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.
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
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THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
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A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .