adding two images

#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
#include <opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>

using namespace std;
using namespace cv;


/************************************************************************
*  blending two images with the same size                                                              
/************************************************************************/                                                                  
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
  
	double alpha = 0.5;
	double beta;
	double input;

	// Ask the user enter alpha
	cout << " Simple Linear Blender " << endl;
	cout << "-----------------------" << endl;
	cout << "* Enter alpha [0-1]: ";
	cin  >> input;

	if (input > 0.0 && input < 1.0) {

		alpha = input;
		beta = 1 - alpha; 
	}

	Mat image1 = imread("marais.jpg");
	Mat image2 = imread("dog.jpg");
	Mat result;


	if (image1.data && image2.data) {

		if (image1.size() == image2.size()) {

			addWeighted(image1, alpha, image2, beta, 0.0, result);
		}
		else {
			cout << " the size of the two images is not the same!" << endl;
			return -1;
		}
	}
	else {

		cout << "the error of loading images!" << endl;
		return -1;
	}

	imshow("Blending image", result);

	waitKey(0);

	return 0;
}