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 diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
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 .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .