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.
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .