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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
