CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time. The Adam’s Retouching Machine, which weighs two-and-a-half stone, was invented in 1947 and gave photographers the opportunity to perfect their pictures. Instead of uploading images to a computer, photographers would place their negative under the magnifying glass. Blemishes in the picture could then be smoothed out by using a retouching pencil, assisted by the gentle vibrations of the machine.
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .