User talk:Martin Falbisoner/Archive 11 2023

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Most memorable shot 2022 / Wikimania 2023[edit]

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

I wish you a Happy New Year! As it has been our tradition at the beginning of the new year for a while, we're sharing our most memorable shots of the past year with each other. I invite you to share a picture that is particular meaningful to you and to describe why that's the case. Also, as Wikimania 2023 will be here before we know it (August 16 to 19), please consider adding your thoughts on our planning page, where we gather ideas for how we can make Commons photography more visible than in the years before.

All the best to you, your family, and friends! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 21:01, 2 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Leica M[edit]

Hallo Martin, in 2012 hatte ich mit einer Leica X1 meine ersten Exzellenten Bilder für Commons erstellt. Zwischenzeitlich hatte ich mal eine M8 ausgeliehen, die schien aber als erste digitale M noch nicht ganz ausgereift. Trotzdem blieb immer der Wunsch, wieder zum „Essentiellen“ in der Fotografie zurückzukehren (ich hab ja ohnehin auch mit Spiegelreflexkameras und meinen ZEISS Milvus Objektiven manuell fokussiert). Letztes Jahr habe ich mir dann ein Herz gefasst, zwei Kameras und sechs Objektive verkauft und bin dann in San Francisco in das dortige Leica-Geschäft gegangen. Diese Entscheidung habe ich bisher nicht bereut. Ich habe selten so viel Spaß mit einer Kamera gehabt. Herzliche Grüße nach Deutschland! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 19:09, 5 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo Frank, kann ich mir gut vorstellen! Ich komme zZ leider praktisch überhaupt nicht mehr zum fotografieren (hoffe freilich, dass sich das bald wieder ändert). Will dann aber auch auf alle Fälle etwas "konzeptioneller" loslegen, etwa eine Weile grundsätzlich nur mit einer Festbrennweite bewaffnet losziehen. Beste Grüße nach Ca.! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:34, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hallo Martin, ich bin gerade fast ausschließlich mit dem 35mm Summilux unterwegs und genieße die Tatsache, dass ich etwas mehr nachdenken muss. Das manuelle Fokussieren mit dem Messsucher entschleunigt ja ohnehin schon. Ich hoffe, dass Du bald wieder mehr Zeit für's Fotografieren findest. Beste Grüße aus London Heathrow (war auf dem World Literacy Summit und bin gerade auf dem Weg nach Hause), --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 08:44, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open![edit]

2022 Picture of the Year: Saint John Church of Sohrol in Iran.

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Dear Wikimedian,

Wikimedia Commons is happy to announce that the 2022 Picture of the Year competition is now open. This year will be the seventeenth edition of the annual Wikimedia Commons photo competition, which recognizes exceptional contributions by users on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2022) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year are all entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topical categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you may vote for as many images as you like. The top 30 overall and the two most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just three images to become the Picture of the Year.

Round 1 will end on UTC.

Click here to vote now!

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You are receiving this message because you voted in the 2021 Picture of the Year contest.

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Notification about possible deletion[edit]

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.

If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

And also:

Yours sincerely, Lukas Beck (talk) 14:10, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notification about possible deletion[edit]

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.

If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

And also:

Yours sincerely, Lukas Beck (talk) 16:38, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notification about possible deletion[edit]

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.

If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:

And also:

Yours sincerely, Lukas Beck (talk) 16:42, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notification about possible deletion[edit]

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.

If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:


Yours sincerely, Lukas Beck (talk) 16:50, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notification about possible deletion[edit]

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry.

If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with them, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.

Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Affected:


Yours sincerely, Lukas Beck (talk) 16:53, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Commons photographers: next virtual meeting on August 5[edit]

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

I'm inviting you to our next virtual meeting on Saturday, August 5th. We'll have two speakers: Poco a poco will provide us with an update on his underwater photography and George Oates from the Flickr Foundation will talk about the Flickr-to-Commons bridge (“Flickypedia”) that is currently in the works. If you're interested in attending, please sign up on this page: Virtual Meeting on August 5, 2023.

I hope you're having a great time taking photos and I'm looking forward to seeing you on August 5th.

All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:41, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Quick reminder: Commons Photographers meeting this Saturday[edit]

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

This is a quick reminder that our next meeting will happen on Saturday, August 5th. If you haven't registered yet and you're interested in learning more about underwater photography and “Flickypedia”, please sign up on this page. Also, I invite you to fill out this survey created by the people who are working on the Flickr-to-Wikimedia Commons software. Your input will make a difference.

We haven't had a virtual meeting in a while and I'm so looking forward to this weekend!

All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 02:15, 4 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Commons Photographers User Group: Board Elections 2023[edit]

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

in preparation of the 2023 board election of our group, we invite you to take a look at the following page:

Commons:Commons Photographers User Group/Board Elections 2023

and provide feedback.

The timeline for the 2023 election will be

  • September 15 – September 30: Applications for the election committee
  • October 1 – October 9: Vote for election committee (ideally comprised of three members)
  • October 10: Election committee starts work
  • October 20 – November 9: Nomination phase for candidacies
  • November 10 – December 10: Elections
  • December 15: Results announced

In the first step we ask you to be part of the election committe. Please add your name on the Election Page.

We are very much looking forward to hearing from you. Please use this talk page for your thoughts.

All the best

--Ailura (talk) for the CPUG board

WikiCon Photowalk der CPUG in Linz[edit]

Hallo Martin Falbisoner,

die Commons Photographers User Group lädt alle Gruppenmitglieder und weitere Interessierte, die an der WikiCon in Linz teilnehmen, zu einem Photowalk ein. Wir treffen uns am Freitag, 29. September um 14:15 Uhr bei der Anmeldung im Wissensturm und werden rechtzeitig zur Kaffeepause um 15:45 Uhr zurück sein.

Viele Grüße --Ailura (talk) 14:56, 17 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Commons Photographers User Group: Board Elections 2023 - Nomination Phase[edit]

Dear member of the Commons Photographers User Group,

the 2023 board election of our group is run at

Commons:Commons Photographers User Group/Board Elections 2023.

The next steps in the timeline for the 2023 election are

  • October 20 – November 16: Nomination phase for candidacies
  • November 17 – December 10: Elections
  • December 16: Results announced

If you are interested in being a member of the board, please nominate yourself on the Election Page.

We are very much looking forward to hearing from you. Please use this talk page for your thoughts.

All the best

--Ailura (talk) for the CPUG board

Flickypedia soft launch and a huge thank you[edit]

Dear fellow Commons photographer,

I hope this message finds you well. As you might already know, the Flickr Foundation has been busy creating a new Flickr-to-Commons bridge (“Flickypedia”) this year. After a successful demo at the GLAM Wiki Conference in Montevideo, the Flickr Foundation team is now inviting all members of the Commons Photographers User Group to be the first to review their alpha, reporting any technical issues or other feedback via the Flickypedia project talk page.

At the same time, this message is an opportunity for me to thank you for your trust and support over the past couple of years. Since 2017, we've grown into being one of the largest user groups in the Wikimedia universe. I've tremendously enjoyed interacting with all of our members when it came to joint photowalks at Wikimanias, virtual Zoom meetings where we covered a wide variety of photography topics, as well as our annual “Most memorable shot of the year”, among many other events. As I'm not running for an official position in our current board election, this will be my last message on behalf of the user group to you. Thanks for all the happy moments we shared together over the years! I hope you'll continue creating free images for the millions of people we serve through Wikipedia and Commons.

All the best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 19:36, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Season Greetings[edit]

Wishing You all the best for the
Holiday Season!

I hope You are warm, safe and treated kindly

-- Cart (talk) 18:29, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, Cart! :-) Season's greetings to you as well - take care! Martin Falbisoner (talk) 05:59, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays![edit]

  * Happy Holidays! *  
  • Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!
  • Joyeux Noël! Bonne année!
  • Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr!
  • ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo!
  • Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!

   -- George Chernilevsky talk 21:43, 22 December 2023 (UTC)   [reply]

Merry Christmas to you, George! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:42, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Frohe Weihnachten![edit]

Christmas star decoration at a window with the reflection of a sunset Happy Holidays, Martin

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!
Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!
Joyeux Noël! Bonne année!
¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo!
Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr!

Aristeas (talk) 10:14, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Auch Dir ein frohes Fest und einen guten Rutsch! :-) --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:46, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]