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.
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A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
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WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .