Commons:Meet our photographers

See also: Commons:Meet our illustrators

Like the other projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Commons is entirely created by volunteers. It succeeds because people all around the world recognise the benefits of using open content licenses to make their work freely available to others.

Our volunteers have varying skills and abilities. This page showcases a selection of the highly skilled photographers who choose to use open content licenses and donate their work to the Wikimedia Commons. Each photographer on this page has contributed at least 10 of our Featured Pictures.

We invite people interested in releasing their work under open content licenses to read our First steps guide, Licensing policy and Project scope.

Alain Carpentier (Acarpentier)

Background Groupemedia English My name is Alain Carpentier and I live in the province of Quebec, in Canada. I’ve worked for 8 years for an Internet provider and software development. I am currently vice president of technology of a B2B and E-commerce company. For a number of years, I had no hobby but work. Then I discovered photography and it has become my passion. I’ve started contributing to Commons in September 2007 and have accumulated 10 promoted featured pictures. Hope to provide more in the future. My curriculum vitae My Wiki profile page Français Mon nom est Alain Carpentier et je suis du Québec (Canada). J'ai travaillé pendant 8 ans pour un fournisseur d’accès Internet et une compagnie de développement de logiciels. Je suis maintenant vice-président des technologies d’une compagnie B2B et commerce électronique. Pendant plusieurs années, je n’avais que le travail comme passe-temps. Ensuite j’ai découvert la photographie et c’est devenue ma passion. Je contribue a Commons depuis septembre 2007 et j’ai accumulé jusqu'à maintenant 10 “featured pictures”. J'espère continuer à en apporter encore plus dans le futur. Mon curriculum vitae Ma page de profile Wiki

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Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Background English: My regular contributions with photos and illustrations to Commons started in 2006. Photography has been a hobby for a long time, though I’m relatively new to digital techniques. I enjoy photographing people as well as nature themes and macro photography. Like in other forms of art, interpretation of reality is an important component of Photography, through which we seek to recognize beauty and show it to others. That is true not only in artsy photos but also in more illustrative works. My first serious camera was a Canon FT, the last, a Nikon D800E. Português: A minha contribuição regular para o Commons, sob a forma de fotos e ilustrações, começou em 2006. A Fotografia tem constituído um hobby desde há muito, embora as técnicas digitais sejam para mim uma relativa novidade. Gosto de fotografar pessoas e temas da Natureza, e também de fazer macro fotografia. Tal como noutras formas de arte, a interpretação da realidade é um componente importante da Fotografia, através da qual procuramos reconhecer a beleza e mostrá-la aos outros. Isso é verdade não só em fotografia artística mas também em trabalhos mais ilustrativos. A minha primeira máquina a sério foi uma Canon FT, a última, uma Nikon D800E. First FP: 11 Octber 2006 (probably my best photo) Joined this page on: 2 June 2007 Last FP: 13 December 2014

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AngMoKio

Background I was born in 1978 and live in Germany. I started contributing to the German Wikipedia in 2004. Two years later, in 2006, I discovered Commons and started to contribute the first photos. I practise photography as a hobby for several years now and it still keeps providing me constantly with new challenges. I enjoy photographing moving objects (mostly cars) same as cities, humans, landscapes, nature and animals. Photography really is a versatile hobby and that is also why I enjoy it so much. Besides that I love to travel, which fits very well to my photography hobby. 你好。我是宏茂侨。我是德国人。我住在德国的南部。我喜欢亚洲。我学了一年的汉语。我的汉语不好。 :-) My equipment: So far I only have Canon equipment, which never really disappointed me not anymore! Canon EOS 40D Lenses: Canon 24-105mm f/4L, Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6, Canon 50mm f/1.8 For some of my older photos I used Canon EOS 350D + 17-85mm f/4-5.6, Canon A80 or Canon Ixus

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Example work An Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) See more of AngMoKio's work: Gallery

archaeodontosaurus

Background English Born in Toulouse in 1957. Naturalist, MD, chairs the Institute of Natural Sciences "Picot de Lapeyrouse" in Toulouse since 1992. Collaborates Commons since March 2009.Phoebus project founder. Distinguishing feature: trying to live several lives at once. This leads to a gentle madness, perfectly assumed. Français Né à Toulouse en 1957. Naturaliste, médecin. Préside l’Institut des sciences Naturelles « Picot de Lapeyrouse » à Toulouse depuis 1992. Collabore à Commons depuis mars 2009. Fondateur du projet Phoebus. Signe particulier : essai de vivre plusieurs vies à la fois. Ce qui conduit à une folie douce, parfaitement assumée. My material: 2009-2013 Body: Sony DSLR-A850/DSLR-A350 Optical: Sigma Zoom 24-70mm 1:2.8 Ex Macro/Sigma 105mm 1 :2.8 EX DG macro /Sigma 20mm 1 :1.8 EX DG/Sony Zoom 75-300 4.5-5.6/Sony Macro Twin flash/ Kenko Extension Tube Set /... 2013 Body: Nikon D800E

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Benh Lieu Song

Background I'm a 29 years old programmer living in Marne-la-Vallée, in the suburbs of Paris. I started photography with an Olympus D40-Z compact camera and later got into panoramas. I realised how far we can go after I came across a POD showing a panorama of Sydney harbour on english Wikipedia. I decided I could try to do the same and that instead of keeping my pictures for myself, I could give them to Wikipedia which is so useful to me. I shoot mainly landscape panoramas, with a preference for night architecture shots. I use a Canon EOS 400D most of the time with an EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 and a Canon 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 lenses, and am very pleased with the results. I use and try to promote free softwares for post processing. They include Gimp, Hugin, Enblend, Enfuse and ImageMagick.

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Benjamin

Background I am studying Computer Science at Latrobe University, I’ve been contributing my images to the articles on the English Wikipedia for a few years. The majority of my photos are of wildlife local to my area and I particularly photographing birds, stitching panoramas and editing/enhancing my pictures in Photoshop - the "digital darkroom". My equipment includes: A Panasonic FZ-30 Lens: 7.4-88.8mm (35-420mm 35mm equivalent) ~ Raynox macro conversion attachment ~ Software: Photoshop CS3

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Berthold Werner

Background Ich wurde 1957 geboren, lebe in Trier und arbeite in der IT-Abteilung eines großen deutschen Unternehmens. Zur Fotografie kam ich 1976, damals mit einer Revueflex 1000s, die mir 20 Jahre gute Dienste geleistet hat. Meine ersten Versuche mit einer Digitalkamera unternahm ich mit einer Kodak DX 6490 die aber auf Dauer meine Qualitätsansprüche nicht befriedigen konnte. Aber dank der Digitaltechnik hatte ich endlich nahezu volle Kontolle über die Bildergebnisse. Richtig aufwärts ging es mit der Anschaffung einer Pentax K10D. Ich befasse mich bislang vorwiegend mit Architektur- und Reisefotografie. Meine Arbeiten findet man unter: Category:Featured pictures by User:Berthold Werner Category:Valued images by User:Berthold Werner Category:Quality images by User:Berthold Werner und natürlich, nach Themen sortiert, unter User:Berthold Werner

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Böhringer Friedrich (Fred)

Background Deutsch: Mein Name ist Friedrich Karl Böhringer, geboren 1962 in Bregenz und wohnhaft in Wolfurt, Österreich. Als gelernter Tischlermeister bringe ich mich in der Entwicklung eines Schweizer Büromöbel- und Bürostuhlherstellers ein. Die Freizeit gehört zum grössten Teil meiner Familie, der auch drei Kinder angehören. Eine innerbetriebliche Herausforderung brachte mich auf die Seiten von Wikipedia. Fortan war es mein Ziel diese Idee zu unterstützen. Nachdem ich kein Autor bin war für mich klar, dass ich die Seiten mit Bildern auffrischen könnte. So bin ich seit dem 25. Mai 2007 nahezu täglich in den Wikipedia und Wikimedia Commons unterwegs. Mein Hobby ist die Fotographie 1977 im „Frankreichurlaub“ schoss ich an der Ardèche beim Kanu fahren die ersten Serien- und Landschaftsbilder. Nachdem das Ergebnis so toll war, rieten mir meine Freunde weiterzumachen. Die geliehene Praktica wurde gleich gegen eine Minolta Minolta XD7 getauscht. Seither wurde jede „7er“ gekauft. Meine letzte von Minolta war die Konica Minolta Dynax 7D. Zu dieser und zur Sony Alpha 700 wird nun eine Nikon D300s angestellt, nachdem Sony in der Entwicklung der eigenen Objektive nicht weiter kommt und die einzig guten von Carl Zeiss für meinen Klingelbeutel nicht ausreichen.

Contact details This user has uploaded 136 featured pictures to Wikimedia Commons. E-Mail My Wikimedia talk page D a n k e allen, die meine Bilder bewertet und kommentiert haben. Endlich: Dank meiner Arbeit hier ist nun nach mehreren Fotoaufträgen ein kleiner Traum wahr geworden. Ich habe meine erste Vollformat Kamera, die Nikon D800E verdient.

Example work Blaugrüne Mosaikjungfer frisch geschlüpft mit Larvenhaut. Der gesammte Schlüpfvorgang dauerte von 09:51 Uhr bis 13:07 Uhr auf einem Acker-Schachtelhalm. 360° Flexenpass Straße Alpstein Panorama Nebelgrenze Bödele Schleinelöcher in Hard Siehe auch: Featured pictures by Böhringer

Uwe Aranas (Cccefalon / CEphoto, Uwe Aranas)

Background My name is Uwe Aranas. I was born 1964 in Heidenheim, Germany. After graduating as chemical engineer, I was hired by a Technical Inspections Organization. I am earning my life as pressure vessel expert in the field of industrial safety. Once upon a time I was a boy when my father helped me to manufacture a wooden cubical box with a side length of 30 cm. He was a vocational teacher and at that time, his subject was photography. This summer in the early 1970's, I managed to produce a blurry shot of our house with my home-made Camera obscura and still today I think, that this moment pioneered the way for my life long enthusiasm for photography. The workshop area of my father housed at that time a small chamber of approximately 2m x 1.2m that was not accessible for us boys and we had to get a special permit to enter the darkroom with this conspicious odour of chemicals and all those instruments and apparatuses, that the "digital generation" of photographers never got acquainted with. I was eager to help my father, and eventually proved to be a good assistant. After spending some time with shaking JOBO tanks, handling the exposed paper sheets in the bassins with developer, stop bath and fixer, I was awarded with my first regular camera, a Rollei 35 B. Not much of my photographic work as teenager survived study and several relocations. Times have changed, as well as my photographic equipment. Though the todays workflow in digital photography is a little bit different, I still take advantage of the B/W experiences of my boyhood. Work scope I started to contribute to german Wikipedia with the special scope "Sabah" some years ago. Getting notified, that there were only few photos available, I started a photo documentation project for this remote federal state of Malaysia which is still going on. Beside this time consuming work, I indulge in portrait and studio photography and in taking pictures of all kind of buildings and objects, that might be of encyclopedial value. Statistics So far, I contributed 10,385 photos to WikiCommons, where 3,980 were assessed as quality photos. Among them, there are 30 featured pictures and 12 valued images. One of my photos succeded in #4 winner of Picture of the year 2014. (refresh statistics)

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Christian Mehlführer

Background My name is Christian Mehlführer and I am from Vienna, Austria. I am currently working towards my PhD degree in Communications Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology. I started with digital photography a few years ago with a Minolta Dimage S414 which I replaced by a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-F828 soon. In March 2006 I finally bought my first DSLR and—over the time—several lenses. I love traveling to far destinations where I take most of my nature images which I contribute to Commons. A passion of mine is high resolution panorama photography for which I am using the Nodal Ninja [1] nodal point adapter on my Manfrotto tripod and PTGUI [2] for stitching. At some time in the next years I want to create my first gigapixel panorama... My equipment includes: Camera Bodies: Canon EOS 30D and Canon EOS 50D Zoom lenses: Canon EF-S 10-22 f/3.5-4.5, Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS, Canon EF 70-200 f/4 L IS, Canon EF 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 L IS Prime lenses: Canon EF 28 f/1.8, Canon EF 50 f/1.4, Canon EF-S 60 f/2.8 Macro, Canon EF 85 f/1.8, Sigma APO Macro 180 f/3.5 EX IF HSM Flash: Canon Speedlite 430EX Tripod: Manfrotto 190XProB

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Example work Champagne Pool, Wai-O-Tapu thermal wonderland, New Zealand See more of Christian Mehlführer's work: Gallery

Chris Woodrich (Crisco 1492)

Background Groupemedia English My name is Chris Woodrich and I am a doctorate student based out of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I took up photography as a hobby while in high school in Canada, but only became serious about it in 2013, when I purchased my first DSLR. My photographs generally depict Indonesian culture, architecture, and landscapes, although I also enjoy taking wildlife photographs when I have the chance. My first contributions to Commons were in 2011, and since then I've uploaded several thousand images, including over a thousand photographs I've taken myself. Of these, eleven are currently featured on Commons. My equipment: Canon EOS 60D Canon EF-S 18–55mm lens Canon EF-S 55–250mm lens Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens Nodal Ninja Panoramic Head (w/ tripod) Canon Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX

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Christian Ferrer

Background Born in 1976 in Sète (Hérault, France), I'm truck driver and goods handler. Having spent a long time in admiration of the photos of the other users of wikimedia, I decided in September, 2012 to buy a camera and to become a contributor. I am now happy and proud to be a part of these wonderful photographers. Although I am open to all photographic subjects, I have a clear preference for landscape photography and nature photography in general. I feel fortunate to be involved in a project like Wikimedia Commons and to have the opportunity to share photos of my region. Equipment: Camera: Nikon D810 Zooms: AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II Prime lens: Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED

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Example work My first FP One of my favorite FP My last FP See more of Christian Ferrer's work: Gallery

Thomas Bresson

Background Photography equipment / Matériel photo : Nikon D7100 Nikon AF-S DX 18-200 VR Sigma 10-20mm F4-5.6 EX DC HSM Nikon Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro Nikon Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 IF EX DG HSM Filtre ND1000 + filtre ND400 + filtre ND16 + filtre ND8 + filtre polarisant Flash Nikon SB600 Nikon Coolpix P7100 Raynox DCR-250 + Raynox MSN-505 + filtre ND16 + filtre ND400 + filtre polarisant (dont une partie a été achetée sur digitaltoyshop.com) Canon PowerShot S100 Tripod / Trépied

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Example work Predatory shieldbug (Picromerus bidens) devouring a caterpillar (Inachis io) on a nettle leaf, Danaus plexippus, Aeshna cyanea, Lightnings, La Résurrection by Pieter Pourbus, Inside an old RADAR base, Rainbows over Belfort, A footway in Belfort. See more of my works

Der Wolf im Wald

Background My name is Thomas and I'm a 22-year-old German grown up near Cologne. Very often, I’m travelling to German cities to upload photos of architecture and cityscape. With the age of 14, I got interested in photography and started with a cheap digital camera. During this episode, my main photo subjects where trains. Two years later, I bought my first DSLR, the Canon EOS 400D. As my requirements were growing fast, I bought the Canon EOS 50D in 2009 and the Canon EOS 5D Mark II in 2010. This is my main camera until today and I am still satisfied with it. Today, I don't shoot train photos anymore. After some city breaks with my family, I discovered my passion for architecture and big cities. Since 2010, I am acting in this scope. Having finished secondary school in spring 2012, I acquired a train ticket, which allows me to take nearly every train in Germany for one year. Since then, I've been traveling throughout the country looking for photo opportunities. Since autumn 2013 I am studying economics at University of Würzburg. Therefore I will upload some images of this region in the near future. My equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon EOS 50D Canon EF 24-105mm 1:4L IS USM Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Canon EF 100mm 1:2.8L Macro IS USM Sigma 50mm F1,4 EX DG HSM Sigma 85mm 1:1.4 EX DG HSM Links: My featured pictures My valued images My quality images

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David Iliff (Diliff)

Background I'm a 34 year old Australian from Melbourne currently living in London, England. I've always enjoyed photography, messing around with video cameras and SLRs since I was a kid, but it wasn't until digital cameras started to become (relatively) affordable did I start to take photography seriously. I started off with a 3mp Kodak DC4800 in 2001, then moved up to a 5mp Nikon CP5000 in 2002 but very quickly hit the wall in terms of flexibility and in 2003, moved up in the world to a DSLR in the form of a Canon 10D when it was first released. Since then, I've built up over time a decent collection of quality Canon glass to support my addiction hobby. In 2005, I upgraded to the Canon 5D, a full frame camera. Unfortunately I had a tripod accident and my 5D and 17-40mm f/4L lens fell into the sea, so I upgraded to a 5D Mk iii in 2012. While I've dabbled in a wide variety of photographic styles, my niche is high resolution stitched panoramic/mosaic landscapes and cityscapes, as demonstrated by my contributions to Wiki. I'm amused and honoured to be the apparent inspiration for Benh Lieu Song's photography. ;-) I am active mostly on the English Wikipedia but of course upload all my images to the Commons for use on other Wiki Projects. My equipment includes: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Canon 24-105mm f/4L, Canon 70-300mm f/4-5.6L IS, Canon 85mm f/1.8, Canon 50mm f/1.8, Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro, Samyang 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 35mm f/1.4. Gitzo 1227LVL tripod and Gitzo head Gitzo G1540 tripod and Markins Q3 head Nodal Ninja 3 II panoramic head

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Daniel Schwen

Background I've been contributing to Wikipedia and related projects since November 2004. Photography is a hobby and a nice balance to my physics job. My equipment includes a Canon EOS 5D, with a Canon 24-105mm f/4.0L, a Sigma 150mm Macro, and a Powershot G3. My picture contributions include macro shots and panoramic pictures (assisted by a Nodal Ninja panoramic adapter and assembled using Hugin and Panotools). My other field of contributions involves JavaScript extensions, such as the Commons:WikiMiniAtlas.

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Peter

Background I'm a Yr 12 high school student in Victoria, Australia. I live in the country and hence a lot of my photography is to do with nature. I've been contributing to Wikipedia since August 2004, if you're incredibly bored one damp evening you can read a little spiel I wrote on my first wiki-bday. I started off in photography with an el cheapo Kodak LS633 which turned out to be very good in most respects except for a complete lack of any manual control! With a bit of creative use though it managed to produce a few decent pix. I took quite a leap really in the camera hierachy when I got a Canon 20D back in April 2005. For a year or so afterwards I was very prolific, clocking up over a thousand photos. However with real life (ie schoolwork!) making more demands on my time my output somewhat dwindled, I think my total of date is slightly under 2000 photos. Check out this for a full list Equipment: Canon 20D, Tamron 28-75 f/2.8, Canon 17-40 f/4L, Canon 85 f/1.8, Canon 70-200 f/2.8L, Sigma 150 macro f/2.8, Canon 580EX shoe flash, Canon TC-80N remote release, Slik Pro 700DX, 2x2GB 80x flash cards.

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Frank Schulenburg

Background I’m a German native living in America, most interested in nature and travel photography. Earlier in my life, I shot film with a Nikon FM2 and at some point somehow forgot what photography meant to me. In late 2011, I rediscovered my love for taking pictures and bought a used Leica X1 that I’ve been carrying around with me ever since. I love the arts and I believe that photographers can learn a lot from painters. Therefore, my approach to photography is highly driven by the idea of exploring light and composition. By putting a camera in front of our human eye, we learn to see things differently. It’s that joy of exploring the unexpected, of looking at shapes, colors, and textures in a different way, what makes photography so special to me. When not chasing golden hours or traveling, I’m with my wife Payton, in Mill Valley, California.

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George Chernilevsky

Background I was born on May 2, 1967 on Caucasus in the city of Makhachkala. I live in Ukraine in the city of Vinnitsa now. My education: Saint Petersburg State University, Department of Applied Mathematics and Control Processes Moscow Correspondence Public University of Arts, Department of Painting and Drawing My main business is software engineering. Photography is only a hobby. Other interests include travel, biology and military history. My favorite photographic subjects are nature, military museums, transportation, and architecture. My equipment includes: Canon EOS 550D Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 lens Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens Extension tubes Marumi Close-up Filters Panasonic Lumix DMC TZ-5 compact camera Tripods

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Georgios Giannopoulos (Ggia)

Background My name is Georgios (born 1975), I have been contributing to Wikipedia and related projects since 2007. I have studied electrical engineering and computer science. Currently I am working as a teacher of computer in secondary education. I am passionate about black and white photography which I started working since 1993. I develop my black & white films myself but after 2005 I stopped developing photos in a dark room and I am using a film scanner to scan the negatives. The manual cameras I am using include Nikon FM2 and Leica R4 but most of the images I upload in commons are shot by a relatively recently bought (January 2009) Nikon D700 full-frame SLR camera. In my personal blog you can find mostly my black and white photographs. My Nikon D700 has also a GPS and most of my uploaded photos are geo-located. I love traveling and I like to photograph architecture and monuments. A lot of my images in commons are panoramic images created by stitching software.

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Gideon Pisanty (Gidip)

Background Born in Haifa (Israel), 1979. Biologist. I am a PhD student in ecology, studying bee-flower interactions. In my photos I mainly focus on macro photography of plants and insects, in an effort to bring as much as possible from the rich nature of my home country, Israel. Equipment: Nikon D7000, Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro.

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Holleday / H. Krisp

Background Born in Ulm (Germany), 1974. Biologist. I’ve started contributing to Commons in June 2010. I like to take pictures of fungi, amphibians, reptiles and invertebrates. My current equipment: Body: Canon EOS 500 and Canon EOS 350 Optical: Canon 15-55 mm, Sigma 70-300 mm and Tamron 90 mm Macro

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Ianaré Sévi

Background English This particular name is assigned to a male of the species Homo sapiens, born several billion years after his host planet's formation. For reasons unknown, capturing the souls of the living, the dead and the non-living is a source of pleasure for it. Français Ce nom est attribué à un individu mâle de l'espèce Homo sapiens, né quelques milliards d'années après la formation de sa planète hôte. Pour des raisons inconnues, la capture des âmes des vivants, des morts et des non-vivants lui est une source de plaisir. Español Este nombre es asignado a un macho de la especie Homo sapiens, nacido unos pocos millones de años después de la formación de su planeta. Por razones desconocidas, la captura de las almas de los vivos, muertos y no-vivos es una fuente de placer para él. Tools / Outils / Instrumentos Canon EOS 40D 70-300mm 1:4 - 5.6 IS 24-105mm 1:4 L IS bag / sac / bolsa

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Ikiwaner

Background I am an engineer born in Switzerland, now living and working in Tanzania. I am interested in many things, photography and architecture are among them. I publish only a few pictures but all of them are carefully selected and manually processed from RAW data. Some things I am proud of: Quality images or Featured Pictures from all Swiss cantons Featured Pictures from West, East and South Africa able to take full spherical panoramics with Nadir stitching able to handle a Tilt-Shift lens "shot" the African Big Fife, with three of them being Featured Pictures seen wild Chimps See more pictures on my userpage or my FP-Gallery.

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Example work Not sure how long it is possible to see this: Wild black rhino

Joe Ravi

Background I am a telecommunications engineer and an amateur photographer. I enjoy taking photos of landscapes, architecture and animals. I got my hands on my father's Nikon FM10 when I was 16 and bought a DSLR in 2010. Since then I have added some more gear. My photo equipment: Nikon D90 AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Vanguard tripod with a Manfrotto ball head See all photos taken by me in my gallery.

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Julian Herzog

Background Living in Stuttgart, Germany, I study aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and I'm a passionate amateur in photography and 3D graphics as well as an active supporter of open source software. My activity on Commons is mostly: Photography of aircraft and other vehicles Architectural and travel photography Participation in community projects such as the Featured Picture recognition process Equipment: Body — a Nikon D5000 does the job right now. Lenses — Tamron SP 70-300 mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD and AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105 mm 1:3,5-5,6G ED VR.

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kallerna

Background I've been contributing to Wikipedia and Commons since 2007. My first uploads were mainly low quality shots made with camera phones or pictures made by someone else than me. I got more and more excited about photography and bought my fist DSRL in 2009. I try to upload as many useful images to the project as I can, and that includes still also low quality photos as well as high quality photos created with stitching software and DSRL-camera. I'm administrator on finnish Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. See my recent uploads and contributions

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Example work Ford Focus RS WRC 09 at Rannankylä shakedown. Campfire with sparks in Anttoora, Finland. See more of kallerna's work: Gallery.

King of Hearts

Background My name is Tony Jin. I grew up in California and am now living in the New York metropolitan area. Ever since getting my first DSLR (a Nikon D40) in 2010, I have had a passion for photography. I mainly photograph landscapes and cityscapes. Currently, I use a Nikon D7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro DX, Nikon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G AF-S DX VR, and Nikon 80-200mm f/4.5 AI. You can find out more about my equipment here.

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Yoshikazu Hara (Laitche)

Background I've been contributing to Wikimedia Commons since August 2007. Living in Japan. My equipment includes Canon EOS 1D Mark III Canon EOS 6D Pentax K10D Canon EF300mm F4L IS USM Canon EF 70-200mm F4L IS USM Canon EF24-70mm F/4L IS USM Tamron SP AF90mm F/2.8 Di (Model272E) Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC Macro smc Pentax-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8ED Pentax FA50mm F1.4 Slik Professional II-N My personal site http://www.laitche.com/ Kanji name 原 義和 日本語: 2007年8月からウィキメディア・コモンズに写真を寄稿しています。これからは今までとは違ったテーマで写真をコモンズに寄稿したいと思っています。写真と合わせて映像も寄稿できればと思っています。

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Luca Galuzzi

Background I am LucaG, a software engineer from the Milano area, Italy. Despite the beautiful locations in my country, rich in historic sites and monuments as well as crowded fashion events, my favorite locations to photograph are deserts and very high plateaus. I'm "on top of the world" when waiting, in silence and solitude, for the right light on wide open lands, short of breath because of a rarefied atmosphere but under the deep blue sky at an altitude above 4000m. I develop my RAW files with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop but I'm not a fan of digital over improving. I do prefer a grainy, slightly out-of-focus image with a great emotional appeal rather then a plastic, sharp, ice-cold image. I've been contributing to Commons with my photographs since december 2006 when studying countries like Tibet, Bolivia and Lybia on Wikipedia I noticed a lack of landscape images on related pages. My photo gear: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon 17-40 f/4L, Canon 24-105 f/4L IS, Canon 70-200 f/4L IS, Canon 50 f/1.8, Canon 430EX flash and the essential Manfrotto Carbon Fiber Tripod with Proball Quick Release Head.

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Example work Upper Antelope Canyon (HDR) See more of Luca Galuzzi's work: Gallery

Luc Viatour

Background I've been contributing to French Wikipedia and related projects since August 2005. I love macrophotography, astronomy, nature, SF literature, free software and Linux. My personal site: http://www.lucnix.be My material: Body: Nikon Coolpix 5200 / Nikon FE / Nikormat FT3 / Nikon D3S / Nikon D90 Optical: Nikkor 14-24 F2,8 AFS ED / Nikkor 24-70 F2,8 AFS ED / Nikkor 70-200 F2,8 AFS ED VR2 / Nikkor 600mm f/4G AF-S ED VR2 / Nikkor 50mm F1,4 AFD / Nikkor 85mm F1,8 AFD / Sigma 150mm F2,8 DG APO Macro EX / Sigma 10-20mm F4-5,6 DC EX / Sigma 17-70mm F2,8-4,5 DC Macro / TC converter X2 Nikkor TC 20eIII and X1,4 Kenko / 2x Nikon Flash SB600 and SB900 Astronomical refractor: Vixen 103mm F1000 / super polaris equatorial mount. Since the end of 2005 I publish my image with GIMP. 21

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Example work Total Solar eclipse 1999 See more of Luc Viatour's work: Gallery

Richard Bartz aka Makro Freak

Background My name is Richard Bartz and was born 1976 in Munich, Germany. I work as an Artist/Musican and have a profound love for mountain climbing. My road to photography Being a kid I always kept a magnifying glass with me, a present from my grandpa. With the years passing by, and me getting older, this glass was falling more and more into oblivion but somehow it kept staying on my mind for all of this time. After retiring from my job as a visual EFX supervisor last year, and having a lot of free time as an aftereffect of this, i had the chance to go walking out in the woods and mountains of my childhood together with my dog, a Sibirian Husky, feeling like the ten year old boy with his grandfathers magnifying lens again. Though being a few years older now gives me the chance to give in to my childhood dreams and so instead of this simple childs toy, these days i prefer having my Canon Eos 400d with me, coupled with a formidable MP-E65mm lens. Keeping the fascination for delving into the microcosms of our imminent surroundings since my childhood, my primary mission is to let other people have a chance to peek into those small worlds through my photographic works, something you usually fail to notice in your day to day life, even if you are having a walk through the woods yourself. My almost fanatical urge to take things 'micro', and convert them to our usual 'macro'-world is the reason why i took the alias of 'Makro Freak' on Wikipedia. In my personal view, if life treats you nice, you should give something of this luck over to other people. Being a professional in Graphics and Visual EFX for over a decade, this as a chance for me to give something small back to the people through contributing some of my photographs to Wikipedia. I started doing contributions on Wikimedia Commons at 22:26, 8 May 2007.

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Example work Head of a Calliphora fly @ 5x magnification

Malene Thyssen

Background I have a M.Sc. in biology, but am currently studying to become a school teacher. I've been contributing to the Danish Wikipedia and related projects since December 2002. I am an amateur photographer. I like to photograph nature (primarily animals) and whatever motives I pass, that I think might be useful on Wikipedia. Some of my best pictures are "lucky" snapshots. I also like the work in the "digital darkroom" editing and improving my pictures. As a contributor to the Danish Wikipedia it is natural to submit my pictures on Commons hoping my pictures are of use in other Wikipedias and Wikimedia projects. Indeed this is a major motivation factor for me to go on photo safari. My equipment includes: Canon EOS 400D / Canon EOS 300D / Canon EFS 18-55mm / Canon tele lens EF 75-300mm

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Example work The wake after the small ferry to Fanø, Denmark See more of Malene Thyssen's work: Gallery

Martin Falbisoner

Background My name is Martin Falbisoner. I'm an historian and archivist, currently living and working near Cologne. I discovered Commons in 2012 and soon after began sharing my own photographs. I strongly believe in the notion of open content, especially in the idea of free exchange of cultural works - which I also quickly learned to rely on for professional purposes. Consequently I am gladly willing to share my own pictures with anyone who is interested in using them. Photography is just a hobby of mine and therefore I don't have to specialize in or limit myself to any specific genres. Besides sharing my photos on Commons, I also actively participate in international contests under the patronage of FIAP. I use Canon equipment, usually my EOS 5D Mark III with lenses reaching from 17mm to 400mm. My favorite RAW editor is DPP, I also use GIMP, Hugin, ShiftN, and FixFoto. See more of my work: Featured Pictures by Martin Falbisoner.

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Example work The US Capitol at dusk Munich subway station Westfriedhof Tuscan Landscape

Michael Maggs

Background After obtaining my degree in physics, I developed an interest in the law and trained as a patent and trademark attorney before completing a law degree. I retired in March 2013 after 30 years in practice (22 as a partner) with a London patent attorney firm. Photography has been a long-term hobby, and it has been gratifying to discover just how many people and organizations look to Wikimedia Commons as a source of freely-usable images. I am more than happy to help anyone who is in need of the type of image I take, either for use on Wikipedia or elsewhere. I use a Canon 5D Mk II.

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Example work Study of a cello See more of Michael Maggs’s work: Gallery

Marc Ryckaert (MJJR)

Background Born in Bruges (Belgium), 1949. Historian. I started at Commons on February 4th, 2007. Preferred photographic subjects: monuments, landscapes, trains, ships, travel pictures… Equipment: during many years, I used a Leica R6 with a 28mm PC-Super-Angulon-R shift lens - which was absolutely fantastic. In january 2006, I switched to digital photography, starting with a humble Canon PowerShot A620. At present I'm mainly working with a Nikon D90 and a AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm: certainly not the best conceivable lens, but very practical during travels abroad or bicycle tours in West Flanders.

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Example work Poeke castle (Aalter, Belgium) See more of Marc Ryckaert (MJJR)'s work: [[MJJR|Gallery]]

Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Background I am a 19 year old Tanzanian studying computer science in Bangalore, India. I always found photography very interesting, shooting with disposable cameras and cheap point and shoots. It was only after I joined Wikipedia and wikimedia that I took a very serious interest in photography. I bought a Nikon Coolpix and after that was nicked, invested all my savings to purchase my first dSLR. The investment was not a waste and I have been able to explore nature as I had never imagined! My portfolio mainly consists of macro photographs of arthropods and plant life and occasionally panoramics. My equipment includes: Canon 400D Canon EF-S 18-55mm lens Sigma 150mm f/2.8 APO Macro EX DG HSM lens Canon 50mm f/1.8 II Vivtar flash My website www.micro2macro.net has a gallery of my pictures.

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Nick Hobgood

Background Fascinated by the natural world from an early age I was fortunate to get a job in East Timor, home to some of the most diverse and abundant marine habitats. A desire to share the wondrous beauty of the coral reefs with my wife and one year old daughter, pushed me to explore underwater photography. After accumulating a number of images from this fascinating underwater environment, Wikimedia offered an excellent platform to share our marine world with others and promote greater awareness and importance of nature conservation for the benefit of future generations. Image contributions to Wikimedia include marine life from Haiti and wildlife from Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Example work Anemonefish in East Timor See more of Nick Hobgood's work: [Image|Gallery]

JJ Harrison

Background I'm a university student studying Engineering and Science in Tasmania, Australia. Most of my photography is of the local flora, fauna and landscapes. I have been contributing to wikipedia anonymously since late 2003 with my first registered edits in 2006. I am mostly active on the English Wikipedia, I submit my images to commons in the hope that they will be utilized across the wikipedias.

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Example work Gordon Dam, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia See more of JJ Harrison's work: Gallery

PierreSelim

Background Born in Paris in 1982, I live in Toulouse since 2002. Engineer and PhD, in computer science with a background in aeronautics, I'm a rugby amateur and photography lover, a dedicated Commonist and OTRS agent. I'm active in GLAM actions and in local actions of Wikimedia France in Toulouse. You may have had the pleasure to meet me during last Wikimania in Washington D.C.. On Commons my interests focuses on: Sports photography (portraits and actions) Life (I've created the template {{specimen}} for the Phoebus project) Architectures, GLAM and local events in Toulouse Equipement: Bodies — Canon EOS 7D, Canon EOS 550D (and 500D borrowed from Léna) Lenses — Canon EF-S 10-22, Canon EF 50 f1.8, Canon EF-S 60 f2.8 macro, Canon EF 70-200 f2.8 USM IS II, Sigma 70-300 f4-5.6 and 30 f1.4

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Poco a poco (Diego Delso)

Background My name is Diego Delso and I was born in Spain, but I feel myself a world citizen. I love travelling and getting to know different cultures and languages. I have been contributing in the Wikimedia projects intensively since 2007, especially in the Spanish Wikipedia and in Commons. I started -with analog photography- in 1990, when I was 16, got my first handy digital camera (Casio Exilim EX-S1) in 2002 and my first DSLR in 2008 (Canon EOS 450D). After getting inspired by Commons in 2011 I bought that year my first high-quality objective (Canon EF 100m UVM IS) in order to improve the quality of my pictures and contribute with as many QIs, as possible (so far 7,176). In 2012 I got a Canon EOS 5D Mark II and since then I have been enhancing my equipment: Canon EF 24-105mm UVM IS, Canon EF 17-40mm L USM, Canon MP-E 65mm and a macro Ring Lite MR-14EX flash for my macro objectives. I enjoy photographing everything that moves and doesn't, but love especially architecture (above all by night), macro photography and landscapes. More: My 225 Featured Pictures My 7,176 Quality Images My 64 Valued Images My gallery All my 13,147 images

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Quartl

Background I am a natural scientist from Germany, amateur photographer and by no means professional. I started using DSLRs in October 2009 and basically I'm learning by doing and by taking advice from fellow wikimedians. I like to take pictures of all things small, typically insects and plants, often in combination. My current equipment is what would probably called medium-class and consists mainly of a Nikon D90 DSLR and a Sigma 105 mm F2,8 EX DG macro lens So far, I was able to provide 47 Featured Pictures (Commons and German Wikipedia), 361 Quality Images and 28 Valued Images.

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Rama

Background Greetings. I have been a sysop on en: from the 5th of May 2005 [3], on commons: from the 29th of August 2005 [4], and on fr: from the 24th of February 2006 [5], and Oversight on Commons since the 5th of January 2009 [6]. There is a small page to explain how to use my images. Nevertheless, do not hesitate to contact me should you have any question. I have contributed 12 Featured pictures, 344 Quality Images and 20 Valued pictures as photographs. I also draw and I am competent with SVG graphics. I am interested in portrait photography, and have thus documented several Nobel laureates and other notable figures (see User:Rama/people). I do a fair amount of technical photography in museums, sometimes with accreditation obtained directly, through Wikimédia France or through Wikimedia CH. I also organise or take part in photography campaigns under their aegis; you can see examples here .

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Example work Naken woman, c. 1300 BC, ivory, height: 10.5 cm. Le Louvre, Egyptian Antiquities - Room 26: Tutankhamun and his successors - case 2 - Sully, 1st floor. Accession number E 27429 See more of Rama's work: Gallery

Derek Ramsey

Background I am a software engineer and photographer from the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania, USA. I've contributed to the English Wikipedia since June of 2003. I've been taking pictures since I got my first digital camera in 2004. I enjoy all types of photography, including architecture and landscapes, but find nature photography to be the most useful for Wikipedia articles. I'm passionate about photography. I enjoy taking beautiful images and making large prints. My favorite location to photograph is the wilderness of Alaska. My pictures have been published in a number of books, magazines, web sites, and other locations. I believe we should strive for the goals of the four freedoms. Equipment: Nikon D2000 and Canon Powershot S110.

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Simon Koopmann

Background I've been contributing to Wikimedia Commons since 2006. Lately i started to contribute to German wikipedia as well. You can see my complete profile here. My portfolio mainly consists of landscape- and macropictures, which are my favourite kinds of photography. My current photo equipment: Nikon D90 Tamron SP AF 17-50/2,8 XR Di II LD Tokina AT-X AF 100/2,8 Makro Pro D Nikkor AF 50mm f/1,8 D

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Example work Lake Zug, Switzerland See more of Simon Koopmann's work: Gallery

Taxiarchos228 (Wladyslaw)

Background My name is Wladyslaw (born 1975), I am contributing to Wikipedia and related projects since August 2004. I have photographed years ago with an analog single-lens reflex camera (Fujica) and started 2004 with digital photography. As I realized that my compact camera does not fit my rising pretensions any more I have changed 2006 to a digital SLR. Currently I am using a Nikon D800. • Here you can find detailed information about my equipment. I like to photograph architecture, city-skylines and landscapes. Many of my buildings I picture are towers in all variations, e.g. bell towers of churches or television towers. But I am interesting in architecture in general starting at historical buildings and going to modern architecture. I am very interested in brutalist architecture and fascinated about the combination of concrete and steel. For me it's charming and a nice challenge to detect interesting view points even of well-known buildings or landscapes and to show a new angle of vision as possible. And although I have contributed more than 4000 picture to this project my ideas for new pictures and motives does not end. There is a lot of work still waiting to have been done. ;-)

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Andreas Tille

Background I'm a physicist by profession and I'm working in the field of information sciences. My main hobby is working on Free Software in the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution where I started the Debian-Med project. My second hobby is taking nature photos. I do this in my holidays exclusively and I'm a conservative photographer that sticks to using slides for his "real photos". As a consequence some of my uploaded images are not as good as the original slide would allow because the process of digitising was done automatically via Kodak Photo CD where not every single image gets the subtlety it would deserve. In case I will find some more time I might redo some scans manually but this is nothing that will happen soon. Bodies: Minolta Dynax 7 / Minolta Dynax 600 / Minolta 9000 Lenses: 2,0/20; 2,8/100 Macro; 1,4/50; 1,4/28; 4/35-70; 4/70-210 Support: Manfrotto 190B; Gitzo Monotreck

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Example work My favourite random shot as a beginner See more of Andreas Tille's work: Gallery

Tomas Castelazo

Background Español Empecé a hacer fotografía desde los 12 años. 40 años después, sigo con la cámara en mi mano, con mucha experiencia y con mucho camino por delante. La emoción de hacer fotografía el día de hoy es tan intensa como la de aquel día que sostuve mi primer cámara. English I started doing photography when I was 12 years old. 40 years later the camera is still in my hands, with a lot of experience behind me and a long road ahead. The excitement of doing photography today is just as intense as the one of that day that I held my first camera. My photo equipment: Canon EOS 20D, Canon EOS 50D, Canon EOS 5D, From the old days, Canons, F1, A1, etc., Mamiyas: RB67, C220, 330, lenses, al kinds, 4x5 view cameras, plus a bunch of lenses, gizmos, knicknacks, tripods, (and two kids to help lug the gear around) Visit also my personal website: http://www.tomascastelazo.com and https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomascastelazo/

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Example work Cool fish (Frigus fishus) See more of Tomas Castelazo's work: Gallery

Tuxyso

Background English I am an enthusiastic amateur photographer coming from the German Ruhr district in North Rhine-Westphalia. I mainly work on the illustration of regional-related articles. Besides architecture, I am interested in historic buildings and animal photography. Currently I have contributed 75 featured pictures and 749 quality images. German Ich bin leidenschaftlicher Amateur-Fotograf aus dem Ruhrgebiet in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Ein Großteil meiner Motive hat Regionalbezug. Neben Architekturaufnahmen, interessiere ich mich für historische Gebäude und Tierfotografie. Bisher habe ich 75 exzellente Bilder und 749 Qualitätsbilder bei Commons hochgeladen. Equipment: Camera: Nikon D7100, Olympus XZ-1, Sony Alpha ILCE-5000 Primes: Nikon AF-S 35mm/1.8, AF-S 50mm/1.8, Ai 50mm f/1.4, Ais Micro 55mm/2.8, AF-S 60/2.8 Micro, AF-S 85mm/1.8, AF-S 105/2.8 Micro Zooms: Nikon AF-S 10-24, AF-S 18-105, AF-S 24-70, AF-S 70-300, AF 80-200/2.8, Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 Flashes: SB-600, SB-900 Panoramic equipment: Nodal Ninja 4 with RD16-II rotator and EZ Leveler II Software: Lightroom, NIK Tools, Photomatix, Hugin

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Example work An impressive landmark in the Ruhr valley (PoY 2012 finalist) See more of Tuxyso's work: Gallery

Dietmar Rabich

Background Deutsch: Mein Name ist Dietmar Rabich, hier bei Wikimedia Commons auch XRay. Ich lebe im Münsterland, einer Region in Nordrhein-Westfalen in Deutschland. Fotografieren ist mein Hobby, welches bis in die analogen Zeiten zurückgeht. Am liebsten lichte ich Architektur, Landschaften und technische Dinge ab. Die Diapositiv- und die Negativfilme der analogen Zeit erzwangen eine strenge Auswahl, bei der viele schöne Bilder entstanden, andere dafür leider gar nicht erst. Auch wenn die Nachbearbeitung kaum Chancen hatte, gerade aber diese Bilder haben einen historischen Wert und ihren Platz hier bei Wikimedia Commons, um die Zeit auch für andere nutzbar zu dokumentieren. Die Fotografie mit digitalen Mitteln erlaubt die Anfertigung umfassenderen Bildmaterials. Die Nachbearbeitung ermöglicht die Qualitätsverbesserung, die Optimierung. Eine gute Voraussetzung für Bilder, die es sich lohnt, hier auch anderen zur Verfügung zu stellen. English: My name is Dietmar Rabich, in Wikimedia Commons also known as XRay. I'm living in the Münsterland, a region in the state North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. One of my passions is to take photos. My favorites are architectures, landscapes and technical objects. Slides and negative films in the analog time enforced a strict selection of the pictures. So only some beautiful pictures were taken, others were never made. Even post-processing was nearly impossible, but these pictures just have a historical value and Wikimedia Commons is a good place for them. They document history for everyone. The photography with digital media allows the creation of comprehensive picture material. The post-processing enables quality improvement and optimization. A good precondition for images that are worthwhile to make them available to others.

Contact details Deutsch: Bitte schreibe eine Nachricht an meine Diskussionsseite, per E-Mail oder über meine Website rabich.de. English: Please write a message on my talk page, by e-mail or via my website rabich.de.  Featured pictures (44)  Quality images (2,222)  Valued images (67)  Wiki Loves Earth (2)  Wiki Loves Monuments (11)

Example work Dülmen, „Am Enteborn“ Dülmen, Kirchspiel, Mäusescheune in Rödder Kalifornien, Amboy, historische Route 66 See more of Dietmar Rabich's work: Gallery

Yann Forget

Background Born in France in 1965, contributing on Commons since the beginning of the project. I currently live in India where I work for Ekta Parishad. This gives me unique opportunities to take pictures and videos of Indian people, society, culture and environment. I have always been attracted by the free software, and then the free content movement. I contribute to Wikipedia since December 2002. I am the creator of Wikilivres, another wiki for sharing free documents. I have now a Nikon D7000.

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Example work Women in tribal village, Umaria district See more of Yann Forget's work: Gallery

Masaki Ikeda (池田正樹)

Background Hello I've been contributing to Wikimedia Commons since Sep. 2007. Living in Saitama. It is about 30km north of Tokyo, Japan. I decide we from Sep. 2007 and contribute a photograph to Deer Commons. Spider and the photograph of the insects such as a flower or the butterfly is important. My Photo　equipment Pentax　K10D、 K20D Pentax Macro 100mm Sigma 70mm F2.8 DG MACRO Sigma 50mm F2.8 DG MACRO Fuji Film S3 PRO Nikon D2X Tamron SP 90mm F2.8 Di (Model272E) Nikon MF 55mm F3.5 Macro Nikon MF 105mm F2.8 Macro Canon 40D Canon EF 100mm F2.8 Macro Canon MACRO MP-E 65mm F2.8 (X1-X5) GITZO G328 and Linhof and microscope stage use for Canon MACRO MP-E 65mm　 日本語: 2007年からウィキメディア・コモンズに写真を寄稿しています。 蜘蛛や花や蝶などの写真が主です。 埼玉県さいたま市在住です

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Example work Tree_frog See more of Masaki Ikeda (池田正樹)'s work: Gallery

Toby Hudson

Background I am an amateur photographer from Australia, and enjoy taking photos of Australian animals, architecture, landscapes, and my kids. All but my kids are shared with the friendly users of Wikimedia Commons. I hope you enjoy the colours of my sunburnt country as much as I enjoy sharing them with you. I started using a Canon EOS 400D in August 2008, and it's still doing good service. I've finally bitten the bullet and added an expensive lens to my kit, a Canon EF 100mm 2.8L Macro IS USM. So far I like it a lot. 15 Featured Pictures 143 Quality Images 19 Valued Images See more of my photos in my Gallery

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