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.
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
From a platter of finger licking chicken wings to a bowl of Chinese noodle soup, these foodie snaps are enough to make your savoury saliva glands drool .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
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 .