Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop/Archive/Jul 2015

Olivia De Berardinis[edit]

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– Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:21, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article(s): Olivia De Berardinis

Request: please trim vanity shot to focus on her, the one notable and subject of the article… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 08:40, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done Carl Henderson (talk) 05:49, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

GREAT, THANK YOU!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:21, 4 July 2015 (UTC) (oops, cap lock)[reply]

Krzyz Harcerski[edit]

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– Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 16:27, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article(s): Krzyz Harcerski

Request: please make equilateral-that is, it should be as tall as it is wide… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 13:11, 2 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done I am assuming you wanted the image to be square (it is not 300x300). If you wanted the medal to be distorted—or undistorted, as the case may be—I can do that, too. Just let me know.

Yeah, undistorted please, it looks like the top is the most squashed.--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 14:22, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Okay. I have fixed that; it is now as close to even on the vertical and horizontal as I can get it at that resolution. Carl Henderson (talk) 22:42, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 16:27, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fiorina[edit]

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Carly Fiorina

Article(s): Carly Fiorina

Request: There's a weird shadow that looks like a spot between her left eye (on our right) and her nose. Is it okay to lighten it? If so, please also crop image so it can potentially go at the top of the article. Thanks. We're having some difficulty picking a stable image for the top of this article, so any suggestions would also be welcome. This person is a candidate for the U.S. presidency.-- Anythingyouwant (talk) 05:53, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

It looks like a natural, permanent 'blemish' that can be seen in other photos of Mrs Fiorina. I would strongly recommend against removing it. And as this isn't a particularly nice image I'd recommend using this one for the infobox. nagual design 06:32, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, thanks for the advice and suggestion. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 06:41, 3 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cropped for infobox and the shadow/blemish/whatever reduced. I looked at a number of high resolution photos on the web and the dark spot was in some, and not in others. Whether this is rampant photoshopping, make-up, or just a trick of the light on her features, I don't know. If you like this version better feel free to use it in the InfoBox. I think it is a slightly better photo overall. Carl Henderson (talk) 05:54, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have added it to the gallery at the article talk page, Talk:Carly_Fiorina#Top_pic.Anythingyouwant (talk) 22:59, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I wasn't talking about that shadow at all, I meant the pimple to the left (her left) of her nose. nagual design 03:15, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The consensus has settled on this image as the top image:

Any suggestions about how the quality might be improved?Anythingyouwant (talk) 18:38, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How about that? A little saturation, a little sharpness, a little contrast. It's actually a very nice image to begin with, so there isn't much room for improvement. As always, revert if necessary. MjolnirPants Tell me all about it. 20:10, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the improvement. Cheers.Anythingyouwant (talk) 20:21, 8 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The image above is one-third podium. I would suggest a cropping for a close-up. Carl Henderson (talk) 18:57, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. I see that the actual article uses a cropped close-up already. Carl Henderson (talk) 19:01, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 Presidential candidate Jack Fellure[edit]

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Dark, somewhat blurry image of presidential candidate Jack Fellure

Article(s): Jack Fellure, Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016

Request: This is the only free image currently available of Republican presidential candidate Jack Fellure. It is somewhat dark and blurry. I am hoping it can be lightened and enhanced. I would greatly appreciate any assistance on this matter. -- William S. Saturn (talk) 07:34, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Done Sort of. I lightened sections of the image, and applied an auto-contrast and unsharp mask filters. I think this new version is an mild improvement, but please note that with blurred image (especially a low resolution one) there is very little that can be done to make it less blurred. Carl Henderson (talk) 22:51, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your help. It is an improvement.--William S. Saturn (talk) 23:29, 4 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Simple rotate[edit]

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School building

Article(s): McComb High School (Ohio)

Request: Just please rotate this; I took the photo while driving and didn't get it straight -- Nyttend (talk) 14:36, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Retouched version

Done - @Nyttend: How is this? Rotated so the base of the building is level and removed the power line and sign post. Offnfopt^(talk) 16:01, 7 July 2015 (UTC) Edit: I uploaded a new revision, check which one you prefer and revert if needed. The first upload I rotated to align the base of the building with the base of the image, the second revision I rotated without using the base of the building. Offnfopt^(talk) 16:22, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; I'm quite satisfied (but for some reason the ping didn't work), so I've uploaded it on top of the original photo. Nyttend (talk) 20:28, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

White background for electronic cigarette image[edit]

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– Image was added to the article today. QuackGuru (talk) 21:27, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article(s): Electronic cigarette

Request: I think this image can be useful if the background is turned white. QuackGuru (talk) 22:17, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): I have moved this request here to the photography lab as it seems like a photographic edit. NikNaks _{talk - gallery} 17:26, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done Carl Henderson (talk) 00:35, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Colo-Colo v La Coruña Association Football Match[edit]

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Chilean football club Colo-Colo playing against Spanish club Deportivo La Coruña in 1927.

Article(s): Bicycle kick

Request: Please, could the image's watermark in the lower right-hand area be removed? Thank you! -- MarshalN20 ^Talk 02:54, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Done Carl Henderson (talk) 08:05, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Carl!.--MarshalN20 ^Talk 15:17, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File:Chetro Ketl from the south, 1981.png[edit]

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Black and white aerial view of Chetro Ketl

Article(s): Chetro Ketl

Request: I'm hoping this image will benefit from restoration to bring out the details a little better. Thanks. -- RO ^(talk) 19:07, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Done I did the following:

Reduced size to minimize compression artifacts.

Auto-tone and Auto-contrast filters applied.

Unsharp mask filter applied.

Please note that the original resolution was "fake" in that a highly compressed file has apparently been blown up, leading to a lot of compression artifacts visible in the photo.

This is the best I can do with the original. Carl Henderson (talk) 23:24, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The original is from a 20-year-old New York library scan that I took a screenshot of, so you were working with total junk. Sorry about that, but it looks much better now. Thank you, Carl! RO ^(talk) 23:29, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

HMS Amphion 1904 football match against a Peruvian team[edit]

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News report of a football match between the HMS Amphion and a Peruvian squad
Improved focus on the football match image

Article(s): Bicycle kick; Football in Peru; El Comercio (Peru); Lima Cricket & Football Club

Request: Please remove the watermark ("El Comercio") from the middle of the images. The second image has additional watermark in the right-hand corner (please remove that one as well). Also, if possible, any restoration work for these images would be appreciated. Thanks!--MarshalN20 ^Talk 06:55, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Done I removed the watermarks. However the original images are so degraded that there was very little I could to improve them, other than some clean-up of stray dots, remove some bleedthrough, and apply an unsharp mask. Carl Henderson (talk) 18:53, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another awesome improvement! Thank you, Carl.--MarshalN20 ^Talk 19:51, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Piastre[edit]

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– Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:32, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article(s): Piastre

Request: please straighten and remove background… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 00:36, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Request taken by Appaches (talk) 13:25, 15 July 2015 (UTC).[reply]

@Kintetsubuffalo: I proposed files --Appaches (talk) 14:20, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic, thank you!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:32, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I had been working on these independently and uploaded my versions to the new PNG commons pages. They are a cleaner crop and have been slightly rotated to bring all the coins in line with the horizontal. Carl Henderson (talk) 06:14, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Carl Henderson: thank you ! --Appaches (talk) 11:45, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thayer Melvin[edit]

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Photographic portrait of Thayer Melvin.

Article(s): Thayer Melvin

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This photographic portrait was copied from the below source and needs to have the printing and scan patterns smoothed out. Please feel free to amend this image as necessary, as it does need some work. I leave it in the capable hands of the graphists! -- West Virginian (talk) 23:50, 17 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Atkinson, George Wesley (1919). Bench and Bar of West Virginia. Charleston, West Virginia: Virginia Law Book Company. p. 105. OCLC 8899470. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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First edition of The Gorilla Hunters[edit]

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PNG image
Different JPEG version

Article(s): The Gorilla Hunters

Request: I need help on having the first edition (1861) of the novel uploaded. However, there is a background. I need someone who can turn the background into white. Or perhaps create a PNG image and JPEG image? Here's the link to the first edition: [1] -- George Ho (talk) 05:56, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Are you intending this to be a fair use photo? Because while it would be easy to take out the background, the composition of the original photo at the link is probably such that this would probably not pass on Wikipedia. My opinion. Carl Henderson (talk) 06:49, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The book is out of copyright. The author died for more than 100 years, and the first edition was published in 1861. is So it should be considered public domain. Here's proof that the book is the first edition: [2]. Of course, there is another edition from 1874 ([3]); it's easy to upload. George Ho (talk) 07:04, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the book is clearly out of copyright. However, the photo of the book that you linked above is copyrighted. While photos of public domain images that are "slavish copies" of the original are not granted copyright protection under US law (see Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp.), images that contain original composition elements are copyrightable (and copyrighted). This is especially true of images of three-dimensional objects (as is the case with the photo of the book you linked). See Wikipedia:Public_domain#Non-creative_works for more information. On the other hand, if you had a flat, face-on photo of just the cover of the 1st edition, that would be okay to reproduce here. Carl Henderson (talk) 05:05, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All right, let's treat it as fair use then until I find the flat image of book cover. But the edition is rare, so finding it and scanning it have rare chances. In the meantime, the current fair use book cover is replaceable by first edition. --George Ho (talk) 05:43, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See if this works for you [4] Carl Henderson (talk) 06:14, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa! That's magnificent. How did you convert to flat image? I changed it to public domain. --George Ho (talk) 07:49, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A high resolution starter image, Photoshop, and years of practice :) Carl Henderson (talk) 23:11, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I uploaded File:The Gorilla Hunters Robert Michael Ballantyne first edition 1861.jpg as free to use from another source. The brighter, the better. George Ho (talk) 08:01, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alfred Erich Hoche[edit]

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– Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 00:17, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article(s): Alfred Erich Hoche

Request: please remove background-appears photocopied from other source… -- Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 17:35, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done Centpacrr (talk) 17:58, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, that is significantly better, and natural looking, thanks!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 00:17, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Vakhushti[edit]

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Prince Vakhushti of Kartli

Article(s): Prince Vakhushti of Kartli

Request: Please remove the watermark from the upper right. Jaqeli 12:36, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Done Carl Henderson (talk) 23:09, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Jaqeli 23:19, 20 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Remove watermark[edit]

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Ugly modernist building

Article(s): Cuyahoga Community College and Highland Hills, Ohio

Request: Could you un-watermark this image? Nyttend (talk) 15:47, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done WMR and generally cleaned up. Centpacrr (talk) 17:29, 21 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Emily Gould[edit]

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Emily Gould

Request: A good crop, please. -- ResMar 17:01, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done Cropped to a head shot suitable for an infobox. (I think that's what you were asking for.) Carl Henderson (talk) 02:55, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mirian III[edit]

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Article(s): Mirian III of Iberia

Request: Please remove the watermarks from the images. Image 1 has watermarks in the middle and down right and Image 2 has the watermark in the middle right. Jaqeli 11:56, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Done Carl Henderson (talk) 05:44, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Carl. Jaqeli 10:12, 24 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rostom[edit]

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Article(s): Rostom of Kartli

Request: Please remove the watermark in the middle. Jaqeli 12:02, 25 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

I don't think it can be done. Removing large multi-colored watermarks from an image is usually a matter of cloning similar image areas and outright redrawing in photoshop. That's not really possible with a handwritten document. Your best bet is to try to find a copy of the document from another source online, or in a physical book. Carl Henderson (talk) 01:35, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This kind of watermark was successfully removed by @MagentaGreen: in the past so I hope he shows up to help. Thanks. Jaqeli 07:51, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Drop him/her a message on their talk page asking for help. They may not look at the Graphics Lab regularly. Carl Henderson (talk) 22:08, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]