptions André Kritzinger 21:04, 26 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 14:01, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Perfect, thank you! Great work, especially on the Hexton pic. André Kritzinger 11:40, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 33-200
Article(s): South African Class 33-200 Request: Please remove watermark André Kritzinger 21:24, 26 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 14:01, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Perfect, thank you! André Kritzinger 11:42, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class DS1
Article(s): South African Class DS1 Request: Please remove watermark André Kritzinger 21:29, 26 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 14:01, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Perfect, thank you! André Kritzinger 11:43, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

1920 Turkish-Armenian border map
Article(s): Wilsonian Armenia Request: Please improve the image, i.e. balance the color, enhance if possible. Ե րևանցի talk  03:20, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 14:01, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much!-- Ե րևանցի talk  17:27, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 34-000
Request: Please remove inscription. André Kritzinger 17:44, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ - <i style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;"><b style="color:#4D5D53">Fallschirm</b><b style="color:#2E8B57">jäger</b><b style="color:#701"></b></i> <b style="color:#3CB371">&#9993;</b> 18:58, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * That was quick - thank you. - André Kritzinger 19:13, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 34-500
Article(s): South African Class 34-500 Request: Please remove inscription. André Kritzinger 17:50, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 19:37, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you. Looks great! - André Kritzinger 20:21, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 35-200
Request: Please remove inscription. André Kritzinger 17:55, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 19:45, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Baie dankie.- André Kritzinger 20:25, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 37-000
Request: Please remove inscription. André Kritzinger 17:58, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 19:54, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you. - André Kritzinger 20:27, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 6E1 Series 4
Request: Please remove inscription. André Kritzinger 18:17, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ - <i style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;"><b style="color:#4D5D53">Fallschirm</b><b style="color:#2E8B57">jäger</b><b style="color:#701"></b></i> <b style="color:#3CB371">&#9993;</b> 19:03, 27 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you. - André Kritzinger 19:15, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 5E Series 2
Request: Please remove inscription. André Kritzinger 18:05, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 10:05, 28 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you. - André Kritzinger 10:53, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 6E
Request: Please remove inscriptions. André Kritzinger 18:13, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 15:35, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Perfect, thank you. - André Kritzinger 21:19, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

South African Class 6E1 Series 6
Request: Please remove inscription. André Kritzinger 18:21, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ – JBarta (talk) 21:58, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. = André Kritzinger 22:40, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Moseley Park + Edgbaston
Article(s): Will add to Moseley + Edgbaston when done Request: Please make two new, separate images, cleanup red blotches on right-hand edge. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:04, 27 January 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

✅ - I'll let you edit the image summaries, etc. – JBarta (talk) 15:54, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Will do - those are great; thank you. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:49, 28 January 2013 (UTC)