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.
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
