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.
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .