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 grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .