Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Archive/Sep 2012

=Stale=

La Famille Royale de Tahiti
Article(s): Pōmare Dynasty Request: Please clean up this image and restore Princess Teriinavahoroa's hair (she is the farthest to the right on the middle row) without it looking too tacky like this one. Don't crop individual picture of each until I can see how close this book image can compare to actual photographs of the display File:La Famille Royale de Tahiti.jpg,, , ,. KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:46, 10 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

Andranik
Article(s): Andranik Ozanian Request: Please improve this photo - emphasize his face and body, so the background is brighter and can be distinguished as such. And make it black and white, if it looks better like that in your opinion. Yerevanci (talk) 19:03, 18 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Darkened and defocused background and lightened figure which looked better and more natural than a light background. Centpacrr (talk) 00:27, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

San Martín
Article(s): Later life of José de San Martín, José de San Martín Request: Please remove the white background around the oval Cambalachero (talk) 23:01, 21 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

Salvatore Cordileone
Article(s): Salvatore Cordileone Request: Can someone remove the jpg artifacts if its possible? Spongie555 (talk) 04:47, 26 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

Remove watermark
Article(s): John I of Portugal Request: Please remove the watermarks. On this link there are yellow circles that will make easier to see them. Thanks, Lecen (talk) 21:50, 29 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

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Tigran Mets coin
Article(s): Tigranes the Great Request: Please remove the background and balance the light. --Yerevanci (talk) 03:13, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion:✅ Centpacrr (talk) 18:04, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Buñuel
Article(s): Luis Buñuel Request: Please crop off the thin border from the first picture. Crop off the left side of the second. Squandermania (talk) 23:38, 7 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 17:53, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Misha B
Article(s): Misha B Request: Could a separate crop be made from this image that focuses a little more on her head and shoulders? - JuneGloom  Talk  18:44, 8 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 17:47, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Remove watermark
Article(s): José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco Request: Please remove watermark at the southeastern corner and also the name below the person. Do not make any other change to the photo. Thank you, Lecen (talk) 04:55, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Centpacrr, I'm sorry, but all I wanted was the removal of the watermark and of the name. There was no need to touch anything else. --Lecen (talk) 08:45, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 06:48, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Image request
Article(s): William Shatner James T. Kirk Request: Please minimize the shadow on his forehead and sharpen; when image is sharpened now, it looks like he was hit with an axe. :) Thanks, We hope (talk) 01:06, 19 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 03:21, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Crop
Article(s): Dustin Pedroia Request: Crop from the top, bottom, left, and right, but don't crop from the body itself. Albacore (talk) 17:55, 20 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):
 * ✅--ukexpat (talk) 18:44, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅--ukexpat (talk) 18:44, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

George Simon
Article(s): George_Simon_(artist and archaeologist) Request: I wondered if someone would be able to help me improve this image - or perhaps create a new version of this image - by removing the blue/grey painting in the background, behind the artist (which is not Simon's). I have also made this request at Commons. Loriski (talk) 10:40, 22 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Article is now in mainspace and has been reviewed...

✅ - This has been resolved on Commons Graphist opinion(s):

Tigran Petrosian
Article(s): Tigran Petrosian Request: Please remove the watermark. Yerevanci (talk) 18:55, 26 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ Centpacrr (talk) 19:31, 26 August 2012 (UTC)

Manchukuo
Article(s): Manchukuo Request: neutralize distracting background to black or white, for better contrast... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 02:14, 28 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 03:00, 28 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Thank you! Can you remove the shading, and make the background white?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:12, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Reichsmark
Article(s): Reichsmark Request: remove strange "burn mark", perhaps make png version and remove background... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:09, 28 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 05:10, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Sütterlin
Article(s): Sütterlin Request: remove crumple marks... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 03:15, 28 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 05:11, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Help with Flying Yankee photo, please
Article(s): Flying Yankee Request: Please correct, as it's very light. I removed the seller's watermark and went to grayscale with it. Know it needs cropping also. The "as found" image is also at Commons if that's needed or wanted. Thanks! We hope (talk) 16:51, 3 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 17:53, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Cropping of Existing Image - Jessie Brewer
Article(s): Jessie Brewer Request: I found this image on the Commons and would like a cropped version of just the top left photo (Emily McLaughlin as Jessie Brewer), so that it can be used on the character page for Jessie Brewer. Is this something I can do within wiki? Or would I have to download and reupload? (and if that's the case, does it affect the copyright descriptions or could I just duplicate the descriptions from the original photo?) Thank you! Kelly Marie 0812 (talk) 05:11, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi-I stopped by and saw you needed the photo cropped. It's now right here: File:Jessie Brewer General Hospital.jpg. You're right re: duplicating the copyright information since you're using a portion of the original upload.  HTH! We hope (talk) 13:48, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s):

Image has been reversed
Article(s): Lawrence Alma-Tadema Request: This image has been reversed from the original painting. I knew the owner of the painting before it was sold in 1995 and have viewed it many times. I also have my own photograph of the original. There is another (correctly orientated) copy of the image on this page in the NYT.Timzim99 (talk) 16:05, 5 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 17:58, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Watermarks removal
Article(s): Francissca Peter Request: Appreciate if someone could remove the dates and watermarks. Thanks.  Arteyu ? Blame it on me ! 02:29, 23 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 14:17, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Hugo Johnstone-Burt
Article(s): Hugo Johnstone-Burt Request: Could the image be cropped to focus more on Hugo, thus removing his friend? JuneGloom  Talk  00:18, 6 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 13:49, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Indonesian religious figure
Article(s): Fakih Usman Request: Remove the crease, standardise the contrast — Crisco 1492 (talk) 12:56, 6 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):✅ Centpacrr (talk) 13:37, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Toad tadpole development.
Article(s): Common toad Request: Please could you flip this so that the series of images is aligned horizontally rather than vertically. Thank you. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:40, 24 August 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

I started playing with this image when I noticed something. The tadpole appears to get smaller as it matures. Shouldn't the body stay the same size (or even get larger) with each successive image? I understand it shows the progression, but especially combined with the scale bar, is it not inaccurate and/or misleading? – JBarta (talk) 09:17, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * When it undergoes metamorphosis its tissues are rearranged and the tail absorbed so I think the photographs are not misleading. However, I no longer need your help as another editor has produced a horizontal series as part of the FAC and I have just uploaded this to Commons here. I am sorry if I have wasted your time. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:03, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Translucid background
Article(s): Emily Dickinson Request: First, remove the two dark spots on her face (one is above her right eye and the other below her left eye). Just that. nothing more. After that, remove the borders and add a translucid background, like in this picture. Thank you, Lecen (talk) 12:24, 8 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ - Hopefully this is along the lines of what you were after. I have only removed the dots near the eyes and the frame as requested. Kind regards, Fallschirmjäger &#9993; 17:37, 9 September 2012 (UTC) ✅Digitally restored original image. Centpacrr (talk) 19:32, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Coyote attacks on children
Article(s): Coyote attacks on children Request: Does there seem to be some discoloration or something with this photo? Can it be improved? Chrisrus (talk) 17:01, 12 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅, how's that? - Kingpin 13 (talk) 20:06, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Good. Wow, you can't easily see it, can you?  I suppose that contributes to the effectiveness of the photo.  It really illustrates how well the species' camoflauge works against certain backgrounds.  What do you think was the cause of the purplish circle in the center, the camera or the vegetation? Chrisrus (talk) 20:17, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I suppose it could be that the white balance on the camera was off slightly. Yes, the coyote is quite difficult to pick out from the background, especially on the smaller image above. - Kingpin13 (talk) 20:33, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Cocos Island
Article(s): Cocos Island Request: trim background to round... Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 01:53, 4 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅ - <b style="color:#4D5D53">Fallschirm</b><b style="color:#2E8B57">jäger</b><b style="color:#701"></b></i> <b style="color:#3CB371">&#9993;</b> 20:39, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:33, 14 September 2012 (UTC)

Stitching files together: 2-8-2+2-8-2
Article(s): 2-8-2+2-8-2 Request: The picture is of a 2-8-2 [oOOOOo] locomotive wheel arrangement. Please stitch two of this picture together end to end to create a 2-8-2+2-8-2 [oOOOOooOOOOo] Garratt wheel arrangement similar to that of the 2-6-2+2-6-2 depicted here. André Kritzinger 22:20, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

For the interim, I've temporarily made do with side-by-side multiple images in the 2-8-2+2-8-2 article. André Kritzinger 00:08, 14 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅: Don't bother, I managed to roll my own. André Kritzinger 15:51, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Stitching files together: 4-6-2+2-6-4
Article(s): 4-6-2+2-6-4 Request: The pictures are of the 4-6-2 [ooOOOo] and 2-6-4 [oOOOoo] locomotive wheel arrangements. Please stitch the two pictures together end to end to create a 4-6-2+2-6-4 [ooOOOooOOOoo] Garratt wheel arrangement similar to that of the 2-6-2+2-6-2 depicted here. André Kritzinger 22:20, 11 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅: Don't bother, I managed to roll my own. André Kritzinger 15:55, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Stitching files together: 4-8-2+2-8-4
Article(s): 4-8-2+2-8-4 Request: The pictures are of the 4-8-2 [ooOOOOo] and 2-8-4 [oOOOOoo] locomotive wheel arrangements. Please stitch the two pictures together end to end to create a 4-8-2+2-8-4 [ooOOOOooOOOOoo] Garratt wheel arrangement similar to that of the 2-6-2+2-6-2 depicted here. André Kritzinger 22:20, 11 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): ✅: Don't bother, I managed to roll my own. André Kritzinger 15:57, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

San Martín
Article(s): Later life of José de San Martín, José de San Martín Request: Please remove the white background around the oval Graphist opinion(s): Will this version work? — Jdcollins13 (talk)
 * The one to the left it's larger and its color is actually more alike the actual daguerreotype from where it was taken. Couldn't you remove the background and upload a new version with translucent background? --Lecen (talk) 14:55, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure can, just checking to see if you could use what is already here first. — Jdcollins13 (talk) 15:37, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * How's that?— Jdcollins13 (talk) 15:58, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
 * The second image seems to have more noise than the original. Is it a result of the conversion from jpg to png? Cambalachero (talk) 14:18, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Pictures in png format when shown in size around 100px or lower seems to look less defined than an identical picture in jpg format. You won't have any trouble if you use it with size above 150px (better 200px in this particular case). --Lecen (talk) 14:22, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's because .png isn't for photographs, it's for things like line art. Photographs should be maintained in .jpeg format (which does not support transparency). Br'er Rabbit (talk) 03:37, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * That's because .png isn't for photographs, it's for things like line art. Photographs should be maintained in .jpeg format (which does not support transparency). Br'er Rabbit (talk) 03:37, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Eisenhower in Taiwan
Article(s): Foreign relations of Taiwan Request: This black-and-white photograph has a curious pinkish patch towards the bottom, which surely can't be intentional. Please could somebody sort it out? Thank you. GrahamN (talk) 23:57, 16 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion: I did some retouching. I know it didn't come out great, so feel free to revert it. -- Ե րևանցի  ասելիք կա՞  00:52, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't know why you say "it didn't come out great" - it looks absolutely perfect to me! Well done, and thank you.  GrahamN (talk) 20:51, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, no problem. It took me minutes to get it done. I just know that some people can actually make it look like the photo was taken yesterday. -- Ե րևանցի  ասելիք կա՞  19:37, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Mokuaikaua Church
Article(s): Mokuaikaua Church Request: Please clean up the blotches and lines and try to denoise it. Thank you. KAVEBEAR (talk) 22:20, 18 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

I reduced most of that diagonal noise and got rid of major spots and lines. There's a spot directly over the steeple that I wasn't sure about. Is the upper dot a part of the steeple or a mark on the photo? I don't know, so I left it. – JBarta (talk) 08:28, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I think it is probably part of the steeple. Great job, thank you very much.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 17:56, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Here is an image of the church from about the same time and it too has the upper spot. – JBarta (talk) 00:47, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Catalonia
Article(s): Catalonia Request: trim away extra flooring. if you have time, please make a second one, PNG, rotated, all back trimmed away. thanks. Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 09:58, 16 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I note that the caption to this image at 2012 Catalan independence demonstration reads 'One of the green cards handed out to attendees'. But the photograph is clearly of a page from a magazine - not a card at all.  I hope the reason for your request to trim the edges is not that you hope to pass this off as a genuine picture of the card!  That would be a little unethical, wouldn't it?  Maybe a better option for you would be to amend the caption to say "A reproduction of one the green cards handed out to attendees, as printed in on .  What do you think?  GrahamN (talk) 21:52, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
 * What do I think? I think you are a imbecile, jumping to conclusions and ascribing motives to me. Maybe a better option for you would be to keep your stupidity to yourself and stop putting words in others' mouths.  What do you think?--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 19:15, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

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Transparent background
Article(s): Pedro I of Brazil Request: Hi! I need a new .png version of each with transparent background, please. Lecen (talk) 12:54, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Graphist opinion(s): ✅ -  The files are File:Dom Pedro I 1809c.png and  File:Dom Pedro I 1809d.png. --GianniG46 (talk) 12:21, 21 September 2012 (UTC)


 * That's what I wanted! Thanks a lot, Gianni. I'm grateful. --Lecen (talk) 12:34, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Thurston
Article(s): Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston, Persis Goodale Thurston Taylor Request: Please turn these images black and white, denoise and clean up... KAVEBEAR (talk) 22:20, 18 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s): Saturated first three images and slightly removed the noise and copped the unnecessary parts. The first one actually came up really bad, cause you can see the repetitive copy pastes on the upper left corner. -- Ե րևանցի  ասելիք կա՞  04:18, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
 * On the fourth image removed the periodic noise (by FFT) and performed some cleaning.--GianniG46 (talk) 16:16, 20 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Could you turn the fourth one black and white to see which color is better?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 20:24, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Great job on two, three, and four. But the first one isn't so good. Is it possible to redo the problematic upper left corner that you noted. I was only looking for the color lines and noises to be removed, so the original background could be retained.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 20:24, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I was not able to upload the b&w version of Kawaihae Bay as a derivative file, because DerivativeFX tells me "License of this file: No valid license found!". Does anyone know why? I don't want to overwrite the file, because I think the color version is better. --GianniG46 (talk) 07:37, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * In the meantime, I repaired the upper left corner of file #1. --GianniG46 (talk) 07:43, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Now, with, DerivativeFX works! --GianniG46 (talk) 14:37, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Asa and Lucy Thurston
Article(s): Asa and Lucy Goodale Thurston Request: Please retain colors. Just remove noise and weird looking grid-like line patterns. Please don't clean up or redo background/clothing like previous photograph of their daughter. And don't crop anything. Thanks. KAVEBEAR (talk) 20:02, 21 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):


 * ✅: Done as requested. PawełMM (talk) 07:36, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * ❌ Both images got blurrier and disfocused and the second version still had the color frequencies.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 18:34, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Done, by FFT, but perhaps the second is not so good.--GianniG46 (talk) 22:04, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Uploaded a better elaboration of the second file. --GianniG46 (talk) 19:39, 24 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Keep up the good work.--KAVEBEAR (talk) 08:18, 26 September 2012 (UTC)

Ann Widdecombe
Article(s): Ann Widdecombe Request: Can you create a seperate file for a crop of the lady on the left? So keep the original image, and create a new file: File:Ann Widdecombe (cropped). Thanks! — M.Mario  (T/C) 22:04, 25 September 2012 (UTC) Graphist opinion(s):

This kind of crop doesn't look good, and you end up with a bit fuzzy image of low quality (lady is not in focus - books behind her are). Marekich (talk) 12:33, 27 September 2012 (UTC)