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

=Stale=

Highway 30 bridge over the Trent River, 1935
Article(s): Ontario Highway 30 Request:
 * Remove the watermark please. Cheers,  Floydian  τ ¢  06:25, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ --  Victor  • talk   10:56, 14 October 2013 (UTC).
 * Awesome! Looks great, thank you :) -  Floydian  τ ¢  20:34, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Awesome! Looks great, thank you :) -  Floydian  τ ¢  20:34, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Mehmed VI of Turkey
Article(s): Mehmed VI Request:
 * Could someone possibly improved the quality of this photo please, many thanks. TRAJAN 117 (talk) 17:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   02:35, 15 October 2013 (UTC).
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   02:35, 15 October 2013 (UTC).

Armenian island in Venice
Article(s): San Lazzaro degli Armeni Request:
 * I'd appreciate any improvement. -- Ե րևանցի  talk  00:03, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   15:05, 20 October 2013 (UTC).
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   15:05, 20 October 2013 (UTC).

Remove watermarks
Article(s): History of Manipur, Pickelhaube Request:
 * Please remove the watermarks of the images -- Andres rojas22 (talk) 16:24, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   02:38, 27 October 2013 (UTC).
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   02:38, 27 October 2013 (UTC).

Quick red eye correction
Article(s): Art Garfunkel Request:
 * Remove red-eye effect. Thanks. -- – Connormah (talk) 23:13, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 23:56, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Columubus painting improvement
Article(s): Christopher Columbus Request:
 * General improvement of the picture: hue, contrast and luminance balance, rectifying geometric distortion (upper right corner seems to lean away from the camera).

Graphist opinion(s):Cleaned up as requested. Centpacrr (talk) 14:00, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Agile methodology diagram improvement
Article(s): Agile software development Request:
 * Fix English spelling/grammar errors -- dionyziz (talk) 14:58, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Budavári Palota
Article(s): Buda Castle Request:
 * This is the only pre-war coloured image I could find of the castle. I tried some work from the original source to make it look as if it was taken today. Maybe someone else can do a better job than me? What needs to be removed in any case are the black marks on sky, water, etc. And the tint is somewhat bluish, but I noticed that if I removed the bluish tint, it made the trees look browner again. Thank you very much. -- Gryffindor (talk) 09:50, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * Begoon &thinsp; talk 10:36, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I uploaded an attempt. Is that any closer to what you were trying to do? Feel free to say it isn't - we can always try again... . Begoon &thinsp; talk  12:24, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I think it looks great. Unfortunately the new image is now cropped, could you upload a version where the 10x15 dimensions are restored? Thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 14:03, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I actually thought that was a better crop from the original, which I had to go back to to regain the quality - more castle, less sky - but if the 1:1.5 ratio is important to you, and you prefer it cropped where you decided to crop it, I can redo it. Begoon &thinsp; talk  14:42, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes please, if you don't mind? Thank you for your help. Gryffindor (talk) 15:31, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ok - done - I also brightened the shadows a little, because those trees that "came back in" are very dark - but that's the very last edit, so you can just revert that if you don't like it. Begoon &thinsp; talk  15:57, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
 * This is really great, thank you for your help. Gryffindor (talk) 00:22, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Edwin Kilgore
Article(s): planning on Edwin Kilgore Request:
 * Search http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4308/ch6.htm for "engineers Edwin Kilgore" and you will see a NASA photo having Edwin Kilgore in the center transuded from here Is there any chance of cropping and increasing the image to get an article usable image that will show at 75px? The license would be PD-USGov. -- Jreferee (talk) 14:38, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * It's just a blob - there's no face, really, just a vague hint of shape. Is there no better source? Google seems to think he's in this one, but that isn't going to be much better... Begoon &thinsp; talk  14:48, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking. There's probably a photo somewhere. I'll just have to keep looking. -- Jreferee (talk) 02:10, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Harry S. Havens
Article(s): Currently working on. Request:
 * Rotate, get rid of borders, clear background, clean up, etc. -- Jreferee (talk) 15:08, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   08:34, 3 November 2013 (UTC).
 * Much better. Thanks. -- Jreferee (talk) 12:25, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Much better. Thanks. -- Jreferee (talk) 12:25, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Etchmiadzin
Article(s): Etchmiadzin Cathedral Request:
 * Please remove the watermark and improve the quality if possible. --  Ե րևանցի  talk  22:12, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

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The Bob Newhart Show
Article(s): The Bob Newhart Show Request:
 * I uploaded the large BMP format of the titlecard in Flickr. Therefore, creating a PNG and SVG derivative of stand-alone logo is easier when in high resolution. If created, then I'll delete the image from Flickr permanently. -- George Ho (talk) 05:14, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Earle L. Messere
Request:
 * If possible, please improve. -- Jreferee (talk) 17:56, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

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The Love Boat
Article(s): The Love Boat Request:
 * Must create SVG and PNG derivatives. For alternative images: -- George Ho (talk) 04:27, 5 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Just in case, de:Datei:LoveBoat.svg is... not transferrable yet. --George Ho (talk) 07:08, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

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Remington Steele
Article(s): Remington Steele Request:
 * Needs a stand-alone logo. The background is of the subsequent Season, not the first Season. By the way, logo from Flickr. -- George Ho (talk) 22:45, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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Tour of Duty tv show
Article(s): Tour of Duty (TV series) Request:
 * Need a stand-alone logo for non-English Wikipedia pages. Here is hi-res photo: . -- George Ho (talk) 19:54, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Bones tv show
Article(s): Bones (TV series) Request:
 * Need a stand-alone logo in SVG. For hi-res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/100413771@N03/10733346555/. -- George Ho (talk) 23:48, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Rex E. Lee
Article(s): Rex E. Lee, List of presidents of Brigham Young University, and United States Solicitor General Request:
 * Please remove the Yellow frame. -- Naraht (talk) 14:35, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):✅ Removed frame and cleaned up. Centpacrr (talk) 15:53, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Request Frame Removal for five other US Solicitors General.
Article(s): United States Solicitor General and individual articles for them Request:
 * Please do the same on this that was done on Rex Lee above. I know this is more than three, will split if needed. -- Naraht (talk) 17:27, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 20:28, 8 November 2013 (UTC)

=Resolved=

Thomas Wakem Caldwell
Various images are available. Editors of the article can choose the one they prefer, and the edited versions are obviously freely available to the kind donor. I also encourage the donor, if desired, to request other work, which I'm sure would be gladly done. Thanks all. Begoon &thinsp; talk 22:06, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Article(s): Thomas Wakem Caldwell Request:
 * Great grandson of Thomas Wakem Caldwell who was a member of the Canadian Parliament just donated a family photo of his great grandfather. I thought it would be nice if Wikipedia improved the photo for his family and Wikipedia's use. Please improve based on your own judgment. -- Jreferee (talk) 13:10, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Made and uploaded a number of versions over the past 24+ hours. Centpacrr (talk) 15:38, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Yeah - sorry Centpaccr, I started playing with this before I noticed your "take", so now there's a greyscaled version too, in case that's any good. I'll leave it here to look at... I guess it's a matter of taste - I'm never sure whether to greyscale or not - but I kinda liked this one as b/w. Maybe the grandson will like to look at both versions. Great minds think alike with the background - our blurs look almost identical.
 * I also wasn't sure what the "white thing" was on the lapel, a mark, or something real - I took it out too in the end... Begoon &thinsp; talk  14:22, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Suggesting duotone P144 CVC version and some additional cleanup. --  Victor  • talk   07:40, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the work. -- Jreferee (talk) 05:17, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Rotation and clean up
Article(s): Triton (gastropod) Request:
 * Would someone please rotate the image about 90 degrees until the shell is straight up and down (aperture at the bottom), remove the lines in the blue background (and possibly lighten the image a little? it seems a bit dark to me). Thanks, Invertzoo (talk) 23:47, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

We might also consider trying to remove the square outline of dirt in the aperture, which is where a piece of tape was stuck to the inside of the shell. Only thing is that the subtle underlying pattern of color there must be retained, and that might be a bit difficult to do. Thanks again! Invertzoo (talk) 23:51, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

A really huge improvement, very well done, thanks so much Centpacrr; could we rotate the shell just a bit so that the long axis that runs through the shell is completely vertical on the page? Invertzoo (talk) 13:37, 28 October 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):   Rotated 90º CCW, lightened, cleaned up "tape" mark and lines in background as requested. Centpacrr (talk) 00:45, 28 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Image rotated 8º CCW and recropped. Centpacrr (talk) 16:02, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks so much, it looks absolutely fantastic now! Invertzoo (talk) 20:44, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

Wizards and Warriors (TV series)
Article(s): Wizards and Warriors (TV series) Request:
 * Has watermark. -- George Ho (talk) 06:27, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   08:28, 3 November 2013 (UTC).
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   08:28, 3 November 2013 (UTC).

✅; watermark removed. George Ho (talk) 07:38, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Dalva
Article(s): Dalva Request:
 * Has watermark. -- George Ho (talk) 20:38, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   08:27, 3 November 2013 (UTC).
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   08:27, 3 November 2013 (UTC).

Angel Street (TV series)
Article(s): Angel Street (TV series) Request:
 * Has watermark. -- George Ho (talk) 21:15, 1 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   15:25, 6 November 2013 (UTC).
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   15:25, 6 November 2013 (UTC).

File:Buffalo bill-show.jpg
Article(s): Buffalo Bill (TV series) Request:
 * Is the logo copyright-free? Regardless, I would like a text-only logo please, but make PNG and SVG derivatives, please. -- George Ho (talk) 18:42, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):
 * For hi-res photo: click here. --George Ho (talk) 18:58, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * PNG file done: here.  --  Victor  • talk   18:19, 6 November 2013 (UTC).
 * What about the SVG version then? Is the handwritten logo copyright-free? George Ho (talk) 18:28, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Is the handwritten logo copyright-free? There's a place you can discuss that. I know you know where it is, and it isn't here. Thanks, Victor by the way, that's cool. Begoon &thinsp; talk  18:50, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Is the handwritten logo copyright-free? There's a place you can discuss that. I know you know where it is, and it isn't here. Thanks, Victor by the way, that's cool. Begoon &thinsp; talk  18:50, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

Masem verified in his talk page that the handwritten logo is copyright-free. George Ho (talk) 19:26, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   04:10, 7 November 2013 (UTC).
 * Can you add handwriting borders to make white logo visible? George Ho (talk) 17:16, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Will do. --  Victor  • talk   17:26, 13 November 2013 (UTC).
 * -- Victor  • talk   17:57, 13 November 2013 (UTC).

Walter Dowdle
Request:
 * Please improve if needed/possible. Thanks. -- Jreferee (talk) 17:58, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 19:13, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I really enjoy seeing the improvements to the photos. -- Jreferee (talk) 21:24, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Joseph L. Moore
Request:
 * The photo seems a little dark. Please improve as you see fit, keeping the child in the photo. -- Jreferee (talk) 21:28, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 00:50, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Much better. Thanks! -- Jreferee (talk) 11:25, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Levon Larents, Haig Tiriakian
Article(s): Levon Larents, Haig Tiriakian Request:
 * Both pictures need touching up before they be approved for the DYK. The first one especially. As far as I can see, it is too dark and the quality is not that strong. Would love to see any sort of improvement. -- Proudbolsahye (talk) 00:48, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Can something be done for Haig Tiriakian's right cheek Proudbolsahye (talk) 02:33, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
 * I've tweaked the Tiriakian image a bit but I don't really know what change you want so please be specific.Centpacrr (talk) 02:49, 4 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Okay I can live with this. Thank you so much. I really appreciate the work you do. Proudbolsahye (talk) 03:57, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 01:44, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Gambia dalasi
Article(s): Gambia dalasi Request:
 * wikify and cleanup... -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 06:19, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): Cleaned up. Centpacrr (talk) 16:51, 10 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks, better! Question-since it's the same side of the same bill, do we need both? Which is better?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:28, 11 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Substituted image of obverse and reverse of note. Centpacrr (talk) 16:55, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Fantastic, and crisper, that's amazing! Thank you for the extra legwork!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:47, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Happy to help. (I also especially agree with items number 5, 6, 6a & 6b in the "About Me" section of your User Page.) Centpacrr (talk) 12:58, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

The Vapors
Article(s): The Vapors Request:
 * straighten, trim... -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:34, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 15:59, 11 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 11:43, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Parsegh Shahbaz
Article(s): Parsegh Shahbaz Request:
 * A quick touch up before heading to DYK would be nice. I think it should be a bit darkened and the background seems to look not so old. I'll leave it to the experts. -- Proudbolsahye (talk) 01:11, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 02:53, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

Extract legible inscription from portrait of Phineas Gage
Article(s): Phineas Gage Request: If some kind wizard would help me with this I'd be so very, very grateful. What I'm hoping is that someone can redo the creation of the inscription detail so that the inscription is as legible as possible -- use brightness changes, contrast, color, anything in the toolbox that will help bring the lettering out.
 * See Phineas Gage and the Notes section just below it to see the original portrait, and the detail image I extracted from it, which is meant to show the inscription but doesn't do a very good job.
 * I created the inscription detail by (1) rotating the portrait a few degrees clockwise (so the tamping iron is exactly vertical) then (2) cropping it down to just the tamping iron.
 * I believe that the rotation fuzzified the image substantially -- I probably used come crude software, don't remember -- so that the inscription is much less legible than it could be.

Other points:
 * If it's not possible to do the rotation without impairing the legibility of the inscription, then un-rotated would be best. That means the image will be wider but that's OK if it means better legibility.
 * The length of the detail image I created was cropped vertically to the portion that was at least arguably legible. If your techniques make a larger portion legible, then crop less. "Legible", for this purpose, should be very forgiving. For example, if a person wouldn't be able to read a section of the inscription just by looking on his own, but could make it out with the assistance of the transcription (Phineas Gage) then that section of the inscription should be kept. Maybe after (possibly) rotating, then applying whatever other corrections you find help, you could crop it to just the tamping iron horizontally, but the entire length of the tamping iron vertically -- it can always be further cropped vertically later, to suit however it will be used. (I hope all this makes sense.)

Thanks! It will be thrilling for the reader to be able to make out the words for himself. "This is the bar that was shot through the head of Mr Phinehas P. Gage..." EEng (talk) 04:47, 22 October 2013 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):
 * What -- are you like, open 24-7? EEng (talk) 08:39, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Not rushing you, but I'm wondering if there's a problem, or perhaps I can clarify what's wanted? EEng (talk) 01:23, 29 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Working on it. --  Victor  • talk   15:37, 1 November 2013 (UTC).
 * ✅ . --  Victor  • talk   07:07, 14 November 2013 (UTC).
 * Very much appreciated.
 * Very much appreciated.

Francis J. Mulhern
Article(s): Francis J. Mulhern Request:
 * Please do your usual improvement. -- Jreferee (talk) 09:53, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 12:18, 2 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Looks good. Thanks. Jreferee (talk) 12:24, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Kenneth E. Baker
Request:
 * Please crop out the photo of Kenneth E. Baker for use in a head shot at 75px and/or an infobox. He is the sixth from the right and you can see another photo (non-free) of him here Please improve the image as needed. -- Jreferee (talk) 12:22, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 16:33, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Fantastic! Thanks. -- Jreferee (talk) 17:54, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

David Altwegg
Request:
 * Please used one of the above photos and crop out an image of David Altwegg that can be used at 75px and/or an infobox. Thanks! -- Jreferee (talk) 12:29, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 16:41, 3 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Great job. Thanks! -- Jreferee (talk) 17:55, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Lossless crop needed
Article(s): Hipster (contemporary subculture) Request:
 * Please use a lossless program to crop out the black at the top and the bottom. Nyttend (talk) 22:05, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 00:58, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

Marble Arch
Article(s): Marble Arch Request:
 * There seems to be a bluish tint in the first image? In the second one, please remove the date visible in yellow colour, thank you. -- Gryffindor (talk) 10:02, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 19:30, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Gryffindor (talk) 22:45, 24 November 2013 (UTC)