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Photography workshop

This workshop is part of the Graphic Lab, a project aimed at picture retouching 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):

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 IMAGENAME.EXT|Description of image
 IMAGE#TWO.EXT|2nd image (If there is one)
 ETCETCETC.EXT|Don't request too many at once, though
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Clean up to improve appearance

Article(s): en:Paul Martin (illustrator) - reachable via the link in reference 201.

Request

Hello. I am the original uploader of this image. I still have the original magazine. I would like to avoid any alterations that would require a new file name. Please tweak this image to make it more presentable. Notice how there is a bluish tint or something in the lower-third left section, for instance. The background should be more naturally uniform. I'd appreciate just some touch-ups to improve the overall quality without creating a new file name. That might mean improving the focus and coloring and removing any glare area. I attempted to improve the image with my basic image editor on May 2, 2025 (under "File history"). However, I seemed to give it an artificial glitter appearance instead. Update. I increased size and tried again w/o success on 7/5.

Graphist opinion(s): Hi JimPercy, I strongly recommend rephotographing if that’s possible. Ideally use a bright sunny room during the day, but set the magazine as far away from the windows and direct sunlight as possible. Turn indoor lights off (if using natural light); we don’t want mixed lighting sources that have differing colours. Zoom your lens in, step back and set your shutter speed to 1/100 or higher. Take the photo without cropping in the outside edge of the magazine, and we can crop digitally. HTGS (talk) 18:50, 11 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pianezza

View of Pianezza 1
View of Pianezza 2
View of Pianezza 3

Article(s):

Request

Hi. If possible, I would ask to "improve" one of three images. I know they are old and not very good, but for this not so small city in Italy here in commons there are no views of Pianezza. Thank you in advance. --MrKeefeJohn (talk) 20:31, 13 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MrKeefeJohn, I've improved the 2nd image. If you can request the high-res image from the archive, that would be great. I can do a lot more with the full scan. JayCubby (talk) 16:34, 14 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JayCubby: Thank you. Is it a possible to upload the improved image like a new, "indipendent" file? About your suggestion, it's a good idea, but I'm not sure to have time to do it :-( MrKeefeJohn (talk) 06:29, 15 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Signature and hopefully identification for portrait of William James, Bishop of Durham, 1606-1617

File:The counties of England, their story and antiquities (1912) (14578208158).jpg

View Book Page: Book Viewer

Request: Hello, can someone take a look at this file: Portrait of William James, Bishop of Durham, 1606-1617 signed by William James. A cropped version of the file for the signature would be great to add to the Category:William James (bishop) and William James. Thank you so much. Lotje (talk) 16:17, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s): I'm not a graphist, but that's not William James' signature, it's a printer's mark indicating they redrew the oil painting for a printing plate. You also didn't even link to the version with the signature, which isn't on Commons. -Nard (Hablemonos) (Let's talk) 01:31, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Remove unwanted motorcycle shadow (Agadir Souk Al Had)

360° panoramic view of the main gate of Souk Al Had, Agadir. The issue is an unwanted motorcycle shadow visible on the right foreground pavement.

Article(s): Agadir, Souk El Had

Request

Please remove the **unwanted motorcycle shadow** visible on the **right-hand side foreground pavement** of the image.

The edit should preserve the natural stone texture and lighting consistency of the ground, without altering people, architecture, or perspective.

No cropping is requested; only a clean retouch to eliminate the shadow artifact.

This image is intended for encyclopedic use, so the result should remain realistic and neutral.

Thank you. --Flaspec (talk) 12:11, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Massive stacking errors visible - do you have the original files? Grunpfnul (talk) 12:31, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for checking. I’m not the original uploader of the image, so unfortunately I don’t have access to the original source files.

For reference, the exact location corresponding to the affected foreground area can be found in **Google Maps (satellite imagery)** at the following coordinates (Street View also available):

30.411268, -9.579653

This should allow precise inspection of the pavement texture and lighting conditions. Hopefully it helps with a realistic reconstruction. --Flaspec (talk) 13:43, 23 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Crop images and focus only on car

Article(s): it:Škoda Fabia R5/Rally2 evo

Request

Crop this images and focus only on car and cut others wallpapers panoramic element. Please and replace it on Wikipedia pages that's using this picture.--~2025-42931-59 (talk) 10:45, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Passed more 10 days, why nothing respond me? ~2026-10016-6 (talk) 21:04, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Remember these requests are all done by volunteers and it has been the holiday season. Maybe no one was interested in such images for work you can easily do yourself, or they were too busy. There are no deadlines here so please be patient. You can easily do this with the crop tool that you find in your preferences when you have a registered account. Check out the details given 5 posts below this one. Ww2censor (talk) 12:08, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Also note, mate unless these images are truly yours you shouldn't be requesting to crop or manipulate them without the user's permission. If you want to do so please create an account and you can crop and manipulate them yourself by creating a new file. Lots of users do it that way, including myself --LuvsMG481 (talk) 05:47, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Chromatic aberration

Some strong chromatic aberration and composition issue (too much negative space)
chromatic aberration must be fixed. There are some with most prominent on hands
Not sharp, also some chromatic aberration

Article(s): [[]]

Request

Here are three images and the opinion about those images by reviewer for Quality Images. I have added those reviews in the caption. Kindly correct those errors --Wasiul Bahar (talk) 16:12, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Best to get this images right would be with to the original raw files. Work on the jpgs will get nothing out of the many raw processors magic. Grunpfnul (talk) 23:41, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Any way to provide raw files? Commons doesn't allow to upload raw files Wasiul Bahar (talk) 15:50, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

WeTransfer or Dropbox could be possible (yes, its a shame that commons dosn't support this :( ) Grunpfnul (talk) 15:54, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Heinrich von Kleist

German writer Heinrich von Kleist, circa 1808
My try

Article(s): The image has 51 uses on Wikimedia projects.

Request: Can someone clean up the flash reflection in the upper left corner and do anything else that would improve this portrait? Thanks for your time. Geoffroi 02:09, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Gave it a try Grunpfnul (talk) 11:17, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ramadan article infobox image montage request

Men breaking their fast during iftar in Dubai Grand Mosque
A crescent moon over Sarıçam, Turkey
Women reading the Quran in Bandar Torkaman, Iran
Tarawih prayers in a mosque in West Sumatra, Indonesia
Iftar meal
Ramadan decorations in the streets of Aden, Yemen
Zakat donation boxes in Taipei, Taiwan

Article(s): en:Ramadan

Request: Can anyone create a single montage consisting of these images and place it in article of Ramadan on English Wikipedia, currently these images are placed using Template: multiple images which makes it not much better when compare to visibility plus unneccessarily makes spurce code large if someone attempt to edit-~2026-10934-70 (talk) 13:07, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Removing a watermark

Open-Air Sport, 1923 - Paul Klee

Article(s):

Request

Is it possible to remove the watermark? --Yann (talk) 22:53, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In progress JayCubby (talk) 23:15, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Yann:

Done?, by downloading a worse, but watermark-free copy from Alamy and masking it over the watermarked regions. JayCubby (talk) 23:24, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@JayCubby: Wow! That was fast and efficient! Thanks a lot! Yann (talk) 23:30, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Always happy to help. This tool works well on Alamy, but I would suggest using an ad-blocker. JayCubby (talk) 23:34, 22 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Crop request: portrait from upper photo (second person from left)

Evelyn Einstein and Hans Martin Sutermeister in Berkeley CA
Cropped and retouched

Article(s): en:Evelyn Einstein

Request

The file contains two photos stacked vertically. Please crop only the upper photo. I would like a portrait crop of the second person from the left: a young woman wearing glasses and a uniform - it’s Evelyn Einstein. Head-and-shoulders portrait preferred. --Υ.Γ. (talk) 18:54, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Easily done. But @Υ.Γ., could you rescan this and upload the TIFF? Flatbed scanners produce great results, and I can perform color correction, etc, on the TIFF better. JayCubby (talk) 19:07, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Dear JayCubby, I can’t create a TIFF scan right now. I’ll try to do that as soon as possible. Much appreciated!--Υ.Γ. (talk) 19:20, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. JayCubby (talk) 19:24, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

In the meantime I uploaded a cropped and retouched version. Just cropping would result in a very small photo, as shown in the file history. If you prefer the small "head-and-shoulders portrait" without the uniform, you or we can easily reset this by one click in the file history. --NearEMPTiness (talk) 08:15, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Remove text

K-1 Air Base

Article(s): en:K-1 Air Base, en:2019 K-1 Air Base attack

Request: Is it possible for the text to be removed from this image? Hsnkn (talk) 00:55, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Extensive dust

Article(s): (extensive)

Request

Could a graphist remove dust? JayCubby (talk) 01:39, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly done already. If helpful, my version JayCubby (talk) 01:57, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Light reflex

Article(s): (extensive)

Request: Can you withdraw the light reflex? Thank you. GualdimG (talk) 11:31, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Audi Q7 Filipino images (not mine, but cropped from another user)

Front view of Audi Q7. Please straighten, and do major adjustments to comply with Wikipedia's CARPIX guideline and under COM:QI.
Rear view of Audi Q7. Please clean up and do major adjustments on it to ensure it meets carpix standards. Needs major adjustments

Article(s): Extensive, mainly Audi Q7

Request: Please do major edits and cleanups for the images, also adjusting brightness and other work to ensure its the best quality possible. --LuvsMG481 (talk) 15:07, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Perspective correction for building facade

Facade of the Palazzo di Propaganda Fide in Rome

Article(s): Palazzo di Propaganda Fide, Dicastery for Evangelization

Request: Kindly perform perspective correction to straighten the facade. --– Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 14:52, 21 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done How does this look? cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 06:34, 24 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, this is good. – Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 13:48, 24 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 02:15, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Perspective correction of File:Seattle Downtown Aerial, July 2025 (zoomed).jpg

Downtown Seattle aerial photo, July 2025
Done

Article(s): en:Downtown Seattle, en:List of cities in the United States with the most skyscrapers, en:Seattle,en:Seattle metropolitan area

Request: Would someone with a good perspective correction tool please upload a perspective-corrected version of this under a new file name? I would also appreciate if the tool is open source and you tell me which tool you used. Thank you. ↠Pine (✉) 07:09, 25 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Please see above. I used Snapseed. I've enhanced Mount Rainier. If that's undesirable, please revert. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 03:02, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 05:38, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks very much, cmglee. I will follow up if a non-enhanced version of Mount Rainier is required. I am unaware how the mountain looked that day to human vision, so I am unaware if the enhanced version is more true-to-life. I think it looks nicer. I will follow up on ENWP regarding the enhancement. ↠Pine (✉) 20:50, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Pine: My pleasure. I've replied to your post on en:Wikipedia_talk:Featured_picture_candidates#Question_on_perspective_corrections_&_touch-ups_of_existing_FPs. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 08:43, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Color correction from Dutch photo archive

Pat Murphy (blueish)
Danny Rombley
Rob Cordemans

Article(s): en:Danny Rombley, :en:Rob Cordemans

Request: I have uploaded several photos from a Dutch photo archive, but these images are poorly color corrected (they're taken from photo negatives. Any assistance on how to color correct them and re-upload them to the Commons would be appreciated. --Sloopyploop (talk) 11:14, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): user:Sloopyploop, all 3 Done, some dust corrected on first. Better? I used the curves tool, and then set the neutral point to skin, which got colors mostly where they should be. JayCubby (talk) 23:15, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. What tools/programs did you use to edit and reupload them? Sloopyploop (talk) 07:43, 30 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Sloopyploop, I used the 'levels' and 'hue/saturation' tool in Photopea. Pbrks touched up in GIMP, too. JayCubby (talk) 13:12, 30 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Guillermo Tolentino portrait restoration

Scan of a portrait of Guillermo Tolentino

Article(s): en:Guillermo Tolentino

Request: Kindly crop and restore this portrait. If possible, please remove the flash as well. Thanks! --– Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 15:33, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): * Partially done. I will leave his shoulder to someone else. Could you ask the UP for a higher-resolution scan? JayCubby (talk) 16:09, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I'll try to get in touch with the UP Library. – Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 16:14, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, unfortunately, the library hasn't gotten back to me. – Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 15:44, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

That often happens. If they do (I've seen archives respond after several months), just ping me. JayCubby (talk) 17:18, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please improve woman's image and evaluate couple's image and house image

Betty Birthright, lightened
Betty Birthright, original
Charles and Betty
Birthright house 1910

Article(s): en:Charles and Bettie Birthright, en:Charles and Bettie Birthright House

Request: I’m using the first and third image in two Charles and Betty Birthright articles. The original woman's image was dark and I brightened it. I was wondering if her image could be improved. I am including the original and my edit. The image of the couple, Charles and Betty, can that also be improved? And the last image of the couple in front of their historic home, I have not used it in the house article, because it is such a poor quality image. Can that be improved enough to use on their historic house Wiki page? Thank you for any help.

MauraWen (talk) 19:35, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

MauraWen, the last image is interpolated. Can you provide a link to where you found it, if it is accessible online? I want to see if I can pull a better copy. If it is not accessible online, never mind.

I used a Fourier transform to reduce some of the halftone, but you will get a far better result if you scan the newspapers at a high resolution, using an overhead or flatbed scanner. Cell phones are really quite lousy at scanning. JayCubby (talk) 20:39, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

JayCubby Newspapers.com Memphis Press-Scimitar, sept 7, 1978: url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/800655461/?match=1. I access the newspapers online, so I am not sure how I could scan a physical copy.

The old house image was on page 6 and her image was on page 1. I used the photos of Betti and the couple that I took with my iphone of a historic display at a Missouri welcome center. that image is better than the newspaper's image. Thanks for your advice! MauraWen (talk) 21:00, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

MauraWen, thanks. Given the papers you photographed are on display, scanning them will be a bit trickier. Is what I did to the first an improvement? Anachronist, since you have access to newspapers.com (currently waitlisted), can you see if a better copy can be had for the last image? JayCubby (talk) 21:40, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

JayCubby Thanks! It looks like you improved the lightened image of Bettie. Yes, it looks better. I did not see any changes to the Betty and Charles Image (3). Did you think that looked ok, and did not need any adjustments? MauraWen (talk) 22:21, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@MauraWen, 2nd one done (I reduced the noise somewhat with a FFT, then curved the lighting). If you can get the Marston Welcome Center to rescan the photos, then I will be able to get a much better result. JayCubby (talk) 23:02, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It seems my newspapers.com access expired in October without me knowing about it. I have requested a renewal. ~Anachronist (talk) 23:06, 27 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

JayCubby Thx for the 2nd edit. I won't be able to get a scan from the Welcome Center. I don't know who created the display, It was probably commissioned by the state of Missouri and the images and content were probably taken from several sources: libraries, newspapers, Dunklin County museum, private collections, etc. There is no staff at the welcome center. I could look into the county historical society, but I’m not sure they would provide a new scan, as museums often have restrictions on reproducing images from their collections, even public domain era photos. MauraWen (talk) 00:00, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ascaso mugshot

Mugshot of Francisco Ascaso, 1920

Article(s): Francisco Ascaso

Request: Hey all, I've found several different scans of this mugshot, but unfortunately, each one of them has its own share of problems. The current version is the highest-resolution version, but it has some hard reflective light towards the top, is missing the left side of the photograph, has the number "462" written on the photograph and shows a thumb holding the photograph in place. The previous version shows the full left side of the photograph, but also has reflected light and markings, and the edge of the photograph in the bottom right. Could someone here help retouch the image and coverup the artefacts from scanning/photographing? Thanks in advance. --Grnrchst (talk) 16:38, 28 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Perspective correction: Church facade

Facade

Article(s): Holy Rosary Parish Church (Angeles City)

Request: Hello, may someone kindly attempt to do perspective correction on this image? If a full vertical perspective looks awkward, maybe a slight reduction might do? Thanks --– Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 10:04, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done Please see above. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 11:18, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Could you try "stretching" it a bit so it looks slightly taller? – Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 11:32, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'll stretch the largest rectangle to the proportion on http://aestruktura.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/5/8/57580815/__8653460_orig.jpg but the towers will be foreshortened as they (especially tops) are set back. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 12:30, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, understood. Sounds good. – Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 13:04, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've stretched the image so that the bounding box of the shafts of the pilasters has an aspect ratio of 1.91, as in http://aestruktura.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/5/8/57580815/__8653460_orig.jpg cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 14:56, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This look good, thank you! – Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 14:57, 29 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 16:03, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

Perspective, lens correction, and digitizing adjustments for museum artifacts

Article(s): en:Manila Cathedral, en:Ignatius of Loyola, en:Archangel Michael, en:Archdiocese of Manila, en:Mexico City, en:Tranvía, en:Quiapo, en:Manila Bay, en:History of Havana, en:History of Mexico City, en:History of Lima, en:History of the Philippines (1565–1898)

Request: Hello! I took several photographs of artifacts (paintings, maps, documents) at a museum, and I would love some help processing them so they look as close to flat, high-quality archival scans as possible.

Could someone please help correct the perspective to flatten them out, crop away the backgrounds/frames, and adjust the white balance and brightness to remove the warm museum lighting? They were shot with a Canon EOS REBEL SL1 kit lens, so some also need lens correction to fix the noticeable barrel distortion (bulge). For the document pages, any reduction in page curvature to sharpen the text would be amazing. Thank you! – Ubediplomacy (talk｜contribs) 15:43, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

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Photography workshop

Make a request

See also

Clean up to improve appearance

Pianezza

Signature and hopefully identification for portrait of William James, Bishop of Durham, 1606-1617

Remove unwanted motorcycle shadow (Agadir Souk Al Had)

Crop images and focus only on car

Chromatic aberration

Heinrich von Kleist

Ramadan article infobox image montage request

Removing a watermark

Crop request: portrait from upper photo (second person from left)

Remove text

Extensive dust

Light reflex

Audi Q7 Filipino images (not mine, but cropped from another user)

Perspective correction for building facade

Perspective correction of File:Seattle Downtown Aerial, July 2025 (zoomed).jpg

Color correction from Dutch photo archive

Guillermo Tolentino portrait restoration

Please improve woman's image and evaluate couple's image and house image

Ascaso mugshot

Perspective correction: Church facade

Perspective, lens correction, and digitizing adjustments for museum artifacts