Like the rest of America, I just can't wait to see the poster or the brochure or the diorama that's so super-important that New York City needed to be terrified and traumatized in the process of its creation. In the meantime, the New York Daily News is out to reclaim a little levity while proving a point -- an image of Air Force One buzzing the Statue of Liberty could have been created on the cheap using readily available software that maybe someone in the Most Internety Presidential Campaign Ever might have heard of:
So the White House wanted shots of the presidential plane with the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Ground Zero? With some stock images, few minutes and a couple of clicks of a mouse, a White House staffer could've placed the jet in front of just about any New York landmark.
We should know. We did just that....
But we can't be the only ones with a flair for Photoshopping. Think you can do better? Be our guest.
And the results were, in a word, bad-ass. Look at this one:
Monkey Business
Of course, for maximum verisimilitude, you should photoshop your image and then set $200,000 on fire.
[Request: Air Force One blowing up the Death Star, please?]
PREVIOUSLY...on the HUFFINGTON POST:
Air Force One Photo Op Could Cost Taxpayers Between $27,500 And $213,000
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