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This user comes from Germany.

This user / dieser Benutzer
en: resides in North Rhine-Westphalia
de: wohnt in Nordrhein-Westfalen.

This user / dieser Benutzer
en: is a resident of Dortmund
de: wohnt in Dortmund.

This user / dieser Benutzer
en: is a resident of Aplerbeck
de: wohnt in Aplerbeck.

POTD: 4 images uploaded by this user have been nominated as en: POTD or fr:Image du jour on Wiki Commons and on various Wikipedias. See section POTD (Picture of the Day).

This user has uploaded 3 valued images to Wikimedia Commons.

This user has uploaded 3 featured pictures to Wikimedia Commons.

This user has uploaded 33 quality images to Wikimedia Commons.

This user has been awarded the Wikilove Barnstar.

This user has been awarded the Working Man's Barnstar for "Tireless work in Quality images categorization".

Five images taken by this user have been ranked in a Wiki Commons Challenge: 1x1st, 2x2nd, and 2x3rd place. See Winners Photo Challenge.

This user contributes images with extended depth of field using Focus Stacking technique.

This user contributes enhanced resolution images using Pixel shift technology (with Sony Alpha 7RIII / 7RIV).

This user contributes stereo images arranged for both crosseye and parallel viewing.

This user has uploaded 1 digitised image originally taken on reversal film material.

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This user owns and uses a Sony Alpha 7R IV camera.

This user owns and uses a Sony Alpha 7R III camera.

This user formerly owned a Sony Alpha 7R II camera (and still uploads photos made with it).

This user formerly owned a Sony Alpha 7R camera (and still uploads photos made with it).

This user formerly owned a Canon A1 / AE1 / FTb camera (and still uploads photos made with it).

This user owns and regularly uses a Sony Carl Zeiss 1.8/55mm lens.

This user owns and regularly uses these Zeiss lenses for Sony E-mount:

This user owns and regularly uses a Sony 2.8/90mm macro lens.

This user owns and regularly uses a Sony 200-600mm telephoto lens.

This user owns and regularly uses a Sigma 135mm f1:1.8 lens (via Sigma MC 11 Canon EF to E-mount adapter).

This user owns and uses a Canon 4/8-15mm fisheye lens (via Metabones Canon EF to E-mount adapter).

This user owns and uses a Canon MP-E 2.8/65mm 1-5x macro lens (via Sigma MC 11 Canon EF to E-mount adapter).

This user owns and uses these two tilt / shift lenses: Canon TS-E II 3.5/24mm L II, and a Canon TS-E 135 mm f/4L MACRO (each with its own via Sigma MC 11 Canon EF to E-mount adapter).

This user owns and uses a Mitutoyo M-Plan Apo 5x microscope lens.
See chapter Microscopy.

This user owns and uses a Zhongyi Super Macro 1:2.0 20mm 4-4.5x microscope lens (via Sigma MC 11 Canon EF to E-mount adapter).

This user owns and uses a Laowa 25mm F2.8 Ultra Macro 2.5-5.0x microscope lens (via Sigma MC 11 Canon EF to E-mount adapter).

This user owns and optionally uses Canon FD lenses (via Novoflex Canon FD to E-mount adapter).

This user owns and optionally uses Leica lenses (via Novoflex Leica to E-mount adapter).

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de-N	Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache.

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This user is able to take high quality photographs.

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This user is able to contribute with a basic level on vector graphics.

Preface[edit]

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My Activities within the Wiki Universe[edit]

I am Franz van Duns. My main user page is on Wiki Commons.

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My Wiki user name spelled out in Cyrillic letters: Франц ван Дунс (provided by tt.wikipedia.org).

Recent Uploads[edit]

List of images that I have recently uploaded. As time passes older uploads will be removed from this section. All images are to be found in the sections following the introduction.

Preserving jar opener - wood, metal, plastic - patented by Havolit, manufactured in 1950s (composed of 10 focus stacked images)
Rotary graters - identical models labeled A.S.805 - German manufacturer (composed of 16 focus stacked images)

Introduction[edit]

Wiki commons[edit]

Not quite three years ago I joined Wiki Commons, and have learned such a lot since. The dos and don'ts directly from the community, a host of technical facts concerning the inner workings of Wiki itself by picking up multiple bits of code and lots of further information from the numerous pages I have visted.

Before that date I had spent many evenings screening through reams of both Wikipedia and Wiki Commons pages ever since their inception at the turn of this century.
The technical facts and a slew of interesting links I have discovered en route are all documented in the tables on the latter part of this, my user page.
I have added a few user subpages filled with descriptions and hints concerning technical details of some of the methods I currently employ when taking images and subsequent computer-based processing.
I will continue to provide materiél and live up to my aim to give back some of the joy and wisdom I have before so freely received from others.

Donating images[edit]

I will continue to contribute selected photographs to the global community, explicitly relinquishing all rights except for my basic authorship rights in accord with the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license .
These images contain subjects or themes as allowed by German law, depicting mostly living and inanimate objects of nature. All derived from digital and analogue stocks of mine.
All images presented on this page are of my own making, even a few of the icons. This is also in strict accord with current legal regulations in German that makes one susceptible to paying 4-figure fees in euros to the lawful holder of an image's rights (plus all lawyer's fees) for each and every non-licensed image one dares to present on an internet site. Images recently uploaded to Wikimedia Commons that brandish the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license are usually free for use in Germany, but one must take heed of any comments regarding usage restrictions stated on the image's Wiki Commons page.

Experience[edit]

I have accumulated 50+ years of experience as a photographer, 50 years with ever improving single lens reflex camera systems. * I have experimented with multiple lighting arragements, and various image editing programmes, but have till this day not once shared any of my photographs with any other persons than my family, closest friends, and, of course, the many wedding couples I have depicted.

Camera Bodies[edit]

Exa outfit[edit]

My first single lens reflex camera was an East-German-built Exa body, purchased in 1972.
Two lenses were sufficient: 50mm and 135mm.
Started off with negative films, later switched to colour slides, alas, 40 years later completely faded.

Canon FD[edit]

I still own an extensive set of Canon FD mount lenses, all prime, ranging from a 15mm FD fish eye lens to a 500mm FD mirror telescopic lens, all purchased in the early 1980'ies.
The 50mm, 80mm and 100mm macro lenses provide the best image quality, way better than necessary for analog negative and slide films and perfectly rendering every detail on Ilford Pan F 25ASA black and white film.
Two Canon A-1 (one technically dead due to a water pouring incident) and three AE-1 bodies and 6 Vivitar electronic flashes complete this outfit.
This analogue outfit has served me well right up to approx. the year 2010, but did not allow true HDR nor focus stacking, and only imperfect panoramas.

Leica[edit]

Marriage added a substantial set of Leica bodies and prime lenses.

Olympus E10[edit]

My first digital camera was an Olympus E10, sporting a small sensor with a then impressive count of 4 megapixels and a fixed zoom lens.

Sony Alpha 7R[edit]

When the Sony Alpha 7R was first advertised in photographical magazines, what immediately incited me was this singular feature that one could attach almost any lens to the camera body by means of a lens adapter.
In 2014 I purchased a Sony Alpha 7R body in combination with a 1.8/55mm Sony Zeiss prime lens.
The ideal camera for me, as I could attach not only all my Canon FD lenses via a Novoflex Canon FD to EF adapter to the Sony body but also all my wife's Leica lenses.
With an absolutely astounding sensor resolution of 36 megapixels ultra high-resolution images, high-resolution stereo photography, 33%-50% crops, even 66% crops were feasible, HDR (high dynamic range), highly detailed macro photography, first attempts at high-resolution focus stacking, and quasi-perfect panoramas were now all within reach.
Very soon it became clear that the 1.8/55mm Zeiss prime lens I had purchased with the body was in all respects way better than the previously used Canon FD 55mm 1.2 lens.
The top-notch computer I had purchased in 2011 was the perfect companion for processing the resulting large digital image files when upgraded to 32 gigabytes RAM.

Sony Alpha 7R II[edit]

In 2016 I purchased a Sony Alpha 7R II body because it contained a built-in stabiliser, which is a hugh boon when taking images free-handed.
After having read numerous test reports I purchased the following objectives at my local retailer: Zeiss Batis prime lenses (1.8/85mm, 2/25mm, 2.8/18mm) and a Zeiss/Sony 2.8/90mm macro G OSS prime lens. Most recent addition: a Sigma 1.8/135mm DG prime lens plus Sigma Canon EOS to Sony E lens adapter and a Sony 200-600 zoom lens.

All these modern lenses provide the superb quality required for large-scale crops, especially in combination with the sturdy (and heavy) Gitzo metal tripod I have been using regularly ever since purchase in 1980. But take note that the bokeh effect with the old but proven FD lenses is in general far more pleasing than the (multiple) rings visible within the bokeh circles one can attain with modern aspherical lenses.

The Sony Alpha 7RII body sports a sensor resolution of 42 megapixels. The image size is 7952x5304 pixels.

Sony Alpha 7R III[edit]

Purchased a Sony Alpha 7R III body in July 2019.
I have updated the camera software and am still customising the various branches within the extensive set of primary settings. * First attempts with the Sony's newly introduced "pixelshift" function were successful, provided that (a) the object to be imaged is absolutely immobile, (b) the camera is set on a very stable base (a brick, a window sill or the like), (c) any shake reducing function (such as the Sony "Steady Shot" function) is deactivated, and (d) the exposure release is activated by a self-timer (here: 5-10 seconds, although imho 3 seconds usually suffice). I will provide a series of images soon which will illustrate the improved resolution.
Note 1: the Sony manual states that the "Pixel Shift" function deactivates the shutter to eliminate all shaking and activates the electronic shutter instead.
Note 2: the pixel count of 42 megapixels remains the same, but as the sensor moves through 4 positions programmed for "Pixel Shift" (initial position > then up > right > down) the Bayer colour pattern moves in sync (i.e., green > red > green > blue). Thus each pixel is supplied with all three RGB colours (albeit 2x green) and the resulting image need not be averaged over overlapping blocks of 4 pixels, but will depict every single pixel in its individual glory. Sounds strange, but works very well provided all factors contributing to even the slightest movement have been fully eliminated.

Sony Alpha 7R IV[edit]

My most recent addition (October 2019): a Sony Alpha 7R IV body.
The sensor sports 61 MPixels. This is extremely useful for huge enlargements.
Took great pains to understand the additional features of this camera and others of the Sony Alpha 7RIII I simply hadn't tried out before. Initially on the basis of the original Sony manual, but that was simply a concise description of what the technical terms mean. Far more helpful were a number of explanatory videos I discovered by searching the web. Both the Sony Alpha 7RIII and Sony Alpha 7RIV now have identical settings, as far as applicable, of course.

Historical Cameras[edit]

In the course of the past 30 years I have collected some 30 historical cameras.
One of the oldest is a sturdy SLR body, manufactured from 1928-1936 with an internal 3 1/4" (83 mm) x 2 1/4" (58 mm) mirror in a roughly cubic outer shape.
It sports a collapsible leather viewer rising to a height of 5,5" (142 mm).
The other cameras range from Minox-sized to folding bellows cameras that take 6 cm x 9 cm roll films.
I intend to supply high-quality images of all cameras within my collection.

Digitising[edit]

I am currently digitising the best of my slides and negatives. I have so far uploaded one digitised slide, taken on Kodachrome 25 reverse film (ISO 25 diafilm), see below.
I intend to provide more historically interesting or high-quality photographs derived from slides, negative films or black and white films.

Panoramas[edit]

Panoramas up to 9504 (Sony Alpha 7R IV) / 7952 (Sony Alpha 7R III) pixels wide are created by simply cropping a suitable image. Larger panoramas (with a higher pixel count and/or multi-row panoramas, see 2x2 panorama of building on the right) are created by stitching intersecting images via specialised software. I currently process panoramas with the extremely reliable Adobe Photoshop Panorama function.
Even on close scrutiny at 100% resolution panoramas consisting of multiple rows of images are in most cases flawlessly combined into the resulting panoramic image, provided all image borders overlap by 15-20%.
Stitching errors do occur in some circumstances when repetitive patterns in front of a bland background, such as parallel cut marks in a stone, extend over neighbouring images; not only across the the overlapping area, but also into the area depicted by only one of the images. In such a case neighbouring cuts may be connected, producing dangling "half-cuts" at either end.
I have continually used regular updates of Adobe Photoshop for this purpose since 1999.

Focus stacking[edit]

Having loosely experimented with focus Stacking software since 2012, I have in the past 4 years delved into the finesses of the software product Zerene Stacker Pro.
Followed up a series of thorough testing with objects of varying size, depth and complexity, also in comparison with the product Helicon Focus, I finally purchased Zerene Stacker Pro in mid-2018.
High resolution focus stacks are mostly taken in sheltered quarters, but are also attainable outdoors with the camera steadied on an tripod if the subject remains motionless due to lack of wind.

Macro[edit]

A Macro photograph is a close-up image of a subject. In the early days of photography a ratio of 1:10 or less on full frame film was considered "macro", i.e. subject height 240mm or less.
Nowadays full frame macro imaging closes up on 1:1 (subject height 24mm), beginning somewhere in the vicinity of 1:3.
I now possess a collection of 3 modern variable and fixed macro lenses that sport a full frame magnification ratio of up to 5:1, resulting in a subject height of 4.8 mm that fills a full frame sensor.
This is on the verge of microphotography (10:1 and more).
The image on the right sports a magnification ratio of 1:1.3 at full frame. i.e the whole height of the image was approx. 31mm (24mm * 1.3).

Microscopy[edit]

In April 2021 I purchased this microscope lens: Mitutoyo M-Plan Apo 5x.
The copy of the Mitutoyo M-Plan Apo 2x microscope lens I purchased in May 2021 had to be returned because it was was severely maladjusted with defocussed edges and highly vignetted corners.
Mitutoyo microscope lenses are attached to the camera body via a Novoflex Micro-Tube which contains an apochromat lens and is affixed to adapters at both ends. The M26-lens adapter connects to the lens and the Novoflex A to E-mount adapter connects to the camera body.
The above setup is rigidly held by a Novoflex rack, which again is attached to a Novoflex CASTEL-MICRO motorised focusing rack. ...
First test runs with the Mitutoyo M-Plan Apo 5x lens, comprising focus stacks of 300-450 61 megabit-sized images attained at 13 micrometer steps have provided highly pleasing results. No, I haven't uploaded an image yet. Will do so soon.

Stereo[edit]

The two images of the stereo pair usually sport an offset by 50-65mm between viewpoints. If combined with macro photography the spacing between viewpoints is often reduced to 20-30mm as more will strain the untrained viewer's ability to combine the images.
I prefer the crosseye-viewing method that swaps the placing of the left and right eye images so that they will be correctly seen cross-eyed, the left eye viewing the image on the right and vice versa, the intended stereo image appearing in between.

HDR[edit]

I have yet to find a suitable software to correctly process HDR images. The software products I have used so far more often than not tend to introduce strange colouring effects and unnatural fringes.
I thus have discontinued this technique since 2016 and have taken resort to processing uncompressed RAW files whenever possible, as the Sony Alpha 7RII sensor can discern slightly more than 10 aperture values of dynamic range at ISO 100, which are subsequently stored as 14 bit RAW values.
Maybe the HDR situation has improved meanwhile and is worth another try.

Combining techniques / stereo[edit]

I have also experimented with combinations of the above techniques: focus stacking of panoramas, panorama HDRs, macro stereo sets comprising two focus stacks.
Not all combinations are represented in the files I have uploaded to Wiki Commons this far.

Experience with Photography-related Technology[edit]

The following links lead to pages that describe how I make use of certain photographic techniques.

Extro[edit]

For the knowledgeable:
Franz van Duns
Suggestions for improvement welcome.
German version intended.

Statistics[edit]

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Images[edit]

POTD (Picture of the Day)[edit]

The following images have been, i.e. will be, displayed as POTD - Picture of the Day on the indicated wikipedia(s).
Wikipedia (en): main page queue of images and information

Beginning and end: Record player stylus - double exposure, May 2019.
displayed as "Image du jour / 2019-06-05" on the French Wikipedia
displayed as POTD / 2020-12-05 on Wiki Commons
displayed as "POTD / 2020-12-05" on the Hungarian Wikipedia
displayed as "POTD / 2020-12-05" on the Vepsian Wikipedia (a finnish language of Carelia) and on many other wikipedias
New usages:
Italian Wiktionary: giradischi
Russian Wikinews: Лента_новостей_5_декабря_2020_года
Wikidata: POTD / 2020-12-05: Q14334596
(Usage)
Two Passiflora caerulea flowers - stereo image pair, Dortmund, June 2019.
displayed as "Image du jour / 2019-08-14" on the French Wikipedia
(Usage)
displayed as "POTD / 2021-11-01" on the English Wikipedia
displayed as "POTD / 2021-11-01" on the Bahasa Melayu (Malay) Wikipedia
Longines pocket watch, model 4 Grand Prix, 1900ff.
displayed as "Image du jour / 2019-08-29" on the French Wikipedia
displayed as "POTD / 2020-05-09" on the Ukrainian Wikipedia [1]
(Usage)
Kodak box camera, type Rainbow Hawk-Eye No. 2 British Model C for 120 roll film, disassembled.
displayed as "Image du jour / 2021-02-11" on the French Wikipedia
(Usage)

Valued Images[edit]

Valued Image


	This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image' on Commons within the scope '. If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

All Valued Images depicted here were taken by Franz van Duns.

Canon FD 500mm f-8.0 reflex lens, hood retracted
Scope: Wiki commons Category:Canon FD 500 mm f8.0
Longines pocket watch, model 4 Grand Prix, 1900ff, rear view, clockwork visible - enhanced resolution.
Scope: Wiki commons Category:Pocket watch movements
Zeiss Batis Sonnar F1.8/85mm lens, with lens hood and original Zeiss protective lid (focus stack)
Scope: Wiki commons Category:Carl Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 1.8/85

Featured Pictures[edit]

Featured Picture


	This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination [[Commons:\|here]]. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

All Featured Pictures depicted here were taken by Franz van Duns.

Beginning and end: A well-formed needle following a single groove from its fixed starting point provides a stream of music all along its inevitable track toward the record's natural inner termination. A tribute to the classic record player. Proposed by Piotr Bart on 2019-05-14. Elected on 2019-05-23 by a vote of 14:4:0 (support:oppose:neutral) as a Commons:Featured picture in the category Objects. Previously elected as quality image.
Two Passiflora caerulea flowers arranged as a stereo image pair, Dortmund, June 2019. Proposed by myself on 2019-07-24. Elected on 2019-08-02 by a vote of 7:0:0 (support:oppose:neutral) as a Commons:Featured picture in the category Plants. Previously elected as quality image.
Longines pocket watch, model 4 Grand Prix, 1900ff, rear view, clockwork visible - enhanced resolution. Proposed by myself on 2019-08-08. Elected on 2019-08-14 by a vote of 22:0:0 (support:oppose:neutral) as a Commons:Featured picture in the category Objects / Machines. Previously elected as quality image.

Quality Images[edit]

Quality image declaration

Quality image

This image has been assessed using the Quality image guidelines and is considered a Quality image.

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All Quality Images depicted here were taken by Franz van Duns (including those that have been promoted to "Featured picture" or another higher status)

Tigridia pavonia - sunlight illuminates the translucent calyx (German: Tigerlilie)
Wikipedia it: subject "Tigridia pavonia"
This bumblebee (Bombus, species unknown) has just completed struggling through the petals of the wolfsbane (Aconitum napellus) flower to access a treat of nectar (German: Hummel auf Eisenhutblüte)
Aquilegia vulgaris - 2018-07-25 composite of 23 images via focus stacking (German: Akelei)
The Amtshaus (communal town hall) of Aplerbeck, a suburb of Dortmund, Germany in extreme detail. Also participated in wiki commons challenge March 2019 - Town halls
Buddleja davidii inflorescence (German: Schmetterlingsflieder)
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Alba' - white cultivar surrounded by dry seed pods - 2018-07-22 composite image via focus stacking (German: Akelei, weiß)
The Lion of Venice as a tourist trinket - made in China, sold in Venice.
Groove and needle in close embrace from beginning to end
Longines 4 Grand Prix pocket watch
Canon 15mm f2.8 SSC fisheye lens and its original satchel
Lumiere Super ELJY type3 miniature camera with LYPAR 50mm f3.5 lens
Hoya carnosa - umbel with nectar droplets
Kodak box camera, type Rainbow Hawk-Eye No. 2 British Model C for 120 roll film, disassembled
Technics SL-120 turntable, SME pickup, and Shure cartridge - front view - all purchased in the late 1970s
Hordeum vulgare: 6 stalks of 6-row barley, dry specimens
Canon FD 500mm f-8.0 reflex lens and its original satchel
Ginkgo biloba branches and vivid yellow leaves up against deep blue sky. Also participated in wiki commons challenge March 2019 - Nature's yellows
Wooden wall clock with pendulum and massive brass weights, half-hour chime. Won 3rd prize in wiki commons challenge April 2020 – Interior clocks
Clock with enamel face in round wooden housing, presumably walnut
Ensign Midget model 22 miniature camera in comparison to a type 135 film roll (perforated)
Ginkgo biloba leaves in radial arrangement
Medical mercury thermometer with velvet-lined cardboard box
Sony Alpha 7R IV - elevated front view with exposed sensor (focus stack)
Sony Alpha 7R IV - front view of camera body with exposed sensor (focus stack)
Sony Alpha 7R IV - rear view from elevated position, display extended (focus stack)
Sony Alpha 7R IV body with Sony Zeiss 55mm f1.8 lens (focus stack)
Sony Alpha 7R IV body connected to 'Canon MP-E 65mm F2.8 1-5x macro' lens (fully extended) via 'Metabones EF-E mount T' adapter (focus stack)
Butterfly-shaped handiwork created by means of tatting technique (very fine resolution image)
Passiflora caerulea - two flowers 2019-06-27
Two Passiflora caerulea flowers arranged as a cross-eyed stereo image pair (right - left), Dortmund, June 2019.
Same two Passiflora caerulea flowers arranged as a parallel stereo image pair (left - right)
Side view of a fully open Passiflora caerulea flower as a stereo image pair
Central petal arrangement of a Passiflora caerulea flower viewed sideways as a stereo image pair

Recent nominations as Quality Image[edit]

Nominated on 2020-mm-dd:

Barnstar Awards[edit]

The Original Barnstar

For uploading File:Distrail splits stratocumulus cloud - remnants of contrail visible ( DSC2134-1).jpg, a valuable, well-described and usefully-documented contribution. Many thanks! Ariadacapo (talk) 17:58, 5 July 2019 (UTC)

		Working Man's Barnstar
		I hereby award you, Franz van Duns the Working Man's Barnstar for your tirelesst work you're doing in Quality images categorization. Thank you! Mit freundlichen Grüßen -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 13:21, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Winners / Runners Up of a Wiki Commons Challenge[edit]

	Photo Challenge Winner
	Congratulations! Your picture Home-made redcurrant jam - jars between pulp residue and stalks.jpg won the 1st place in the Photo Challenge Do it yourself, in June 2020. You can find the results of the challenge here.

-- Jarekt (talk) 03:05, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
Addendum: this gold medalist image was awarded 9 ★ stars (and 1 ♥ like).

	Photo Challenge – Second Place
	Congratulations! Your picture Locks and keys - a quintuple misfit.jpg won the 2nd place in the Photo Challenge Keys and Keyholes, in June 2019. You can find the results of the challenge here.

-- Jarekt (talk) 03:44, 2 August 2019 (UTC)
Addendum: this silver medalist image was awarded 7 ★ stars (and 7 ♥ likes).

	Photo Challenge – Third Place
	Congratulations! Your picture Medical mercury thermometer with velvet-lined cardboard box - focus stack (2020-05-25).jpg won the 3rd place in the Photo Challenge Sensors, in May 2020. You can find the results of the challenge here.

Addendum: this bronze medalist image was awarded 12 ★ stars (and 4 ♥ likes).

	Photo Challenge – Third Place
	Congratulations! Your picture Wooden wall clock with massive brass weights DSG5426-1 - 2020-04-25.jpg won the 3rd place in the Photo Challenge Interior Clocks, in April 2020. You can find the results of the challenge here.

Addendum: this bronze medalist image was awarded 9 ★ stars (and 6 ♥ likes).

	Photo Challenge – Second Place
	Congratulations! Your picture Preserving jar opener - patended by Havolit - 1950s 2022-05-27 (focus stack).jpg won the 2nd place in the Photo Challenge Kitchenware, in May 2022. You can find the results of the challenge here.

Addendum: this silver medalist image was awarded 5 ★ stars (and 2 ♥ likes).

Submissions to Wiki Commons Challenges[edit]

Challenge March 2019 - Town halls: The Amtshaus (communal town hall) of Aplerbeck, a suburb of Dortmund, Germany in extreme detail.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 2 ★ stars
and 5 ♥ likes.
Challenge April 2019 – Prison buildings: The Altes Amtshaus (old communal town hall and local jail) of Aplerbeck, a suburb of Dortmund, Germany.
>Did not win a prize, but was awarded 2 ★ stars
and 4 ♥ likes.
Challenge April 2019 – Beginning and end: A well-formed needle following a single groove from its fixed starting point provides a stream of music all along its inevitable track toward the record's natural inner termination. A tribute to the classic record player.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 4 ★ stars
and 3 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2019 – Insects: Caterpillar (larval stage) of Cydalima perspectalis or box tree moth.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 3 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2019 – Insects: Pyrrhosoma nymphula (large red damselfly) Dortmund 2019.
>Did not win a prize, but was awarded 7 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2019 – Insects: Caterpillar (larval stage) of Cydalima perspectalis / box tree moth feeding on a box tree leaflet. This close-up reveals the mouth organs, the thoracic legs, and the tiny eye.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 3 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2019 – Insects: Bombus sp. (bumblebee) displaying the spiral inner tube of its proboscis delved into the rear spur of an aconitum petal.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 4 ♥ likes.
Challenge June 2019 – Keys and Keyholes: Five locks and none of the five keys fits - a quintuple misfit.
> Won 2nd prize, was awarded 7 ★ stars
and 7 ♥ likes.
Challenge March 2020 – Nature's yellows: Yellow capsicum pod - seeds illuminated from behind.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 1 ★ star
and 4 ♥ likes.
Challenge March 2020 – Nature's yellows: Ginkgo biloba leaves in radial arrangement.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 4 ♥ likes.
Challenge March 2020 – Nature's yellows: Ginkgo biloba branches and vivid yellow leaves up against deep blue sky.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 4 ♥ likes.
Challenge April 2020 – Interior clocks: Clock with enamel face in round wooden housing, presumably walnut.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 2 ★ stars
and 2 ♥ likes.
Challenge April 2020 – Interior clocks: Wooden wall clock with pendulum and massive brass weights, half-hour chime.
> Won 3rd prize, was awarded 9 ★ stars
and 6 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2020 – Sensors: Historic mercury barometer 'Pariser Maasz' - Germany, 19th century. Measures atmospheric pressure.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 9 ★ stars
and 6 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2020 – Sensors: Medical mercury thermometer in front of its velvet-lined protective cardboard box.
> Won 3rd prize, was awarded 12 ★ stars
and 6 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2020 – Sensors: Smoke sensor - detector chamber pried open to display transmitter and detector.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 1 ★ star
and 2 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2020 – Sensors: Array of spirit levels - equilibrium sensors in almost perfect agreement (focus stack).
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 3 ★ stars
and 2 ♥ likes.
Challenge June 2020 – Rainwater drainage: Cast metal manhole cover, location Dortmund Hansaplatz. Displays a 'Hansekogge', a typical ship of the Hanseatic League.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 4 ♥ likes.
Challenge June 2020 – Rainwater drainage: Grating, kerb, and road surface uplifted by relentless force of plane tree roots. Location Dortmund-Hörde, Am Oelpfad, 2020-01-24.
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 3 ♥ likes.
Challenge June 2020 – Do it yourself: Home-made redcurrant jam - DIY - jars between pulp residue and stalks (focus stack)
> Won 1st prize, was awarded 9 ★ stars
and 1 ♥ like.
Challenge June 2020 – Do it yourself: Dismantled this fan / ventilator just to find out that a 50 cent electronics part had failed - DIY on the verge
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 6 ★ stars
and 1 ♥ like.
Challenge June 2020 – Do it yourself: DIY means choosing the appropriate tool for the envisaged purpose - this surely is a watchmaker's nightmare (focus stack)
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 1 ♥ like.
Challenge September 2020 – Nature's blues: Late evening sky - fisheye view of nature's blues
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 1 ♥ like.
Challenge October 2020 – Curves and spirals: Spiral tendril of Passiflora caerulea vine
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 2 ★ stars
and 7 ♥ likes.
Challenge January 2021 – Darkness: A Vision of Nocturnal Cataclysm - contorted layers of hot ash recorded as time-sliced focus stack (luminosity inverted)
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 3 ★ stars
and 2 ♥ likes.
Challenge March 2021 – Needlework: Butterfly-shaped handiwork created by means of tatting technique (very fine resolution image)
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 4 ★ stars and 6 ♥ likes.
Challenge March 2021 – Electricity production and transportation: Hand-crank operated generator (dynamo torch) plus backup - high resolution
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 0 ★ stars and 1 ♥ like.
Challenge March 2021 – Needlework: Cutwork embroidery depicting a flock of birds stitched on a pillowcase made of post-war coarse fabric, hand-made
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 0 ★ stars and 4 ♥ likes.
Challenge October 2021 – Autumn leaf color: Yellow Ginkgo biloba leaves - vivid translucent illumination by autumn sunlight
> Did not win a prize, but was awarded 1 ★ star and 8 ♥ likes.
A lone songbird perched on the topmost twiglet of conifer - presumably a Eurasian blue tit
> Did not win a prize, and was awarded 0 ★ stars and 0 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2022 -Kitchenware: Preserving jar opener - wood, metal, plastic - patented by Havolit, manufactured in 1950s (composed of 10 focus stacked images)
> Won 2nd prize, was awarded 5 ★ stars
and 2 ♥ likes.
Challenge May 2022 -Kitchenware: Rotary graters - identical models labeled A.S.805 - German manufacturer (composed of 16 focus stacked images)
> Did not win a prize, and was awarded 2 ★ stars and 5 ♥ likes.

Composite Images[edit]

Oenothera flower unfurling in 4 phases (German: Nachtkerze)
Dortmund city dustbin array for separate waste collection (German: Mülltonnen-Set)

Stereo Images[edit]

Two Passiflora caerulea flowers arranged as a cross-eyed stereo image pair (right - left), Dortmund, June 2019.
Quality image
Featured picture#Freeviewing
nominated "Image du jour / POTD 2019-08-14" on the French Wikipedia
Wikipedia en: subject "Stereoscopy"
Same two Passiflora caerulea flowers arranged as a parallel stereo image pair (left - right).
Quality image
Side view of a fully open Passiflora caerulea flower as a cross-eyed stereo image pair (right - left).
Quality image
Central petal arrangement of a Passiflora caerulea flower viewed sideways as a cross-eyed stereo image pair (right - left).
Quality image

Panorama Images / Stitched Images[edit]

The Amtshaus (communal town hall) of Aplerbeck, a suburb of Dortmund, Germany in extreme detail. Panorama based on 4 images.
Quality image
Commons: Dortmund / Aplerbeck
Wooden wall clock with pendulum and massive brass weights, half-hour chime. Vertical panorama based on 2 images.
Quality image
> Won 3rd prize in Challenge April 2020 – Interior clocks
Aeroplane contrail, rapidly dissolving into contorted segments (composed of 9 images). Created by stitching 9 images, taken within 18 seconds.

Images Created by Pixel Shift[edit]

A number of manufacturers have implemented a method commonly known as "pixel shift" (often concatenated as "pixelshift").
Refer to the following Wikipedia article containing information about the > Pixel Shift technology.
Description of Pixel Shift method as deployed by my Sony camera bodies:
the Sony sensor rapidly moves through 4 neighbouring positions, taking an image at each position. As seen on the final image the movements are: initial position > then up > then right > then down, thus covering all colours of the embedded Bayer colour pattern, i.e., green > red > green > blue. When these four overlapping images are combined each pixel of the resulting image contains information about each of the three RGB colours (albeit 2x green) and will thus depict every single pixel with its full colour potential. This method also eliminates the resolution approximation required by the standard Bayer pattern because every pixel of the final image contains the full resolution information.
The sensor of the Sony Alpha 7R III retains its original count of 42 megapixels (61 Mpixels for the Sony Alpha 7R IV).
The Sony Alpha 7R IV sports an enhanced version with a 16 half-pixel Pixel Shift movement that leads to an image sized 244 Mpixels.
The Pixel Shift method works very well provided all factors contributing to even the slightest movement have been fully eliminated.

The Lion of Venice as a tourist trinket - made in China, sold in Venice - Pixel Shift and Focus Stack technologies combined.
Quality image
Hoya carnosa - umbel with nectar droplets - Pixel Shift and Focus Stack technologies combined.
Quality image
Longines pocket watch, model 4 Grand Prix, 1900ff, rear view, clockwork visible - enhanced resolution - Pixel Shift and Focus Stack technologies combined.
Quality image
Featured picture
Valued image
Butterfly-shaped handiwork created by means of tatting technique (very fine resolution image) - Pixel Shift technology.
Quality image
Ensign Midget model 22 miniature camera in comparison to a type 135 film roll (perforated) - Pixel Shift and Focus Stack technologies combined.
Quality image

Images Created by Focus Stacking[edit]

Aquilegia vulgaris 'Alba' - white cultivar surrounded by dry seed pods - 2018-07-22 composite image via focus stacking (German: Akelei, weiß).
Quality image
Tigridia pavonia stamen and styles - 2018-07-23 composite image via focus stacking (German: Staubblätter und Griffel einer Tigerlilie)
Tigridia pavonia - wilted overnight - 2018-07-25 composite image via focus stacking (German: Tigerlilie - über Nacht verwelkt)
Wikipedia en: subject "Wilting"
Aquilegia vulgaris - 2018-07-25 composite of 23 images via focus stacking (German: Akelei).
Quality image
Wikipedia sr (Serbian): subject "Kandilica"
Beginning and end: A well-formed needle following a single groove from its fixed starting point provides a stream of music all along its inevitable track toward the record's natural inner termination. A tribute to the classic record player.
Quality image
Featured picture
nominated "Image du jour / 2019-06-05" on the French Wikipedia
Wikipedia fr: subject "Platine tourne-disques"
The Lion of Venice as a tourist trinket - made in China, sold in Venice.
Quality image
Canon FD 500mm f-8.0 reflex lens and its original satchel
Quality image
Wikipedia en: subject "Canon FD lens mount / Supertelephoto", item "New Reflex 500mm f/8.0"
Canon FD 500mm f-8.0 reflex lens, hood retracted.
Valued image
Wikipedia de: subject "FD-Bajonett"
Sigma 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A Canon EF lens & compatible Sigma MC-11 Mount adapter.
Wikipedia en: subject "Sigma Corporation / Telephoto primes"
Wikipedia de: subject "Sigma (Unternehmen) / Teleobjektive", item "135 mm F1.8 DG HSM [A]"
Canon 15mm f2.8 SSC fisheye lens and its original satchel.
Quality image
Wikipedia de: subject "FD-Bajonett"
Lumiere Super ELJY type3 miniature camera with LYPAR 40mm f3.5 lens.
Quality image
Hoya carnosa - umbel with nectar droplets.
Quality image
Kodak box camera, type Rainbow Hawk-Eye No. 2 British Model C for 120 roll film, disassembled.
Quality image
Longines pocket watch, model 4 Grand Prix, 1900ff, rear view, clockwork visible - enhanced resolution.
Quality image
Featured picture
Valued image
nominated "Image du jour / POTD 2019-08-29" on the French Wikipedia
Wikipedia en: subject "Pocket watch"
Wikipedia fr: subject "Longines"
Wikipedia de: subject "Taschenuhr"
Zassenhaus pepper mill - underside view with circular grinder and embossment "West Germany"
Wikipedia en: subject "Focus stacking"
Technics SL-120 turntable, SME pickup, and Shure cartridge - front view - all purchased in the late 1970s
Quality image
Hordeum vulgare: 6 stalks of 6-row barley, dry specimens
Quality image
Ensign Midget model 22 miniature camera in comparison to a type 135 film roll (perforated)
Quality image
Wikipedia en: subject "Folding camera"
Cydalima perspectalis chrysalis amidst silk strands of open cocoon including discarded larval head - focus stack
Five locks and none of the five keys fits - a quintuple misfit.
> Won 2nd prize in June 2019 Challenge – Keys and Keyholes.
Wikipedia fr: subject "Cadenas"
Yellow capsicum pod - seeds illuminated from behind.
Ginkgo biloba leaves in radial arrangement.
Quality image
Clock with enamel face in round wooden housing, presumably walnut.
Quality image
Wooden wall clock with pendulum and massive brass weights, half-hour chime.
Quality image
> Won 3rd prize in Challenge April 2020 – Interior clocks
Medical mercury thermometer in front of its velvet-lined protective cardboard box (focus stack).
Quality image
> Won 3rd prize in Challenge April 2020 – Sensors
Wikipedia fr: subject "Thermomètre à mercure"
Smoke sensor - detector chamber pried open to display transmitter and detector (focus stack)
Array of spirit levels - equilibrium sensors in almost perfect agreement (focus stack)
Grating, kerb, and road surface uplifted by relentless force of plane tree roots. Location Dortmund-Hörde, Am Oelpfad, 2020-01-24.
Home-made redcurrant jam - DIY - jars between pulp residue and stalks (focus stack).
> Won 1st prize in June 2020 Challenge – Do it yourself.
DIY means choosing the appropriate tool for the envisaged purpose - this surely is a watchmaker's nightmare (focus stack)
Zeiss Batis Sonnar F1.8/85mm lens, with lens hood and original Zeiss protective lid (focus stack).
Valued image
Wikipedia en: subject "Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 85mm F1.8"
A Vision of Nocturnal Cataclysm - contorted layers of hot ash recorded as time-sliced focus stack (luminosity inverted)
Hatiora salicornioides (bottle cactus) - triple buds on one stem and a drop of sap on another (focus stack)
Sony Alpha 7R IV - elevated front view with exposed sensor (focus stack).
Quality image
Sony Alpha 7R IV - front view of camera body with exposed sensor (focus stack).
Quality image
Sony Alpha 7R IV - rear view from elevated position, display extended (focus stack).
Quality image
Sony Alpha 7R IV body with Sony Zeiss 55mm f1.8 lens (focus stack).
Quality image
Sony Alpha 7R IV body connected to 'Canon MP-E 65mm F2.8 1-5x macro' lens (fully extended) via 'Metabones EF-E mount T' adapter (focus stack).
Quality image
Hand-crank operated generator (dynamo torch) plus backup - high resolution
Wikipedia jp: subject "Hand-crank operated generator"
Preserving jar opener - wood, metal, plastic - patented by Havolit, manufactured in 1950s (composed of 10 focus stacked images)
Rotary graters - identical models labeled A.S.805 - German manufacturer (composed of 16 focus stacked images)

Very High Resolution Images (shortest dimension has a minimum size of 10,000 pixels)[edit]

The Amtshaus (communal town hall) of Aplerbeck, a suburb of Dortmund, Germany in extreme detail.
Quality image
Commons: Dortmund / Aplerbeck

Analogue Images / Now Digitised[edit]

An age-worn door latch and a rusted padlock fastened to well-weathered planks - original image taken on Kodachrome 25 colour reversal film in Dötlingen, Germany, May 1980.

Other Images[edit]

Symbolic icon representing Zerene Stacker (German: Symbolbild)
Alignment example: extremely slanted view of building. (A) Original version before alignment
Alignment example: extremely slanted view of building. (B) During aligning process
Alignment example: extremely slanted view of building. (C) Correctly aligned, both horizontally and vertically
Pictogram representing a lens
Pictogram representing a single frame of 35mm film

Favourite Images[edit]

Favourite images are all images that do not qualify for one of the above specialised sections.

Oenothera (German: Nachtkerze)
Valerian cyme (German: Baldrian)
Close-up of valerian seed (German: Baldrian) speckled with droplets. False colour
Pimpinella saxifraga with remaining seed capsules (German: Kleine Bibernelle)
Aquilegia vulgaris with wilting stamina (German: Akelei)
Multiple reflections of floor-hugging photographer on the surface of a silvery cat-shaped bathroom accessory (German: Mehrfachreflexionen des Fotografen)
Fallstreak hole or punch hole cloud (special cloud form "cavum") embedded in altocumulus cloud layer, seen in Dortmund.
Fallstreak hole (special cloud form "cavum") embedded in altocumulus, seen in Dortmund. Detailed view
A distrail splits the outer region of a stratocumulus cloud; remnants of contrail visible, Dortmund, June 2019.
Barnstar award
Reflection of previous Hoesch Administrative Building in Phoenixsee harbour waters - Hörde, Dortmund, Feb. 2018.
Two Passiflora caerulea flowers (LEFT image of a stereo pair)
Two Passiflora caerulea flowers (not a stereo image)
Leather top strap of Kodak box camera with embossed text: RAINBOW HAWK-EYE No. 2 MODEL C
Rear embossment on Kodak box camera with following text: USE FILM NO. 120 - MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAKCO. ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Embossment on metal insert of Kodak box camera displaying the following text: MADE IN U.S.A. BY EASTMAN KODAK CO. ROCHESTER, N.Y. - PATENTED IN U.S.A. FEB. 1. 1916.
Passiflora caerulea flower with a pair of upturned anthers and a spiral tendril
Wikipedia en: subject "Passiflora caerulea"
Passiflora caerulea flower in full bloom with a wilted flower and a yet unopened bud
Wikipedia en: subject "Passiflora caerulea"
Challenge October 2021 – Autumn leaf color: Yellow Ginkgo biloba leaves - vivid translucent illumination by autumn sunlight
A lone songbird perched on the topmost twiglet of conifer - presumably a Eurasian blue tit

Technical Assistance[edit]

I have provided technical assistance for the following images taken by others:

Church doors with stained-glass windows. Technical assistance applied with the explicit permission of the author.
Now Quality Image.

Promotion Assistance[edit]

I have promoted the following images which were taken by others:

BurjKhalifaHeight.svg.
Now a quality image. Promotion statement provided 2019-05-25.
A flock of birds starting simultaneously
Now a quality image. Promotion statement provided 2019-06-30.

External Usage of my Images[edit]

At least one of my images appears on one of the following non-wiki sites.

NOTE 1: Discovered these images by painstakingly seeking for instances of my user name "Franz van Duns" (and plausible variations) on various web search sites, mainly on Google and on Yahoo.
NOTE 2: Up to this follow-up web exploration on 2021-11-19, I have uploaded a carefully chosen set of 87 photographical images.
- On my first explorative tour-de-force on 2020-12-28, I had by then uploaded 74 images (disregarding .SVG and purely explanatory images), of which 13 had found use on various wiki-external websites.
- Eleven months later I have detected 4 more images displayed on external websites, summing up to 17 files. Also discovered that six of the initial images have been included on further websites.
- I consider it a great acknowledgement that a grand total of 17 of these images (i.e. almost one in five) are currently regarded as fit for use on wiki-external websites.
- I must, of course, also emphasize that this extent of external image usage is a grand tribute to Wikimedia Commons as a source of high-quality and thus commercially and privately viable images.
- In fact, this was my intent from the very day I registered at Wikimedia Commons that I would upload images for absolutely free use that adhere to the highest standards an advanced amateur could possibly provide. More images upcoming, slowly but surely, ...

Lion of Venice - a gold emblazoned tourist trinket [edit]

I am surprised and enthralled! This site www.actionacademy.it/.../venezia 77, apre i battenti con ben 16 film italiani about a current Venetian cultural event displays this image of mine on its title page. Yes indeed, an appropriate selection from Wikimedia Commons!

Record player: Groove and needle in close embrace [edit]

This commercial site www.tharawat-magazine.com/.../bmg-rights-management (Note: location unknown, most probably based in Dubai) -> displays this image of mine on its title page.

This commercial site www.amazon.com/.../Van Duns Record Player as a Framed Wall Art Print sells this image of mine as a high-quality print. -> (Size of print: 25X12 Inch (31.5 x 65 cm). Made in Scotland.)

This commercial (maybe private) site www.amazon.co.uk/.../Van Duns Record Player used this image of mine to propagate sales in some unknown manner. -> (Note: miniature image 40x40 pixels.)

This commercial (maybe private) site www.zendixie.com/.../Down The Rabbit Hole, episode from September 14, 1978 displays this image of mine on one of its subpages.

This commercial (maybe private) site www.zendixie.com/.../Moonset, episode from September 9, 1978 displayed this image of mine on another of its subpages.

This non-commercial site City University of New York (CUNY): Academic Commons - Long-playing record

Funarte celebra o ‘Dia do Disco de Vinil’, 20 de abril, terça-feira

Funarte on Facebook:
→ Please copy this URL " https://m.face<concat.here>book.com/funarte/photos/a.137164116333510/4016795391703677/?type=3&_rdr" into your browser and adapt appropriately.

musictrust.com.au → Note: retrieved on 2021-11-19.

Longines pocket watch [edit]

This private (maybe commercial) site sidneywinston.ca/Donation (Note: site displays Longines pocket watch) once displayed this image of mine on its Donation page. No longer, alas.
Non-commercial site: dewiki.de: Taschenuhr

Useful Links[edit]

Wiki Commons[edit]

Commons:Image guidelines
Commons:Licensing
Commons:Deletion policy > Note: to have a recently uploaded image removed, simply tag it as {{speedy|reason for deletion}}
Commons:For Wikipedians
Editor's index to Commons
When to use the {{PD-Art}} tag > See also: Reuse of PD-Art photographs
Commons: Preparing images for upload
- Commons: Maximum file sizes for uploads
- Commons FAQ: What resolution should the images I upload be?
  Excerpt from above FAQ: "The highest resolution available for images is more than welcome. You don't have to worry about server disk space and the load-time of the Wikipedia pages that refer to them, since the software automatically generates and caches smaller (as specified in the articles) versions."
  However, scaling of images may fail if the image is very large and rendering takes too much time or memory (in that case, either no scaled image is shown, or the full image is served to the browser, often causing it to lock up).
  - For PNG images, a hard limit of 25 megapixels is in effect.
  - Large JPEGs are only problematic if they are saved in progressive mode, since the entire image has to be processed at once. Use baseline mode instead.
  In case the full scale original is too large to process for the software, upload it anyway, but then please overwrite it with a scaled down version (around 6 megapixels in size); the full scale version will still be available in the upload history, and you can add a reference to it in the image description.
- Commons: Maximum size for thumbnails
  Excerpt from above FAQ: "For files where the software does not provide thumbnails because of this limitation, a thumbnail version (either a full-sized JPEG or a smaller PNG) should be uploaded for thumbnail/preview purposes, and linked with the main file. The templates {{Archival version}} and {{Compressed version}} / {{Compressed version/doc}} are available for this."

Commons:Photography Critiques[edit]

Commons:Photography critiques

Commons:Photo_challenge[edit]

Straight to the current "wiki commons photo challenge"

How to submit a new entry / example: Commons:Photo_challenge/2019_-_June_-_Geology (Edit)

How to vote for up to three images / example: Commons:Photo_challenge/2019_-_April_-_Prisons/Voting

Commons:Photo_challenge/2019_-_May_-_Working_Women/Voting

Commons:Photo_challenge/2019_-_May_-_Insects/Voting

Commons:Quality Images[edit]

Commons:Quality images candidates > preceded by rules for nomination as a quality image.

Quality images candidates list

Quality images recently promoted

Commons:Featured Images[edit]

Commons:Featured pictures > preceded by rules for nomination as a featured picture.

Featured images candidates list

Admissible categories see: COM:FP

Template:Featured picture candidates overview

Category:Featured pictures by subject > root page for all featured images.

Commons:Featured pictures/Objects

Commons:Valued Images[edit]

Difference between quality images, featured pictures, and valued images:

Note: the following text was extracted from page Commons:Valued images:

The quality images project aims to identify and encourage users who provide images of high technical quality to Commons.
Featured pictures are the cream of the crop at Commons and the project is reserved for images of both extraordinary value and technical quality.
Valued images, on the other hand, are those that are the most valuable of their kind for use in an online context, within other Wikimedia projects.
The technical requirements for valued images are typically much lower, as there is no concern about suitability for print usage. A built-in camera in a modern mobile phone should be sufficient if the subject is of high value and the photo illustrates it well at a viewing size of 480×360 pixels or equivalent.
Valued images are less about technical quality and more about your ingenuity in finding good and valuable subjects which matter, and about the usability of the information on the image page.

Commons:Valued images > contains rules regarding nomination as a valued image.

Valued image criteria

Valued image scope

Valued image scope#Links in the scope

Valued image candidates nomination procedure

Valued images candidates list

Valued images candidates list - Example image

Valued images candidates list

Category:Valued images by subject

Category:Valued images of photography equipment

Special Information[edit]

Special:SpecialPages > Sections: Maintenance reports, Lists of pages, Login / create account, Users and rights, Recent changes and logs, Media reports and uploads, Data and tools, Redirecting special pages, High use pages, Page tools, Wikibase, Other special pages, Legend.

Special:GlobalUsage/filename: List of pages that use this file:
Example: Special:GlobalUsage/Zeiss_Batis_Sonnar_F1.8_85.jpg

Special:PrefixIndex > Usage: Find items within reserved wikimedia.org namespaces by their initial letter(s); choose namespace from the namespace dropdown list, e.g. category or template, ...

Special:Preferences > Usage: Click on one or more gadgets to enable these in your browser.

Wiki Logos[edit]

Category: Wikimedia logos by project

Wikimedia Commons[edit]

<< This the basic design element of all Wikimedia Commons logos.
- Universal Wikimedia Commons Icon:
  Commons: Dortmund / Aplerbeck
- Universal Wikimedia Commons Icon with localised text:
  Commons: Dortmund / Aplerbeck

Other Logos within the Wikimedia Commons realm[edit]

Awards
Quality image

Featured picture

Featured picture#Freeviewing

Valued image

The original barnstar

WWW / World Wide Web

Wikipedia[edit]

<< This the basic design element of all Wikipedia/2.0 logos.

Other Logos within the Wikipedia realm[edit]

nominated "Image du jour / POTD 2019-08-14" on the French Wikipedia

Wikidata[edit]

<< This the basic design element of all Wikidata logos.
Carl Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 1.8/85 (Q21233320)

Templates[edit]

General Policies Regarding Templates[edit]

Specialised Templates for use within Wiki Commons[edit]

Template:Panorama > Usage: {{Panorama | 1=Description of the subject | 2=Number of images used | 3=Software used}}

Template:Focus stacked image > Usage: {{Focus stacked image | 1=Description of the subject | 2=Number of images used | 3=Software used}}

List of templates containing the PrefixIndex "User" within Wiki Commons

Collection of links to lists of utility templates Wiki Commons

List of string manipulation templates within Wiki Commons

Template:Assessments > Usage: {{Assessments | featured=1 | enwiki=1 | com-nom=Bar.jpg | ...}}

Template:Category > Usage: {{Category | 1=category name | 2=namespace | 3=sortkey}}

Template:Cat see also > Usage: {{Cat see also| 1=name of category to link to | 2,3,4,...=names of further categories to link to | iw=interwiki prefix | for=descriptive text to append}}

Template:Colorbox > Usage: {{Colorbox | 1=background | 2=text | 3=link | title=tooltip}}

How to Add another Language Version to a Template[edit]

A typical template (code: {{template_title}}) consists of a number of interacting sub-templates. But not all templates offer a method to add other language versions.
Those templates that do provide a method to add other language versions contain a sub-template usually designated as {{template_title/text}} which contains all text snippets that are to be displayed within the corresponding template.
Open the sub-template {{template_title/text}} for editing.
The basic struture is as follows:
<includeonly>{{#switch:{{{ispure}}}
|parameter_value_used_within_template ={{LangSwitch
|en = English text.
|fr = French text.
|ru = Russian text (in Cyrillic).
}}
...
Now, to add a German text for example, just add a line containing the language identifier de in alphabetical order. Although this is not strictly keeping in line with the proposed alphabetical order, I prefer to keep the English version to the top, as it usually is the reference version for all other languages.
<includeonly>{{#switch:{{{ispure}}}
|parameter_value_used_within_template ={{LangSwitch
|en = English text.
|de = German text.
|fr = French text.
|ru = Russian text (in Cyrillic).
}}
...
The individual text may contain almost all code elements that wikimedia provides, although it is good practice to constrain use mostly to plain text formatting and links.
Note: links should point to items existing within the Wikipedia with the same language version. Only where not applicable, say a link to an internationalised template or a link to a Commons Help site, or no suitable counterpart exists in the proposed language Wikipedia, should links be set otherwise (see example below). Of course, you may create new content in that language's Wikipedia, based on an existing entry in another language.

Example[edit]

The template Template:Stereoscopic 3D contains a sub-template Template:Stereoscopic 3D/text
The sub-template's master switch contains numerous entries together with the corresponding language text, some entries sporting multiple variants, e.g. line
|x|cross|crosseye|cross-eye|cross eye|crossview|cross-view|cross view={{LangSwitch
|en = The stereogram uses the [[:en:Stereoscopic#Side-by-side|side-by-side]] cross-view method. The left frame shows the right eye's perspective, and the right frame the left eye's perspective. It might be possible to view this image [[:en:Stereoscopic#Freeviewing|without a viewing device]] by ''crossing'' your eyes to visually combine the frames.

This newly added text contains content from various German texts, in order to display usage of 4 different links: 2 links to the German Wikipedia, 1 link to this template, 1 link to a Commons Help site, and, due to lack of a German counterpart, 1 link directly to the English Wikipedia, but at least with a German description:
|de = Dieses Stereogramm benutzt die [[:de:Stereoskopisches_Sehen#Der_Kreuzblick|Überkreuz-Betrachtungsmethode]], bei der die beiden Aufnahmen zwar [[de:Stereoskopie#Stereobildpaar|nebeneinander angeordnet]], jedoch seitenvertauscht sind. Hilfestellung hierzu unter [[Template:Stereoscopic 3D|{{lang|en|Template:Stereoscopic 3D}}]]. Hilfestellung hierzu auf der englisch-sprachigen Seite [[Commons:Overwriting existing files|Richtlinien, die vor dem Überschreiben vorhandener Dateien zu beachten sind (engl.)]]. [[:en:wiggle stereoscopy|Wackelbild-Verfahren ({{lang|en|wiggle stereoscopy}})]].

How to Test a Language Version Newly Added to a Template[edit]

While editing a template the Wikipedia editor provides an opportunity to preview a page with the current template before publishing. I.e. one may enter the name of a page or a file from within the Wiki realm into the assigned field and press the button Preview page with this template.
The preview described above works for pages and files for Wikipedias in any language, also for pages and files within Wiki Commons. But, alas, even if that language is included in the said template the text will not be displayed in that language!
As of sofar I am sorry to say that haven't yet discovered a viable method to correctly test changes within language text contained within templates while in the edit mode of that template. Even the Template Help page provided no further information. Maybe I'm simply asking for too much.

Thus it is up to testing language versions after having published the modification within the language text.
This includes a thorough check that all text variants are correctly processed.
I advise using the sandbox on your Wikipedia Commons user page for this purpose. Just make an entry for each and every combination of parameter values for this template:

This file is a stereogram. Stereograms are stereoscopic images or animations which combine left and right frames showing slightly different visual angles to allow for 3D perception.

The stereogram uses the side-by-side parallel-view method. The left frame shows the left eye's perspective, and the right frame the right eye's perspective. It might be possible to view this image without a viewing device by diverging your eyes to visually combine the frames, or a stereoscope may be used.

This file is a stereogram. Stereograms are stereoscopic images or animations which combine left and right frames showing slightly different visual angles to allow for 3D perception.

The stereogram uses the side-by-side cross-view method. The left frame shows the right eye's perspective, and the right frame the left eye's perspective. It might be possible to view this image without a viewing device by crossing your eyes to visually combine the frames.

When this page is displayed in standard mode, all text within a template obstinately refer to the English text only. This is true, even if the template is applicable in another Wikipedia.
By pure chance I discovered this wonderful solution:
To force a language switch one must leave the precincts of Wikipedia and enter the URL to the page containing the template AND add a language-related parameter call ?uselang=language_identifier, e.g. ?uselang=de as follows:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Franz_van_Duns/Sandbox?uselang=de

This done, voila, scroll down to section "Test area 24" where the template variants are displayed in the desired language, here in German.

Note: when referring to individual sections one must place the ?uselang=de statement before the "#"-operator within the URL.

Example:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Franz_van_Duns/Sandbox?uselang=de#Begin_of_test_area_24

FINALE: This took some time and was also a bit tricky to find out, but eventually led to a viable solution. Should anyone know of a better solution, please give me a hint. Thank you!

Specialised Templates for use within Wikipedia[edit]

The following templates show the encased content only when placed on page of the English Wikipedia. (I haven't found a way to circumvent this restriction for use in other Wiki branches.)

Template:Infobox photographic lens > click on link to display documentation for this template.
Use in Wikipedia as follows: {{Infobox photographic lens |name = Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 1.8/85mm |image = Zeiss Batis Sonnar F1.8 85.jpg |... |... |...}}

Inter-Wiki Category Templates[edit]

Template:C > Establishes a link to a category, either within Wiki Commons or to another Wikipedia
> Usage: {{ C | 1=category name, optional namespace | 2=displayed text | 3=interwiki access, via language code | 4=+/- precedes category name with namespace "Category:" }}
> Note: {{c | Category:XYZ | ...}} is seemingly identical to {{w | c:Category:XYZ | ...}}

Specialised Non-Wiki-Commons Templates (Wikipedia / MetaWiki)[edit]

Template explained: Wikipedia:Transclusion
List of string manipulation templates within Wikipedia > contains far more templates than Wiki Commons
List of string manipulation templates within MetaWiki > contains additional templates
Template:Translated page > depicts a page transferred and translated from another wikipedia

Linking from within DE-Wikipedia to Wiki Commons[edit]

Example for categories: [[commons:Category:Sigma 24-105mm F4 DG OS HSM|24–105 mm F4 DG OS HSM [A]]]
Example for files: [[commons:File:Sigma 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A Canon EF lens & compatible Sigma MC-11 Mount Converter.jpg|135 mm F1.8 DG HSM [A]]]

Categories[edit]

Categories - General Policies[edit]

Commons:Categories > How to use

MetaWiki: Help:Category#Sort_key > How to apply a sort key to a category

Examples for Hierarchical Categories[edit]

Category:Meta categories > contains only subcategories but no images

Category:Files by technical criteria > contains only subcategories but no images

Category:Images by technical criteria > contains only subcategories but no images

Category:Images by resolution > contains only subcategories but no images

Category:High-resolution > contains subcategories and images

Category:High-resolution images of architecture > contains only images

Linking to Categories[edit]

Links to Categories in Wiki Commons[edit]

Category:Ice ages > links within Wiki Commons to the category "Ice ages" - Code variant 01: [[:Category:Ice ages]]
Category:Ice ages > links from any Wiki to Wiki Commons category "Ice ages" - Code variant 02: {{w|c:Category:Ice ages}} (will have to test this assumption!)

Links to Categories in Wikimedia[edit]

Example to be provided ...

Categories with Parameters[edit]

Here is an interplay between two related categories: I assume that the metacat|background color of the top category relates to the parameter white of the subcategory.

Master category:
- Category:Cameras by background color
  '''{{metacat|background color}}'''
  
  [[Category:Cameras | ]]
  
  [[Category:Objects by background | Cameras]]
  
  [[Category:Images by color of background | Cameras]]

One of 6 subcategories:
- Editing Category:Cameras and lenses on white background
  {{de|Kameras und Objektive vor weißem Hintergrund}}
  
  {{en|Cameras and lenses on white background}}
  
  [[Category:Electronic devices on white background]]
  
  [[Category:Photographic lenses]]
  
  [[Category:'''Cameras by background color | white''']]

Extended Jumps within the Alphabetic Order of Categories[edit]

Categories normally display only up to 200 images at once, usally in alphabetical order.
Whenever one occurs upon a category with a large number of images and requires one or more images near the end of the alphabet one must repetitively stride through numerous pages in a somewhat tiresome manner.
The following HTML code fragment allows one to jump straight to a file name beginning with the stated text:
&filefrom=YYYY, replace the string "YYYY" with the desired beginning of file name. A single letter will suffice, case is ignored. If no file beginning with this string exists subsequent files will be displayed in rising alphabetical order.
E.g. adding &filefrom=ng to a category displaying a list of camera lenses will show up to 200 lens files beginning with a file name such as Nikon or e.g. Olympus if no Nikon lens exists in this category.
CAVEAT: The above described method is NOT compatible with the Wiki Commons standard category statement:
[[:Category:Cameras_and_lenses_on_white_background&filefrom=Sony]] as this is coded as https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cameras_and_lenses_on_white_background&filefrom=Sony, which results in an invalid statement! On the contrary this call only offers to create a new page.
CONSTRUCTING A VALID STATEMENT: When on the first (or actually any) page of the intended category one must click on (next page) once and the HTML code changes to something like this:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Cameras_and_lenses_on_white_background&filefrom=Canon+EF+17-40mm+f4L+USM+front+angled.jpg#mw-category-media
- Now you can replace the complete latter part of the HTML statement beginning with "&filefrom=" to e.g. &filefrom=sony, deleting the filename, the ".jpg" ending, and also the "#mw-category-media" statement as follows:
  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Cameras_and_lenses_on_white_background&filefrom=Sony
CORRECT USAGE:
Example: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Quality_images_by_Franz_van_Duns&from=Gj > Lists all files in alphabetical order, starting with "Gj", thus excluding file names starting with "Gingko".

Simple queries without special characters ("/", ":", ")", etc.) may easily be constructed as follows:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:category_designation&filefrom=string_containing_initial_character(s)_of_first_file_name_to_be_displayed
NOTE: replace all blanks within the category designation and the initial file name string with underscores.

Wikipedia Documentation (English Version)[edit]

Recommendations concerning the use of Wikipedia.

Links to useful How-To and Guidance Pages[edit]

These pages provide hints and help as how to assemble a correctly written, correctly formatted, and correctly referenced wiki article, avoiding most pitfalls that "newbies" such as I will surely encounter:

Wikipedia: Article wizard → Getting started - what to consider and what to do to create your fírst Wikipedia article.

Wikipedia: Policies and guidelines
Excerpt: "Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal of creating a free, reliable encyclopedia. There is no need to read any policy or guideline pages to start editing. The five pillars are a popular summary of the most pertinent principles."
- Wikipedia: Five pillars > the fundamental principles of Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia: Article titles > the considerations, or naming conventions, on which choices of article titles are based.
- Wikipedia: Image use policy - > policies towards images—including format, content, and copyright issues—applicable on the English-language Wikipedia.
- Wikipedia: Help:Creation and usage of media files >
  Excerpt: "Typically the first step in using an image or other media file is to upload it to Wikimedia Commons, but for legal reasons, some files must be uploaded to the English Wikipedia instead. The Wikipedia: upload page will help you to choose between these options."

Wikipedia: Referencing for beginners → explains the basics.
- Wikipedia: Help:Citations quick reference → good, bad, and ugly citations.
- Wikipedia: Reliable sources → This guideline discusses the reliability of various types of sources.
- Wikipedia: Verifiability → other people using the encyclopedia may check that the information comes from a reliable source.
- Wikipedia: Current science and technology sources → a list of reliable sources for science and technology articles

Wikipedia: How-To
- Wikipedia: Advanced template coding
- Wikipedia: How to draw a diagram with Inkscape

Wikipedia: Disambiguation > resolve conflicts that arise when a potential article title is ambiguous, i.e. refers to more than one subject covered by Wikipedia.
zzz >
zzz >

Wikipedia: Help:Pictures > This tutorial explains how to insert pictures into Wikipedia articles using wikitext.
- Wikipedia: Extended image syntax > additional image placement parameters.

Wikipedia Documentation (German Version)[edit]

Wikipedia.de: Hilfe:Links

Linking to other Wiki Branches / Interwiki Links[edit]

Wiki Template (for Inter-Wiki usage)[edit]

INFO: Explore page Template:W

Interwiki TEST site[edit]

Found this on a Wikipedia user homepage:
- Template:WP:Wikimedia Commons/POTD

Interwiki Abbreviations[edit]

Interwiki abbreviations are placed within the Template:W in the form "|3=language-id:wiki-abbreviation".

Table of wiki-abbreviations: Template:W#Localization, scroll to table "Complex page name examples" to see advanced examples.

3=language-id no wiki-abbreviation	Wikipedia for that language
3=language-id:b	Wikibooks
3=language-id:d	Wikidata
3=language-id:n	Wikinews
3=language-id:q	Wikiquote
3=language-id:s	Wikisource
3=language-id:v	Wikiversity
3=language-id:voy	Wikivoyage
3=language-id:wikt	Wiktionary

3=m	Metawiki
3=mw	Mediawiki
3=species	Wikispecies
3=en:commons	en:Commons

Examples:

Radiation astronomy/Neutrinos > {{W|Radiation astronomy/Neutrinos|3=en:v}}
50mm Berlin > {W|de:50mm Berlin|3=de:v}}
50mm Berlin > {W|de:50mm Berlin|3=v}}

Inter-Wiki: Call Category from another Wiki[edit]

Template:C > Establishes a link to a category, either within Wiki Commons or to another Wikipedia
> Usage: {{ C | 1=category name, optional namespace | 2=displayed text | 3=interwiki access, via language code | 4=+/- precedes category name with namespace "Category:" }}
> Note: {{c | Category:XYZ | ...}} is seemingly identical to {{w | c:Category:XYZ | ...}}

Inter-Wiki: Call Page from another Wiki[edit]

Inter-Wiki: Call Template from another Wiki[edit]

Another attempt at using a template declared in another wiki.
In the following I will try to call a template defined within Wikipedia from this Wiki Commons userpage.

{{picture of the day|2021-11-01}} => calling this code from Wiki Commons causes an error, although valid in Wikipedia.
(1) 2021-11-01 displays string "2021-11-01".
(2) wikipedia:en:template:POTD displays template page of "template:POTD", but doesn't resolve the template itself.
(3) wikipedia:en:template:POTD/2021-11-01 displays template page of "template:POTD/2021-11-01", including the POTD image, but also doesn't resolve the template itself.
(4a) [[wikipedia:en:template:

Picture of the day

St Andrew's Church and Andriyivskyy Descent in Kyiv, Ukraine. +/− [en]

]] displays Wiki Commons POTD, not that of the English wikipedia.

(4b) [[wikipedia:en:

Picture of the day

St Andrew's Church and Andriyivskyy Descent in Kyiv, Ukraine. +/− [en]

]] also displays Wiki Commons POTD, not that of the English wikipedia.

(4c) [[wikipedia:{{en:template:POTD}}]]
(4d) [[{{wikipedia:en:template:POTD}}]]

Using Escape Characters[edit]

Attempt at passing the curved brackets "{" and "}" to Wikipedia by escaping them with "{" and "}":

(5) [[wikipedia:en:{{template:POTD}}]]
(6) [[wikipedia:en:{{picture of the day|2021-11-01}}]]
(7) Double escape, i.e. escaped every single character of the above escape code, but to no avail: wikipedia:en:{{POTD}}

Inter-Wiki Communication Template - Methods A[edit]

Wikimedia user groups

Communication

Help:Notifications

Help:Notifications/Thanks

Inter-Wiki Communication Template - Methods B[edit]

Found a simple, concise method to send a simple "thank you" to another wiki user.

   Method 1: via talk pages. 
   Method 2: send a "thanks for editing" in the edit history of files and wiki commons pages.
   Method 3: Using template Reply to, described as follows as Method C.

Inter-Wiki Communication Template - Method C[edit]

{{Reply to|user-name}}[edit]

Aliases: ping, replyto, mention

Usage

This template takes advantage of the new user mention notification to ping the user(s) you are replying to in a discussion (so you don't have to use the {{talkback}} template).
It works on any talk page or Project namespace page. It also works on the Support Desk.

This template is particularly helpful in discussions that are not threaded, to indicate which user's comment is referenced. If you feel that this template unnecessarily personalizes the discussion, you may still use the {{talkback}} template on the user's talk page to indicate that you have replied to a comment.

Note that it isn't necessary to use this template to ping (indicate) the user if you are already linking to their username from your post.

Single recipient[edit]

To use it, just add something like the following to an existing discussion:

{{reply to|User1}} Exemplary message text. ~~~~

For example, ":{{reply to|user-name}} Message text." displays as:

   @user-name: Message text.

The comment must be signed and belong to a section in order for the notification to work.

Multiple recipients[edit]

You can reply to up to 5 people at once:

{{reply to|User-1|User-II|User-C}} Message text. ~~~~

Aliases[edit]

   {{ping}}
   {{replyto}}
   {{mention}}

Referencing / Displaying Images[edit]

The current Picture of the Day on Wiki Commons can be included on a page using the template:

Picture of the day

St Andrew's Church and Andriyivskyy Descent in Kyiv, Ukraine. +/− [en]

The image can be accessed using:

File:2017 - Київ - Місячний вечір на Замковій горі.jpg

The caption can be accessed using:

St Andrew's Church and Andriyivskyy Descent in Kyiv, Ukraine.

The page that describes the theme "Picture of the Day" on Wikipedia can be referenced as such:

Potd

TEST: The current Picture of the Day on Wikipedia can be included on a page using the template

{{:w:template:Potd}} - not working yet !!

Including Icon in a Link[edit]

Trying to include the miniaturised Wikipedia icon (20x20px) in a link to Wikipedia from within Wikimedia Commons.

I can place the icon before or after the link, but, as yet, not inside the link, where it would be underlined together with the link text.

How to reference an image stored in Wikimedia Commons from within Wikipedia:

[[commons:File:Sigma 135mm F1.8 DG HSM A Canon EF lens & compatible Sigma MC-11 Mount Converter.jpg|135 mm F1.8 DG HSM [A]]]

How to include a hyperlink into an logo image (idea: display only the logo itself but enable a link to a Wikipedia / Wikimedia site when clicked):

en: Stereoscopy

Now this is a pleasing combination of a link connected to a text followed by the same link connected to a minimised image (takes a second or two for size reduction):

www.actionacademy.it/.../venezia 77, apre i battenti con ben 16 film italiani -> I an enthralled! This site about a Venetian cultural event displays this image of mine on its title page. A truly appropriate selection from Wikimedia Commons!

Display ONLY Icon, but Provide a Link to some other Page[edit]

Idea: display ONLY a miniaturised Wikipedia icon (20x20px) that links to Wikimedia / Wikipedia article from within Wikimedia Commons.

Include Icon in Headline[edit]

POTD (Picture of the Day)[edit]

POTD (Picture of the Day)

en: Help:Visual file markup

Wikidata[edit]

Wikidata explained: Wikidata
Wiki Commons: use template {{Wikidata Infobox}} to display an Infobox containing information from the Wikidata item where the statement "Commons category" points to the Wiki Commons entry.
Example:
- Name of Wiki Commons entry: Canon FD 500 mm f8.0
- Name of Wikidata entry: Canon FD 500mm F8 reflex lens (Q96954124)
- Commons category for above Wikidata entry: Canon FD 500 mm f8.0

NEW: Wikipedia template "Wikidata Infobox" / Commons:Wikidata infobox help

Created Wikidata item "Taken with Sigma 135mm F1.8 DG HSM (Q64768298)"

Wikidata Tools[edit]

Wikidata: Help:Merge → what to consider before merging two Wikidata items.

Wiki Tools[edit]

Help:Inkscape

Wikimedia Toolforge

Wikimedia Tool svgcheck: Check a SVG file for Wikimedia compatibility

Recommended status after validity check:

This vector image was created with Inkscape.

Template:Created with Inkscape > Usage: {{Created with Inkscape | 1=name of user or author | 2=Validity (v, n, or s) | topic = f, i, or m}}

Significant Categories and Media[edit]

Photography[edit]

Commons:Photography terms
User:Colin/PixelPeeping > Some thoughts on when "pixel peeping" is irrelevant and when even mandatory.
Category:Sony HVL-F60M - link valid approx 8 minutes after having published newly created category!

Historical Cameras (Wikipedia EN)[edit]

Camera

Folding camera

Box camera

Single-lens reflex camera

Subminiature camera

Categories of Cameras (Wiki Commons)[edit]

Category:Cameras

Category:Cameras by type

Category:Viewfinder cameras

Category:Rangefinder cameras

Category:Subminiature cameras

Category:Wooden cameras

Category:SLR cameras

Category:Folding cameras

Category:Cameras by mount No EF, no FE

Category:Cameras by format

Categories of Cameras Accessories and More[edit]

Category:Photography accessories

Category:Camera accessories

Category:Camera bellows

Category:Tripods (photography)

Category:Photographs taken with tripods

Non-technical Categories concerning Photography (Wiki Commons)[edit]

Category:Cameras by brand

Category:Kodak cameras

Category:Kodak photographic film cameras

Category:Sony Alpha (E-mount)

Category:Cameras by year

Category:Cameras by country

Category:Cameras by color

Category:Quality images of cameras and photographic equipment

Photography Techniques[edit]

Focus Stacking[edit]

Category:Focus stacking images by subject

Category:Focus stacking images of photography equipment

High-resolution[edit]

Category:High-resolution

Category:High-resolution images of architecture

Stereoscopy[edit]

Category:Stereoscopic 3D files (side-by-side crosseye)

Category:Stereoscopic 3D files (side-by-side parallel)

Projects and Initiatives within Wikipedia / Wikimedia[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Photography

Not yet proposed:
, , nor
Pictogram 35mm film

Uploading mishaps[edit]

Image notes / annotations do not appear

Problem: Image notes / image annotations won't show up since a new version of the image was uploaded.
Check: Check whether the image dimensions have changed, this is sometimes barely perceptible.
Reason: The positions of image notes are strictly linked to the image's dimensions. This is to prevent wrong positioning if someone changes the image size, even by simply one single pixel.
Possible causes: Any tilt / perspective correction of your image after your initial upload could reduce or sometimes even slightly enlarge image size.

Temporary Collections[edit]

Interactions within Wiki[edit]

To send a notice to someone which will appear as a notice on his/her user page, use the template:re, i.e. {{re|Franz van Duns}}

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Gadget-GallerySlideshow

Extract / Examples from above page:

Works for all users: Category:Featured images.
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Featured_pictures_on_Wikimedia_Commons?gsAutoPlay=1&gsDelay=10000&gsDir=desc&gsAutoStart=1&withJS=MediaWiki:Gadget-GallerySlideshow.js&withCSS=MediaWiki:Gadget-GallerySlideshow.css
Works for users with gadget activated only: Commons:Featured images of Flowers.
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures/Plants/Flowers?gsAutoPlay=1&gsDelay=10000&gsDir=desc&gsAutoStart=1&gsReadFromScreen=1
Works for users with gadget activated only: Category:Featured images.
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Featured_pictures_on_Wikimedia_Commons?gsAutoPlay=1&gsDelay=10000&gsDir=desc&gsAutoStart=1

Licensing within Wikis[edit]

Examples for maximised licensing demands: 50mm Berlin.
Could be quite helpful!
Commons talk:Photo challenge/themes > discussions about future challenge themes.

Wiki-internal Usage and Logs[edit]

Formatting Options[edit]

Concerning Wikipedia[edit]

Discovered these (and more) when searching through Wikipedia.
Expect the following code to work well within Wiki Commons, too.

Display Image Crop without Actually Cropping[edit]

Found this pretty option with which one can display a crop of an image without having to upload a specially cropped version:
Wikipedia: Template:CSS image crop

Note: the Wiki Commons "Template:CSS image crop" has less parameters than the Wikipedia version (only the first 6)!


Template:CSS image crop
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

{{CSS image crop}} creates a crop of an image inline for previewing the look and feel of a page, or for linking to full images when a slight crop is preferred in an article, but the full image is more encyclopaedic in general. Where only a small section of the image is used after the crop, it's best to upload the crop as a new file, to avoid sending the extra image data to users.
{{CSS image crop
|Image         = The Name of the image file, or may accept {{Annotated image}}.
|bSize         = The Base Image width in pixels (the image we are cropping on)
|cWidth        = Crop Image Width in pixels
|cHeight       = Crop image Height in pixels
|oTop          = Offset Top in pixels, optional and defaults to 0 when omitted
|oLeft         = Offset Left in pixels, optional and defaults to 0 when omitted
|Location      = 'right', 'left', 'center' or 'none'. Determines placement of the image on the page
                 Defaults to 'right' when description is provided (as is default for thumb images)
                 When description is blank, location on left (as is default for non-thumbs)
|Description   = Description (will render out using thumbnail class)
|Link          = Name of an article to be linked by clicking on the image (omit unless there is a
                 good reason to link to an article instead of the image).
|Alt           = The alt text for the image.
|Page          = The page of the file, if there are multiple pages (such as pdf files).
|magnify-link  = The image to be linked by the magnify icon (Use if the Image parameter is set to
                 {{Annotated image}} or the Link parameter leads to something other than the image).
}}

How to Embed an Image within Text et al.[edit]

A description of how to :Extended image syntax
Wikipedia:Extended image syntax

Linking to Pages on other Wikis[edit]

Linking from within Wiki Commons[edit]

Wikipedia / English:

Featured pictures
- Featured picture candidates

Wikipedia / Deutsch:

Wikipedia:Exzellente Bilder
- Wikipedia:Kandidaten für exzellente Bilder

Wikipedia / français:

Wikipédia:Images de qualité

Template with which to link from one Wikipedia to another[edit]

Caveat: Only works for links to pages (also template, special, etc. pages) within other wikis, but cannot resolve templates which are only defined on that other wiki, such as {{Picture of the day}} defined within the english wikipedia.

Link from wiki commons to the following template description on the the German wikipedia: > [[:{{{1}}}:PageName | Wikipedia auf {{{1}}} ]] Explanation: {{{1}}}=country code, PageName=Page title within the chosen Wikipedia.
- Example 01: Link to page "Taschenuhr" on German Wikipedia
- Example 02: Link to page "Pocket watch" on English Wikipedia

FAQ[edit]

On which page within Wikipedia do I find the basis of the claim that an image must have been included within a wikipedia article for at least 7 days before it may be proposed as a "Featured picture"?
- Eureka! Have found the relevant site: Wikipedia:Featured picture criteria
  - Advance to criterion no. 5: "Adds significant encyclopedic value to an article ..."
  - Read bullet no. 1: "... It is preferable to wait a reasonable period of time (at least 7 days) after the image is added to the article before nominating it. ..."

Where within Wikipedia do I find a list of Featured pictures that have not appeared on the main page?
- Go to Wikipedia page Category:Featured pictures that have not appeared on the main page

Wikipedia featured pictures[edit]

Categories:

Category:Wikipedia featured pictures categories

Wikipedia Lost and Found[edit]

Interesting articles, facts, and pages I have found on my journey through die realms of Wikipedia:

Outline of Roget's Thesaurus
The Wikipedia Monopoly Board.
Examples of mathematical symbols and box diagrammes: Image sensor format

User Authentication[edit]

meta.wikimedia: Help:Unified login
Code: > {{W|Help:Unified login|meta.wikimedia: Help:Unified login|3=m}}
Global account information for Franz van Duns
Code fragment: > ... Special:CentralAuth?target=Franz+van+Duns

Wiki Commons Structured Data[edit]

Collection of Wikidata Queries on Franz van Duns' Wikidata user page:

What is Structured Data?[edit]

Whenever an image has been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and after the appropriate file information has been provided, a request appears asking you to provide so called "structured data".

Structured data has a well-defined structure, which sets off from simple statements, but may also be combined to amazingly complex statements.
- Most (all?) structured data is stored in the Wikidata database.
- Each "item = noun " and "property = verb" used to create structured data has a key number.
- The noun "farmhouse" e.g. has a key number of Q489357.
- The verb "depicts" e.g. has a key number of P180.

First Encounter with Structured Data[edit]

First choice for images is the "depicts" statement, which is the default statement provided for new entries.
If your image displays a horse galloping across the yard in front of a farmhouse, you will at least provide the following statements by typing the catchword into the input field and press the [ENTER] kay:
- horse [ENTER]
  Choose the correct entry from the dropdown list, i.e. horse domesticated (work) animal [ENTER]
- Repeat for other terms applicable to the "depicts" statement:
- farmhouse [ENTER]
  farmhouse chief dwellings attached to farms, ... [ENTER]
- yard [ENTER]
  yard area of land ajacent to a building ... [ENTER]
- gallop [ENTER]
  gallop gait of a horse [ENTER]

Close data entry by clicking on [Publish changes] or discard changes by clicking on [Cancel].

Where to View Structured Data[edit]

Once a Wikimedia Commons entry has been stored, you will find the "Structured data" tab to the right of the "File information" tab. Click on tab to reveal the list of already stored structured data and allow adding editing.
NOTE: Wikimedia Commons adds a certain number of data overnight. The following items are extracted from the file information you initially provided:
- Creator, copyright status, copyright license, source of file, inception, and coordinates of the point of view.
You will find the key number for an item by hovering over the catchword in the list.
- horse => d:Special:EntityPage/Q726
- farmhouse => d:Special:EntityPage/Q489357
- yard => d:Special:EntityPage/Q1623185
- gallop => d:Special:EntityPage/Q1766807

How to add additional entries to Structured Data List[edit]

The above example was kept very simple and will suffice for most purposes.
Should a full description require more than just a "depicts" statement, you must find the appropriate property to match your needs.
- Finding the correct verb is not a trivial process!

To add a new structured data item scroll down to the end of the list and click on the button [+ Add statement].
The input field that now unfolds sports looking glas icon and the phrase "earch to add properties (part of, media type, etc.) from Wikidata".
As you type in the desired property the search engine displays up to six of the best-matching suggestions.
- NOTE 1: The phrase "part o" does not display the same list of matches as the phrase "part of" does.
- NOTE 2: Trailing blanks are ignored, but the phrase "part of" with two blanks between characters matches nil.
- NOTE 3: When you type in a statement that already exists in the list, you are shown only a blank drop-down list, but not, as one would normally assume, a warning stating such as "Please avoid creating duplicate entries".

How to find additional entries to Structured Data List[edit]

The following properties require at least one additional so called "item", which in turn may require at least one so called "qualifier".
Only "items" with special connection properties are allowed, but one may seemingly choose a multitude of items, of wich, alsas, only very few are eligible.
- E.g. one may add the "item" "plant" to the statement "part of", but after a few seconds a lightning bolt icon appears, which, when hoverering over, states "This statement has some issues". By clicking on this icon an explanation appears, e.g. "Issues / allowed entity types constraint / The property 'part of' should not be used on this type of entity, the only valid entity type is 'Wikibase item'.".
- On the other hand, the item "camera" is allowed, although it is certainly not the object the depicted subject "plant bud" is a part of!
On the whole, the treatment of statements that go beyond the most simple statements is a very tricky business, and, at least for me, is a matter of trial and error.

Information about property "part of"
- part of [ENTER]
  part of object of which the subject is a part (...). Inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670)). [ENTER]
- part of => d:Special:EntityPage/P361

Information about property "media type"
- media type [ENTER]
  IANA-registered identifier for a file type (MIME). [ENTER]
- part of => d:Special:EntityPage/P1163

Specific Examples[edit]

How to add camera data to Structured Data List[edit]

Information about property "image captured with"
- image captured with [ENTER]
  part of object of which the subject is a part (...). Inverse property of "has part" (P527, see also "has parts of the class" (P2670)). [ENTER]
- part of => d:Special:EntityPage/P4082
- Note: Accepted items are:
  - Sony α7R IV (Q65976324), camera (), model series (), and surely more ..., but not a lens such aus "Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1–5x Macro lens". The lens model is accepted at first, but an exclamation mark icon appears within seconds that states "This statement has some issues". By clicking on this icon an explanation appears, "Potential issues / value type constraint / Values of 'image captured with' statements should be instances of one of the following classes (...), but ... currently isn't: camera model, model series, cell phone model".
  - And as only one camera was employed in the making of this image, one should choose the exact camera make "Sony α7R IV".

How to add lens data to Structured Data List[edit]

This is accomplished in two steps:

First by adding the property "connects with" to the above created "Sony α7R IV" (which in turn is enable via the property "image captured with").
Second by adding a specific lens, such as "Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1–5x Macro lens" into the "sub-qualifier" input field just beside on the right.

Information about property "connects with"
- connects with [ENTER]
  connects with item with which the item is physically connected [ENTER]
- connects with => seemingly, no key number specified (d:Special:EntityPage/Pnnnnn)!
- Enter lens name:
  - To the right of the property "connects with" is an input field that accepts a specific lens, such as "Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1–5x Macro lens".
  - Entering the phrase "canon mp" suffices to whittle down the selection to a single entry in the drop-down list, which you must now click on to accept as the desired entry.

Close data entry by clicking on [Publish changes] or discard changes by clicking on [Cancel].

How to add fabrication method and specific "Manufacturer" to Structured Data List[edit]

This is accomplished in four steps:

(a) statement "fabrication method".
(b) item "focus stacking".
(c) qualifier "manufacturer".
(d) item "Zerene Stacker" (doesn't exist, thus click on button "..." and choose "No value exists for this property"). But comparable item "Helicon Focus" (Software) exists.

Information about statement "fabrication method"
- fabrication method [ENTER]
  fabrication method item with which the item is physically connected [ENTER]
- fabrication method => d:Special:EntityPage/P2097

Information about item "focus stacking"
- focus stacking [ENTER]
  focus stacking digital image processing technique [ENTER]
- focus stacking => d:Special:EntityPage/Q1435078

Information about qualifier "manufacturer"
- manufacturer [ENTER]
  manufacturer item with which the item is physically connected [ENTER]
- manufacturer => seemingly, no key number specified (d:Special:EntityPage/Pnnnnn)!

Information about item "Zerene Stacker"
- Zerene Stacker [ENTER]
  Zerene Stacker software producer [ENTER]
- Zerene Stacker => d:Special:EntityPage/Qnnnnnn (yet to be defined)
- Remedy: click on button "..." and choose "No value exists for this property".

Close data entry by clicking on [Publish changes] or discard changes by clicking on [Cancel].

How to add location data to Structured Data List[edit]

This is accomplished in two steps:

First by adding a new statement: either (a) "location" or (b) "located in the administrative territorial entity".
Second by adding one or more specific territorial entities, such as in (a) "Aplerbeck" and in (b) both "Dortmund" and "Germany".

Information about property "location"
- location [ENTER]
  location of the object, structure or event. ... other ... [ENTER]
- location => d:Special:EntityPage/P276

Information about property "located in the administrative territorial entity"
- located in the administrative territorial entity [ENTER]
  the item is located on the territory of the following administrative entity. ... other ... [ENTER]
- located in the administrative territorial entity => d:Special:EntityPage/P131

Yet to explore[edit]

The following structured data elements remain to be explored as to within which context they may be used:

Statement "photos by lens used" (Q63633670)
Statement "participant in"
Statement collection for "creator":
- "object has role: photographer"
  (qualifier) role or generic identity of the value of a statement ("object") in the context of that statement; For the role of the item the statement is on ("subject"), use P2868.
- "subject has role: photographer"
  role/generic identity of the item ("subject"), also in ther context of a statement. For the role of the value of the statement ("object"), use P3831 ("object has a role"). For acting roles, use P453 ("character role"). For persons, use P39.
- NOTE: "subject has role: photographer" prvokes a "Potential issues" warning:
  allowed qualifiers constraint: "subject has role" is not a valid qualifier for "creator" - the only valid qualifiers are:
  - possible creator
  - workshop of
  - follower of
  - circle of
  - manner of
  - forgery after
  - school of
  - after a work of
  - sourcing circumstances
  - named as
  - ...

Structured_data/Properties_table[edit]

Commons:Structured_data/Properties_table
General considerations on using Commons:Depicts statement.
Example of "Property constraints": Property constraints for Wikidata:Property:depicts (P180), → scroll down to section "Constraints".
Example with highly detailed "Structured data" page: Groove and needle in close embrace from beginning to end.jpg, → click on label "Structured data" to display.

Query Wiki Commons Structured Data[edit]

Basic Information[edit]

Commons:Structured data
Commons:Depicts
Commons:SPARQL query service
Commons:Structured data/Modeling → Modeling explained, with following subpages:
- Author • Copyright • Date • Depiction • Illustrations • Image captured with • Location • Maps • Participant • Quality • Significant Event • Source • Properties table
Commons:Structured_data/About/FAQ
Wikidata:SPARQL query service/Wikidata Query Help
Wikibase item (Q29934200)
located in the administrative territorial entity (P131) → see chapter "Wikidata property example"
Wikidata:SPARQL query service/Building a query → contains 5 examples

Constraints on certain Properties within Commons:Structured data[edit]

Within the subpage Structured data of a Wikimedia Commons item one may add additional properties or add a qualifier to an existing property.

This can sometimes be quite frustrating as the structure checking mechanism will unerringly annonunce:

Potential issues
allowed entity types constraint
The  property YYYY should not be used on this type of entity, the only valid entity type is Wikibase ZZZZ.

It took me quite a time to figure out why such properties are not rejected immediately, but are marked as "having potential issues" a few seconds after they have been published.

EXAMPLE:
- The property media legend (P2096) may preside as both a main property or as a qualifier. First choose this property, then the appropriate language identifier en, and then enter the desired text, e.g. Retail company: Ensign Ltd, UK.
- After publishing this will result in the line: media legend : Retail company: Ensign Ltd, UK(English)..
- The structure checking mechanism will take a few seconds and will then annex an icon to the statement, usually an exclamation mark enclosed in a circle.
- Click on the icon to view the cause, in this case:

Potential issues
allowed entity types constraint
The  property media legend should not be used on this type of entity, the only valid entity type is Wikibase item.

EXAMPLE continued:
- The property media legend will always be annotated here by the structure checking mechanism because the whole page is a Wikimedia Commons file and NOT a Wikibase item.
  Wikibase items are displayed in Wikidata where the property media legend may be applied to almost any Wikidata entry, except when forbidden by some constraint stated within the property declaration.
- Even though marked as mildly incorrect, the entry will still remain. Other icons may behave otherwiae.

How to add unstructured information to any property within Commons:Structured data[edit]

To state with which lens the image was taken one would normally use the property connects with (P) and choose the corresponding lens, e.g. Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 55mm F1.8 ZA (Q30646072), from the Wikidata database.
- In this special case the lens Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS (now established as Q110096014) had not yet been described within the Wikidata database.
- In such a case I take resort to either the property inscription or catchphrase to add a preliminary text such as connects with: Sony FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS to preserve this information until the hitherto undescribed lens has been added to the Wikidata database.
- Once this has been achieved add the property connects with to the newly described lens and do not forget to delete the preliminary , now superfluous property.

Search / Query HELP Page (Mediawiki)[edit]

Commons: Help:Searching
Wikipedia:en: Help:Searching
Commons talk:Structured data → click on tab "Discussion".
Example query: this query includes a qualifier statement which is declared within square brackets: haswbstatement:P180=Q2934[P459=Q106429444]
Mediawiki: Help:CirrusSearch
Mediawiki: Help:CirrusSearch: Search for File Properties

Mediawiki: Special:MyLanguage/Help:WikibaseCirrusSearch

Elasticsearch: Regexp-Syntax
Mediawiki: Help:New filters for edit review

Standard Querys[edit]

You can use the Wikimedia Commons search function to find files with structured data. Just enter the query string into the search input field at top right.

A few examples:

All files that depict (P180) a bunny (Q9394) ==> haswbstatement:P180=Q9394
All files where the image was captured (P4082) by a Sony α7R IV (Q65976324) camera ==> haswbstatement:P4082=Q65976324
All files with a caption in German ==> hascaption:de

All files with the word 'Ginkgo' in a file caption ==> incaption:ginkgo
All files that have a structured data statement saying that the file's copyright license (P275) is CC BY-SA 4.0 (Q18199165) ==> haswbstatement:P275=Q18199165
All files that do not have a depicts statement ==> -haswbstatement:P180

Standard Querys that include Qualifiers[edit]

You can extend a query to include qualifiers by suffixing the qualifier statement within brackets "[...]".

General format haswbstatement:Pnnnn=Qmmmm[Pxxxx=Qyyyy].
Example query 01 including qualifier: haswbstatement:P180=Q39053219[P462=Q23445] → searches for "depicts = Zeiss Batis Distagon T* 2.8/18mm (Q39053219) WITH-QUALIFIER color (P462) = black (Q23445)".
Example query 01 including qualifier: haswbstatement:P4082=Q65976324[P2789=Q20720780] → searches for "captured with (P4082) = Sony α7R IV (Q65976324) WITH-QUALIFIER connects with (P2789) = Sony FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS (Q20720780)".

Complex Querys[edit]

All files with the word 'Ginkgo' in a file caption, but not containing the phrase 'biloba' ==> incaption:ginkgo -incaption:biloba
All files taken within 2 km of the coordinates '51.478,7.555' ==> nearcoord:2km,51.478,7.555
All files with both sides (length and height) greater than 10,000 pixels AND containing the phrase 'Aplerbeck' ==> filewidth:>10000 fileheight:>10000 incaption:Aplerbeck
All files resolution (sqrt of (length and height)) greater than 5,000 pixels AND containing the phrase 'Dortmund', but NOT the phrase 'Panorama' ==> fileres:>5000 incaption:Dortmund -incaption:Panorama
All files / categories within the category:"Ginkgo biloba" ==> incategory:"Ginkgo biloba"
All files / categories within the category:"Ginkgo biloba" and all sub-categories AND containing the phrase 'category', i.e. a list of all subcategories plus a few erraneous files ==> deepcat:"Ginkgo biloba" category

Complex Query with Internal Logic[edit]

Found this example at "Commons talk:Quality images candidates".

Search for insource:/Quality (images (of|from|in)|black and white|night shots)/ -incategory:"Quality images".
- Result: found 426 images on Thu., 2021-05-13. These are in QI (sub) categories, but not in Quality images.
NOTE: Removal is possible via batch task VisualFileChange. I guess one must have administrator permissions to make use of this batch job. It must somehow be related to [[Category:VisualFileChange]].

Nevertheless, even though I have no access to this batch task these are the parameters required for this batch task:

Search: insource:/Quality (images (of|from|in)|black and white|night shots)/ -incategory:"Quality images"
Replace (by nothing): /\[\[Category:Quality (images (of|from|in)|black and white|night shots)[^\[\]\:]*\]\]\s*/g
Preserve: /(\[\[Category:Quality [^\[\]]* by [^\[\]]*\]\])/
Summary: rm qi cat (never nominated as qi) - see COM:QI

Special Queries[edit]

Commons: Special:PrefixIndex → Find all pages with this prefix.

Querys concerning Franz van Duns[edit]

Quality images by Franz van Duns:
All files entered by Franz van Duns that use the template "QualityImage" ==> author:"Franz van Duns" hastemplate:"QualityImage"

All files entered by Franz van Duns that use the template "assessments" AND contain the phrase "quality=1" (and thus also are quality pictures) ==> author:"Franz van Duns" hastemplate:"assessments" insource:"quality=1"

ToDo: Will have to devise a master query which merges both queries and subsequently singles out duplicates!

Featured pictures by Franz van Duns:
All files entered by Franz van Duns that use the template "assessments" AND contain the phrase "featured=1" (and thus are featured pictures) ==> author:"Franz van Duns" hastemplate:"assessments" insource:"featured=1"

Valued images by Franz van Duns:
All files entered by Franz van Duns that contain the word "{{ VI |" (and thus are valued images) ==> author:"Franz van Duns" insource:"{{ VI |"

Commons Photo Challenge winners by Franz van Duns:
All files entered by Franz van Duns that are Commons Photo Challenge winners ==> author:"Franz van Duns" incategory:"Photo challenge winners"

POTD images by Franz van Duns:
All files entered by Franz van Duns that contain the word "POTD" ==> author:"Franz van Duns" insource:"POTD"

Files containing phrase "Ephemeral" glory by Franz van Duns:
All files entered by Franz van Duns that contain the word "Ephemeral" ==> author:"Franz van Duns" insource:"Ephemeral"

Database reports[edit]

Display data collected from Wikidata within either Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia.

Create your own database report: see Wikipedia Template:Wikidata list (master article) and Commons Template:Wikidata list (copy transcluded from Wikipedia site).

→ The following information has been copied from the master article:

Usage: This template defines a bot-generated list based on Wikidata. It must begin as {{Wikidata list|sparql= SELECT ... and must be "closed" with {{Wikidata list end}}. The text between these two templates will be periodically (once every 24h) replaced by the bot-generated list.
This list is automatically generated from data in Wikidata and is periodically updated by Listeriabot.
Edits made within the list area will be removed on the next update!
Caveat 01: At this moment, only one list per page is possible.
Caveat 02: The query MUST include the ?item variable - do not rename it.
Caveat 03: Acording to the template documentation the Template:Wikidata list may be blocked for use on your Wikipedia, including the English (main) version. I understand that this template may function on your Wikipedia Userpage. This template is workable on Wikidata, maybe also on Commons - I'll simply try.

Examples

Example 01: This Commons page contains a list of predefined database reports: Database reports.
Example 02: This Commons page contains a database report which results in a tabular list of cameras with corresponding Wikidata values: Database reports/Cameras
Code: Query: SELECT ?item WHERE { { ?item wdt:P2009 ?dummy0 . } UNION { ?item wdt:P2010 ?dummy1 . } UNION { ?item wdt:P2033 ?dummy2 . } }
Example 03: (excerpted from Template:Wikidata list)

{{Wikidata list|sparql=
 SELECT ?item WHERE {
 ?item wdt:P31 wd:Q39715 .
 ?item (wdt:P131)* wd:Q55
 }
|columns=label:Article,description,p131:Place,P580,P582,p625,P18
|section=
|min_section=
|sort=label
|links=text
|thumb=128
|autolist=fallback
|references=all
|summary=itemnumber
|freq=7
|wdedit=yes
}}
... (This will be overwritten by ListeriaBot) ...
{{Wikidata list end}}

Querys within Wikipedia[edit]

Wikipedia: Database queries → A variety of methods to run a query against the Wikipedia database.

Queries that do not use regular search terms[edit]

Wikipedia search for files that use the stated template AND contain the phrase "Zeiss": hastemplate:"Infobox photographic lens" insource:"zeiss"
2020-07-03: Found 44 files.
Search within German Wikipedia for files that use the stated template AND contain the phrase "sony": hastemplate:"Infobox" insource:"sony"
2020-07-03: Found 21 files.

Queries that make use of regular search terms[edit]

Attempting to construct a query that will find all of my commons files that are referred to within a wiki of any language:

Regular search for part of file name: insource:/"File:Longines 4 Grand Prix pocket watch"/
Regular search for part of file name + extra text: insource:/"File:Longines 4 Grand Prix pocket watch"/ insource:/"DSF3402"/
Found following files:
insource:/"File:Longines 4 Grand Prix pocket watch"/

insource:/"Canon FD 500mm f-8.0 reflex lens.jpg"/

insource:/"Passiflora caerulea STEREO (R-L) 2019-06-27.jpg"/

...

...

Sort Order Term[edit]

Affix term '&sort=create_timestamp_desc' to query string.

Querys within Wikidata[edit]

Links to Wikidata query page and to self-made queries

Basic Information about Wikidata Querys[edit]

COPYRIGHT / LICENSING[edit]

Copyright rules[edit]

Wiki Commons pages that explain copyright rules:

Commons:Copyright rules by territory/European Union

Providing Proof of Valid License[edit]

Use template {{PD-scan|PD-old-100}} as proof of valid license for the following constellation:

 This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

	This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
	This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

This tag is designed for use where there may be a need to assert that any enhancements (eg brightness, contrast, colour-matching, sharpening) are in themselves insufficiently creative to generate a new copyright. It can be used where it is unknown whether any enhancements have been made, as well as when the enhancements are clear but insufficient. For known raw unenhanced scans you can use an appropriate {{PD-old}} tag instead. For usage, see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag.

Note: This tag applies to scans and photocopies only. For photographs of public domain originals taken from afar, {{PD-Art}} may be applicable. See Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag.

Temporary Links within the Wiki Realm[edit]

Links are temporarily stored here until required for some page / image / project ...

File:Destructed Trichiidae sporangia in Hokkaidō, Japan.jpg

Wiki Coding Examples[edit]

Code Example for Image Notes[edit]

Used within file: File:Distrail splits stratocumulus cloud - remnants of contrail visible ( DSC2134-1).jpg

 {{ImageNote|id=1|x=4880|y=2254|w=1094|h=376|dimx=7952|dimy=5304|style=2}}  
 Remnant of the primary contrail within the distrail. A narrow, contorted white vortex just above the lower edge of the transparent wake.
 {{ImageNoteEnd|id=1}} 
 {{ImageNote|id=2|x=2050|y=3530|w=266|h=170|dimx=7952|dimy=5304|style=2}}  
 Presumably another trace of the primary contrail. The white vortex almost merging with the cloud's edge.
 {{ImageNoteEnd|id=2}}

Redirect[edit]

Example: Page Sony Alpha ILCE-7RM3 contains only this line:
#REDIRECT [[Sony α7R III]] {{R from transliteration}}

Scientific Notation / Correct Citing[edit]

Botanical Nomenclature / Taxonomy[edit]

How to correctly state botanical cultivar designations within a text.
- Excerpt from article: A cultivar name consists of a botanical name (of a genus, species, infraspecific taxon, interspecific hybrid or intergeneric hybrid) followed by a cultivar epithet.
  The cultivar epithet is enclosed by single quotes; it should not be italicized if the botanical name is italicized; and each of the words within the epithet is capitalized (with some permitted exceptions such as conjunctions)
- Example: Pinus densiflora 'Akebono' (post-1959 name, (Japanese language)

Linking to items within Wikidata[edit]

General Information[edit]

To search for a Wikidata entry of which the code number (Qnnnn) is known, type this statement into the Wiki Search field (top right of every Wiki page): haswbstatement:P180=Qnnnn. > Example: haswbstatement:P180=Q21233320.
How to link Commons categories to Wikidata categories: Help:FAQ#Other Wikimedia sites > When on that page, scroll to entry no. "7. How do I link a Commons category to Wikidata?".
How to set link to Wikidata from within Wikipedia: Wikidata: Carl Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 1.8/85 (Q21233320)

Link to Wikidata entry Q21233320[edit]

Wikidata entry Q21233320 describes the subject Carl Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 1.8/85

This Wikidata entry contains the following information:

Header data
Language = English

Label = Carl Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 1.8/85

Description = full-format telescopic lens manufactured by Carl Zeiss AG for Sony E-Mount only

Also known as = Zeiss Batis 1.8/85
Statements:
instance of = lens

subclass of = camera lens

image = Zeiss Batis Sonnar F1.8 85.jpg

manufacturer = Carl Zeiss AG

focal length = 85 millimetre

Commons category = Carl Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 1.8/85

aperture = 1.8
Data within boxes on the right of this page:
- Other sites
  commons = Category:Carl Zeiss Batis Sonnar T* 1.8/85

Link to Wikidata entry Q63615521[edit]

Wikidata entry Q63615521 describes the subject Category:Taken with Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5L

This Wikidata entry contains the following information:

Header data
Language = English

Label = Category:Taken with Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5L

Description = Wikimedia category

Language = German

Label = No label defined

Description = Wikimedia-Kategorie

Language = French

Label = No label defined

Description = page de catégorie d'un projet Wikimedia
Statements:
instance of = Wikimedia category

category combines topics = photos by lens used
Data within boxes on the right of this page:
- Other sites
  commons = Category:Taken with Canon TS-E 24mm F3.5L

Favourite Links[edit]

en: Stereoscopy
- en: Stereoscopic depth rendition

Statistics[edit]

Short link to global usage data[edit]

How to code a link that opens a page with "global usage data" for the provided file name.
Ideal as an informational attachment for an image.

Code: {{usage2|''file-name''}}
Examples: (Usage), (Usage)

POTD on selected Wikis

POTD on Wiki Commons:

Picture of the day

St Andrew's Church and Andriyivskyy Descent in Kyiv, Ukraine. +/− [en]

User:Franz van Duns

Preface[edit]

My Activities within the Wiki Universe[edit]

Recent Uploads[edit]

Introduction[edit]

Wiki commons[edit]

Donating images[edit]

Experience[edit]

Camera Bodies[edit]

Exa outfit[edit]

Canon FD[edit]

Leica[edit]

Olympus E10[edit]

Sony Alpha 7R[edit]

Sony Alpha 7R II[edit]

Sony Alpha 7R III[edit]

Sony Alpha 7R IV[edit]

Historical Cameras[edit]

Digitising[edit]

Panoramas[edit]

Focus stacking[edit]

Macro[edit]

Microscopy[edit]

Stereo[edit]

HDR[edit]

Combining techniques / stereo[edit]

Experience with Photography-related Technology[edit]

Extro[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Images[edit]

POTD (Picture of the Day)[edit]

Valued Images[edit]

Featured Pictures[edit]

Quality Images[edit]

Recent nominations as Quality Image[edit]

Barnstar Awards[edit]

Winners / Runners Up of a Wiki Commons Challenge[edit]

Submissions to Wiki Commons Challenges[edit]

Composite Images[edit]

Stereo Images[edit]

Panorama Images / Stitched Images[edit]

Images Created by Pixel Shift[edit]

Images Created by Focus Stacking[edit]

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Analogue Images / Now Digitised[edit]

Other Images[edit]

Favourite Images[edit]

Technical Assistance[edit]

Promotion Assistance[edit]

External Usage of my Images[edit]

Lion of Venice - a gold emblazoned tourist trinket [edit]

Record player: Groove and needle in close embrace [edit]

Longines pocket watch [edit]

More External Links to Images of Mine[edit]

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Commons:Photo_challenge[edit]

Commons:Quality Images[edit]

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Wikipedia[edit]

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Wikidata[edit]

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Specialised Templates for use within Wiki Commons[edit]

How to Add another Language Version to a Template[edit]

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How to Test a Language Version Newly Added to a Template[edit]

Specialised Templates for use within Wikipedia[edit]

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Linking from within DE-Wikipedia to Wiki Commons[edit]

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