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 top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .