David Cameron has been ridiculed online after Downing Street was caught photoshopping a fake over-sized poppy onto a picture of the Prime Minister and using it as an official Facebook picture.
Hilarious memes poking fun at the Downing Street blunder swamped the internet Monday evening after eagle-eyed Facebook users noticed the picture on Number 10s official page appeared doctored.
The image, originally posted online without a poppy two years ago, was manipulated using computer trickery to add the Remembrance symbol onto the left lapel of the Prime Ministers navy blue suit.
As well as recycling an old picture and doctoring it to include the red poppy, users also noticed the commemorative emblem appeared to be larger than in real-life and highly pixelated.
Fans also noticed the original poppy-free image, which was first uploaded in Novr 2013, still remained in the online gallery of Downing Streets official Facebook page.
The move was branded disrespectful and foolish by war veterans and the public.
退伍老兵和公众都斥责此举“不敬”、“愚蠢”。
One user said: A blatant and pretty rushed photoshop job there!
一位用户表示:“这个P图痕迹太明显,P得也太仓促了吧!”
Another wrote: That poppy is as fake as your care for the strivers who get up at 8am every day and work and provide. Fire your graphic designer and your cabinet.
The obvious photoshop job also sparked a wave of comical internet memes, which poked fun at the gaffe by Downing Street officials.
唐宁街的拙劣修图之举还引发了一波网络恶搞,取笑唐宁街官员们的失态。
(文字:得亏他们没选第一版修图方案!)
One saw David Camerons face photoshopped onto a large poppy, another showed the PM covered in hundreds of poppies and others showed spoofs including one of him with TV character Popeye and another with rapper Drake.
Downing Street later deleted the photograph from its Facebook page, and changed the profile picture to a recent image of the Prime Minister wearing an actual poppy.
唐宁街后来从脸书主页删掉了这张照片,将头像换成了一张首相佩戴着真的罂粟花的近照。
(文字:我“一点儿”都没看出来首相那张罂粟花照片是修过的。大家不应该 妄下结论。)
Vojtch Greger responded: Good thing you changed it for an actual photo with a poppy, the previous photoshop attempt was a disaster.