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.
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
A Brit photographer has captured one of the world's most camera-shy species of fish - during a game of underwater peek-a-boo .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .