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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.

Make a request

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Use the following template when making a new request, replacing the examples with your image(s) and request(s):

<gallery>
 IMAGENAME.EXT|Description of image
 IMAGE#TWO.EXT|2nd image (If there is one)
 ETCETCETC.EXT|Don't request too many at once, though
</gallery>

;Request:
: Details of your request go here… --~~~~
;Graphist opinion(s):

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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]

File:Hans' Millions.png

Is a restoration from File:Hans' Millions.jpg, the original has a stitch error, is possible to fix it? I am thinking a solution, Regards!!! --Ezarateesteban 20:14, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here is my humble offering to fix the storage error (stored folded)File:Hans' Millions 1.jpg PaulDallas72 (talk) 23:07, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! --Ezarateesteban 23:23, 12 October 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

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]

Watermark

Watermarked

Article(s): Extensive

Request: Kindly remove the watermarks. --JayCubby (talk) 01:31, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Watermark

Article(s): Wikidata:Q18467969

Request: Kindly remove the watermark. Thank you. GualdimG (talk) 23:23, 13 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @GualdimG: I've given it a go; let me know if the results are OK - MPF (talk) 01:38, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales pink tint

Article(s): en:Gaudencio Rosales

Request

Please apply color correction to reduce the pink tint. --P-JR (talk) 04:49, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Grunpfnul (talk) 09:52, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

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]

Graphist opinion(s)

Watermark removal

Article(s): W:pt:Campo e Campinho

Request

Please kindly remove the watermark. Thank you. GualdimG (talk) 17:09, 25 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is not resolved yet. Please check. GualdimG (talk) 15:52, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @GualdimG: I've given it a go; let me know if the results are OK - MPF (talk) 01:09, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]; Done. Thank you, GualdimG (talk) 10:47, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 13:20, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Watermark removal

Article(s): Wikidata:Q33860850

Request

Please kindly remove the watermark. Thank you. GualdimG (talk) 08:49, 26 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

@GualdimG: I've given it a go; let me know if the results are OK - MPF (talk) 01:16, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, GualdimG (talk) 10:45, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 13:20, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

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)

Watermark removal

Article(s): W:Aldeia Galega da Merceana e Aldeia Gavinha

Request

Please would you remove the watermark? Thank you. GualdimG (talk) 21:13, 3 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

@GualdimG: I've given it a go; let me know if the results are OK - MPF (talk) 01:50, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thank you, GualdimG (talk) 10:48, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. 13:42, 8 February 2026 (UTC)

Watermark removal

Article(s): Wikidata:Q2157974

Request

Please would you remove the watermark? Thank you. GualdimG (talk) 22:04, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

@GualdimG: I've given it a go; let me know if the results are OK - MPF (talk) 02:00, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@MPF: Very good. Thank you, GualdimG (talk) 10:43, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 13:20, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

John Davidson (entertainer) portrait

John Davidson and Sally Field in 1973
Try by Grunpf

Article(s): Q6228714 and en:John_Davidson_(entertainer)

Request

This entertainer could do with a portrait of him by himself. The commons category has many images of him with others, this seems to be the best one. ---- Deadstar (msg) 09:24, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You can crop a cutout by yourself with the commons cropping tool Grunpfnul (talk) 09:57, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I tried that, but it's rather ugly with half of Sally Field and her arm around his shoulder. I was hoping someone can create a better solution. -- Deadstar (msg) 12:33, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

i gave it a try - please adapt/edit the file description by yourself Grunpfnul (talk) 18:42, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I never saw this - apologies for the delay. That looks great, thank you.

Graphist opinion(s)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. -- Deadstar (msg) 11:33, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Watermark removal

Article(s): Wikidata:Q1366789, Wikidata:Q134532104, Wikidata:Q132188329

Request: Please, would you remove the watermark? Thank you. GualdimG (talk) 15:47, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Graphist opinion(s): @GualdimG: I've given them a go; let me know if the results are OK - MPF (talk) 00:56, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]; Done Thank you, GualdimG (talk) 10:47, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 13:19, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Schaapweimolen perspective correction

Schaapweimolen

Article(s): nl:Schaapweimolen

Request: QI reviewer wants the perspective to be corrected --Vera ^(talk) 10:27, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @1Veertje: How is that? – Pbrks ^(t • c) 04:30, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Museum specimen with glass reflection

Museum specimen with pink reflection from glass case

Article(s): [[]]

Request: Can the pink reflection be removed, without affecting the feather pattern on the bird's head, please? - MPF (talk) 00:38, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @MPF: I made an attempt. Let me know if that works for you. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 04:37, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Pbrks looks excellent, thanks! - MPF (talk) 09:56, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 13:19, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Heinrich von Kleist

German writer Heinrich von Kleist, circa 1808

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)

Gianfranco Maria Chiti: image improve

the image to be improve
the image from which the previous one was cropped out

Article(s): Category:Gianfranco Chiti

Request: Hi everybody:Please improve this image, if possibile. Thank you in avdance.; MrKeefeJohn (talk) 06:51, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

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Photography workshop

Make a request

See also

Clean up to improve appearance

File:Hans' Millions.png

Pianezza

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

Watermark

Watermark

Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales pink tint

Remove unwanted motorcycle shadow (Agadir Souk Al Had)

Crop images and focus only on car

Watermark removal

Watermark removal

Chromatic aberration

Watermark removal

Watermark removal

John Davidson (entertainer) portrait

Watermark removal

Schaapweimolen perspective correction

Museum specimen with glass reflection

Heinrich von Kleist

Gianfranco Maria Chiti: image improve