This week we were editing the images we took of historical sites around Cork. Image editing is a fantastic resource which enables peole to make radical changes to their original pictures. David Cameron learned this to his cost in the recent British General Election suffering ridicule from the media and Labour during campaigning for his clearly airbrushed image on Conservative party posters. A spin was subsequently put on the Conservative slogan 'Year For Change' as an internet campaign called 'Airbrushed for Change' was launched on mydavidcameron.net.
I used Picnik to edit my photos. This was really easy to use and didn't require any download. You just uploaded your photo onto the site and edit as you wish. I made some changes to a photograph I took of Charles Fort in Kinsale. On the day the photo was taken the sun was really glaring and at a low angle which made taking good pictures very difficult. I made some changes to the picture below by cropping out the sun on top of the picture and editing the temperature and saturation to get rid of some of the glare from the sun.
The results are really great. Companys now promoting Ireand as a tourist destination use image editing in brochures to lighten up our usual dull weather.Thanks to Picnic and other image editing tools we never again have to see pictures of dull, rainy landscapes or politicians with a single imperfection on their faces.
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