title: How to accept image as user input in python
body: <p>I writing a program on image processing. At the moment, I have included, the image name in the program. 
  I am trying out, if its possible, for the user to input the image, so the program is able to serve any image.</p>
  
  <p>There is a way to accept user input in python, but how can i accept an image as a input, the path the leads to the image.??</p>
  
  <p>first few lines of the program, looking for way, to accept the image  "house1.jpg" from the user. The path for this image in my pc is "C:\Python27\house1"</p>
  
  <pre><code>import Image
  #open the images
  im1 = Image.open("house1.jpg").convert("L")
  im2 = Image.open("house2.jpg").convert("L")
  
  im1.save(house1.jpg")
  im2.save(house2.jpg")
  
  sizex, sizey = im1.size
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>....</p>