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.
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
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 .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .