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 DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .