Python PIL image saving

Question

I'm new to PIL library and have some problem.

base = Image.open('sam.bmp')
base.save(open('base.bmp', 'w'), 'BMP')

when I execute that block of code, saved image is distorted in some strange way.

original image:

opened and saved image:

As you can see, I'm not doing any transformations with the image - only load and save. Do you have any clue, why is it working that way?

Answer 1

This works :

base = Image.open('sam.bmp')
base.save('base.bmp')

Answer 2

As Reti43 said, You just need to use base.save('base.bmp')