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.
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
