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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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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): (non-graphist comment) User:LuvsMG481 was given a 6-month block. (Special:PermanentLink/1196262101#User:LuvsMG481) — Wracking ( talk ) ( contribs / uploads ) 18:28, 13 April 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]

Mindanao Avenue station

Image of Mindanao Avenue station taken from a hospital
Ditto
Ditto

Article(s): en:Mindanao Avenue station

Request: Hello! The following images were taken behind a smudged window, and I was wondering if it's possible to edit the annoying stains out of the images. Thanks! --PSA (talk) 10:51, 11 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

To crop image

Article(s): it:BMW E9

Request

Crop image and focus only on car and exchange the cropped image on Wikipedia page with a bot. --~2026-29800-43 (talk) 15:02, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

You can Crop it by yourself with the Croptool Grunpfnul (talk) 17:22, 29 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Possible color cast / white balance check

Reservoir of Oued El Makhazine Dam.

Article(s): Various articles using this image.

Request: The image looks slightly warm/yellowish to me. I'm not sure whether this is a real color cast or simply the lighting conditions when the photo was taken. Could someone take a look? If a white-balance correction is justified, a fix would be appreciated. --Flaspec (talk) 18:11, 3 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): I've given it a go; I also corrected the slight tilt in the photo and clone-filled the edges as necessary. Let me know what you think, can always revert if it's not liked - MPF (talk) 00:52, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the work so far, I like the white-balance correction and the slight leveling of the image. The result looks more natural to me.

One small question: do you think it's possible to reduce some of the visible image noise, especially in the sky, without noticeably degrading fine details or introducing an over-processed look?

If a clean noise reduction is feasible, I'd be happy to see that version as well. If not, I'm perfectly satisfied with the current edit and the request can be marked as resolved.

Thanks again! -Flaspec (talk) 08:00, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Flaspec Thanks! Unfortunately I don't know how to do the image noise (I can see what you mean, and noticed it yesterday), but anyone else is welcome to give it a go - MPF (talk) 17:22, 7 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Removing the moiré effect

s:File:David-Neel - My Journey to Lhasa, p. 87.jpg: A “Latza” in Tibet
s:File:David-Neel - My Journey to Lhasa, p. 120.jpg: The Grand Lama of Lhabrang Tashikyil Monastery the Day He Was Recognized as the Incarnation of Jamyan Shetpa
s:File:David-Neel - My Journey to Lhasa, p. 50.jpg: Alexandra David-Neel as the Guest of the Tashi Lama’s Mother. Already done with Chat-GPT. Could you do it better?
s:File:David-Neel - My Journey to Lhasa, p. 9.jpg: Idem. Alexandra David-Néel.

File:Isaac Newton, wu.89041870916-seq 8.jpg: On Commons for s:Index:A Source Book in Mathematics (Smith).pdf.

Article(s): s:Index:David-Neel - My Journey to Lhasa.pdf

Request: Could you please remove the moiré effect? The images are in the English Wikisource, and cannot be moved to Commons. Please upload over the original images. --Yann (talk) 12:06, 29 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Wrongfully mirrored image

Original image
Image that was mirrored

Article(s): en:Chinese mountain cat

Request: The second image, originally uploaded in 2021, seems to have been mirrored as well as cropped relative to the 2013 original. It should be flipped horizontally to restore authenticity. --–LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 01:02, 4 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @LaundryPizza03: Done cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 10:52, 8 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The new image is 4 px shorter on the horizontal axis. Please try again. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 15:45, 8 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

As the original image's width wasn't a multiple of 16 (or 8 in the case of 4:4:4 or 4:1:1 chroma subsampling), losslessly mirroring it cropped it to the next smaller block boundary. JPEG being a lossy format, mirroring and reencoding the image would reduce image quality. A difference of 4 pixels over 1556 is insignificant. cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 20:38, 8 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Orchestra logos

(crossposted at Commons:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop#Orchestra_logos)

Portrait restorations

First image of Valdemar Bjerregaard
Second image of Valdemar Bjerregaard

Article(s): da:Valdemar Bjerregaard

Request: Kindly restore these photos, by removing the irregularitets. --Skjoldbro (talk) 20:41, 6 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Remove wires from photo

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 12:45, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Article(s): [[]]

Request: Hello!; Could someone please remove the power lines from this photo while preserving the original image quality?; This is my own photograph, taken in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in June 2021.; I previously uploaded an AI-edited version with the power lines removed, but it has been nominated for deletion because AI editing is not accepted. I was advised to ask here instead.; Thank you very much for your help! --Gulsana Battakova (talk) 05:50, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): @Gulsana Battakova: Done – Pbrks ^(t • c) 12:47, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much for your help! Gulsana Battakova (talk) 07:30, 17 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Crab-eating macaque family

The image to be cropped

Article(s): en:Crab-eating macaque

Request: Roughly the upper two-fifths of the image is wasted space. --–LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 18:53, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s): Done cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 13:51, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Winfield Scott portrait

Portrait photograph of General Winfield Scott, circa 1849

Article(s): en:1852 United States presidential election and associated articles

Request: To the extent possible, please remove scratches and improve visibility. --Sipik06 (talk) 05:19, 16 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

Who can stitch?

Article(s): I don't know yet

Request: Hi. Does someone know, how to stitch? I tried several times with Hugin - Panorama editor. The result was always an optically distorted picture, although I chose 'straight'. The stitching itself is rather easy here, plenty of anchor points possible. But the sharpness of each is very uneven. Thanks in advance. (File:Venice, Museo Correr, painted plan of Venice (17th ct.) 2.jpg and File:Venice, Museo Correr, painted plan of Venice (17th ct.), Pza.jpg maybe for cracks) --MenkinAlRire (talk) 19:42, 18 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Graphist opinion(s)

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