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.
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Pic By HotSpot Media - GAME, SET-TEE AND MATCH: COUPLE INSTALL TENNIS COURT IN LOUNGE- In Pic - Ben Walters’ message to West Midlands Police via social media .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .