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.
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .